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IMPACT Wrestling had a ton of surprises at this year's Slammiversary with a whole ton of them involving the much-lauded Knockouts and Knockouts Tag-Team division.
We saw The Hot Mess return to IMPACT to team up with her real-life partner Matt Cardona against Tenille Dashwood and Brian Myers in a mixed tag-team match, which the re-debuting star and her partner won. Chelsea Green also made her debut for Ring Of Honor this month.
Also appearing were former NWA Women's Champion Thunder Rosa and a returning former WWE Women's Champion, Mickie James. who is now also affiliated with NWA.Rosa was revealed as Deonna Purrazzo's surprise opponent but failed to win the IMPACT Title.
This led to Mickie James appearing and asking Purrazzo to appear on NWA's upcoming all-women show. The Virtuoso impolitely refused James' offer, leading to her getting slapped and superkicked out of the ring.
But which other women, specifically WWE alumni, would be great fits for IMPACT Wrestling's Knockouts division? Here are five past WWE women who could join Mickie James and Chelsea Green in IMPACT.
#6. and #5. Jessica McKay (Billie Kay) and Cassie Lee (Peyton Royce) would be great in IMPACT
The Impact Knockouts Division is currently being carried by roughly two teams (albeit two more teams than WWE's tag team division), Fire 'N' Flava and new champions Rosemary and Havok.
But there's a ready-made, highly entertaining and very popular tag-team on the free agent market right now that can add a much-needed, shall we say 'IIconic' element.
The former IIconics Peyton Royce and Billie Kay were released from WWE alongside Chelsea Green and Mickie James. Now going by Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay, the duo are free to sign up for another wrestling company and would be a great fit for IMPACT Wrestling.
#4. Ruby Riott (Ruby Soho) would be a guaranteed IMPACT Knockouts Champion
Ruby Riott has changed her name to Ruby Soho and she was definitely one of the top guesses for either of the 'mystery woman' spots that IMPACT had at Slammiversary, but she did show up on the night.
She could absolutely still debut for IMPACT though, and she absolutely should! Soho is a certified star in whatever women's division she ends up in, but her whole aesthetic would really work with IMPACT and she would definitely be one of their top female stars.
#3. IMPACT does great things with characters and Lana is a great character
IMPACT Wrestling managed to get relative wrestling novice Allie completely over with the IMPACT faithful to the point where she eventually became IMPACT Knockouts Champion.
They could absolutely do the same thing with Lana, especially as her worth ethic and desire to succeed as a wrestler will see her continue to improve in the ring as she goes!
#2. and #1. Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke should continue their wrestling journeys at IMPACT
I'll wager that not many people have Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke on their lists to show up at AEW, IMPACT or Ring of Honor, but the pair as a tag team have a lot of potential.
We've seen former martial arts star Taynara Conti go from strength to strength after leaving WWE and heading to AEW. I believe that Shafir and Duke could do the same as a tag-team somewhere else.
With their MMA background, they carry an air of legitimacy and an element that other female tag-teams simply don't have. They'd be a great addition to IMPACT Wrestling.
