7 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Mickie James
2. The Most Botched Finish Ever?
A grandiose statement, maybe, but the finish to Mickie James's successful defense of the WWE Women's Title against Gail Kim on the August 17, 2009 episode of Raw is there or there abouts.
The match was going along swimmingly, with the work between-the-ropes garnering a strong reaction from the fans in attendance. Unfortunately, when it came time to 'go home', things completely fell apart.
First Mickie and Gail made a mess of Mickie's jumping DDT finisher, which surely would have been the match-ended had it come off. Then Mickie (probably in an effort to improvise) went for a unique-looking kick. Sadly, the kick missed Kim, barely brushing against her face, so Mickie just decided to forearm her challenger as hard as she could in the mouth instead.
The look on her face afterwards said it all.
WWE will doubtless make mention of the fact that Mickie was an incredible in-ring performer as she prepares to face Asuka, but she is human after all, as evidenced by the WrestleMania 22 ending and this.