What are some of the similarities between professional wrestling and country music?
MICKIE JAMES: I think the energy from the fans and from the crowd—you feed off of that and the performance. I’m performer and an entertainer, so you have to be able to perform. It’s a lot pressure to perform live in front of an audience, because you get one chance to mess up or get it right. You either nail it out of the park or drop the ball kind of deal. That’s a lot of pressure so you have to have a strong will in order to do that. PG: On a personal level, do you find it difficult to disassociate yourself from WWE? Is that something you try to do? MJ: I do want to keep them separate but I think one hand feeds the other. I worked really long and hard to get at the top of my game at wrestling, so I can’t deny that, it’s part of who I am. But why not embrace it? It’s part of who I am and what I do and there’s a huge fan base there of my fans and they are all really excited about this adventure for me. I’d like for them to share the journey with me. PG: What lead to this change or this
