WWE: 10 Reasons Why We Love Mickie James

5. That Cage Match With Tara In TNA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqhB09z1LrI In December of 2010, TNA Impact was headlined by a steel cage between two women that had a bitter rivalry at the time: Tara and Mickie James. Tara was the heel while Mickie was the babyface as the two women renewed a feud that started in WWE when Tara was known as Victoria. It was the first steel cage match of Mickie's career while Tara had wrestled in a few of them before. It was rare for two women to headline Impact just like it is in WWE where it's only happened once with Trish & Lita, but they were able to pull it off in a match that went over 10 minutes. What was incredible about this match is that Tara suffered a severe elbow injury when she was thrown into the cage and landed badly. The match could have ended right there, but they kept going. It showed how tough Tara was while also proving that even though they had a mishap they were able to continue on to finish the match. For the finish, Mickie climbed up to the top of the cage. She didn't climb up to get out of the cage. She did it to jump onto Tara. It's one thing for a grown man to do something like that and a lot of them won't even try it, but for a woman that's 5'2" to do it is pretty incredible. She landed on Tara with a Thesz Press type of body press and covered for the win. It was a great match by two women that showed they could hang with the boys by putting on a memorable steel cage match in the main event.
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