Christy Hemme Quits TNA Wrestling

Christy Hemme has quit TNA and the sport of professional wrestling, reports PWInsider. She has been with the company since 2006 in a number of different roles but reports say she's leaving because of an incredible job opportunity outside of the wrestling business. Hemme joined TNA when she was fresh off winning the WWE Divas Search in 2004, after a noteworthy stint with WWE that lasted less than two years. She found a home in TNA first as a manager and then as a regular wrestler. A neck injury sidelined her, though, so she transitioned to being a backstage interviewer in 2009 and later, ring announcer. Hemme gave birth to her first child (a daughter) in January, so she's heading on a different path in her life. In addition to those on screen roles, Hemme also worked with the creative team, going over the looks of certain wrestlers and in particular production aspects regarding the knockouts division. It wasn't something where she was necessarily booking matches or feuds. Her loss shouldn't be a considered a major one given TNA's bigger worries, but she had a reputation in the business as an energetic woman that always worked hard. There's no official word from Impact Wrestling or Christy at this time on who might replace her as the ring announcer, but they could fill the void with Jeremy Borash or perhaps So Cal Val, both of whom have done that sort of job before.