10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mickie James

10. Her Sporting Background

Most professional wrestlers—but by no means all of them—tend to have some kind of sporting background. From amateur wrestling champions, to failed American football stars, we’ve seen all kinds of sportsmen (and women) transition from more competitive endeavours to the world of scripted pro wrestling.

Mickie James certainly falls into that category of having some kind of sporting pedigree in her pre-wrestling years, but her medium of choice wasn’t necessarily the most commonplace.

Rather than competing on the grid iron or in ballparks or gymnasiums, Mickie’s stomping ground was—well, wherever it is that horse shows take place.

A keen equestrian, Mickie says she’s competed in horse shows and trained horses pretty much all her life, and as a little girl that was what she envisioned herself doing when she grew up.

Not quite the most conventional background from which to make the step to pro wrestling, then…