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#4. Deonna Purrazzo responds to Mickie James' offer on IMPACT Wrestling

Mickie James convinced The Virtuosa

Mickie James showed up at IMPACT Wrestling's Slammiversary after Deonna Purrazzo's big championship victory over AEW's Thunder Rosa. James, in-charge of NWA's all-women pay-per-view EmPowerrr, congratulated The Virtuosa before offering her a spot on the EmPowerrr card.

MICKIE JAMES! #Slammiversary pic.twitter.com/OdykHkuWxz

— C Wrestling (@CWrestlingUK) July 18, 2021

Deonna Purrazzo turned it down and berated Mickie James for stealing her spotlight and ate a strike from the wrestling legend. On the next IMPACT Wrestling show, Mickie James attempted to bury the hatchet and offered Deonna another chance to accept the offer.

Deonna refused once again. Gail Kim walked out to reveal that it was her who asked Mickie to extend an invitation to Deonna Purrazzo and convinced the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion to accept the invitation to cement her legacy as one of the top women in all of professional wrestling. Reluctantly, the champion accepted.

Deonna Purrazzo will take part in the all-women's #NWA PPV #EMPOWERRR next month after being persuaded by Mickie James & Gail Kim in the ring. #IMPACTWrestling

— Jiminy Scruff: Fully Vaccinated (#StopAAPIHate) (@jshaggy1983) July 23, 2021

Being an all-women's show, EmPowerrr would feel incomplete without the most dominant woman in wrestling today. Since her release from WWE, The Virtuosa has been on a tear and with a match at EmPowerrr, she gets to establish herself further as the best woman in the world.