Mickie James Helps The Flood Victims In Southern Illinois - May 29, 2011

Friday night was a fun night for me as I got to meet one of my all time favorites, Mickie James. Anybody that knows me knows that I've been a Mickie James fan for a long time now. When Trish Stratus retired back in 2006, I was already cheering for Mickie. Their styles reminded me quite a bit of one another and Mickie just took that spot left by Trish as my favorite in the women's division. How many times have I ranted in this Wrestling List about the use of Mickie James by WWE? Yes, I've ranted about TNA as well. I was thinking the other day on what is my favorite Mickie James match? I think it goes back to that first title win at WrestleMania 22 when she defeated Trish in Chicago. It was a really fun match and had an awesome crowd behind it. Chicago is known for being more of a heel kind of city so there were a lot of fans cheering for the heel Mickie James that night. Mickie would eventually make that face turn and hold six championships in WWE including the Women's and Divas titles. She was one of the most popular wrestlers in the company. She is fun to watch in the ring and has that great personality to go with it. Along with her wrestling schedule, Mickie also has been working on her career as a musician. She is scheduled to perform down at CMA Fest in Nashville next month. Basically, she is a very busy person these days.

Carrier Mills, IL was the the host of this event as part of their Catskin Days. Bert Prentice's USA Championship Wrestling was on the bill for a show and Mickie James was announced for a special guest appearance. People came from all around to meet the current Impact Wrestling knockouts champion. Money was being raised to help benefit those that have been impacted by the terrible recent flooding. The show started with Mickie in the ring taking photos with fans. Make a donation and get your photo taken with her. I was, of course, one of those that said "sold" and had to get my picture taken with her. LOL. This again to the surprise of no one that knows me. It was a pleasure to get to meet her and she was extremely nice. She later had a table set up where she would sign autographs. She had a long line for the photo opportunity in the ring as well as the autograph signing at the table. Fans of all ages were thrilled to get to meet her and she was so kind and friendly to everyone. Just a great, great person. Later in the night, Mickie would help to present the money to the mayor of the money raised. It has been a really rough spring in the area for flooding and severe weather and every bit of money will count to help those in need. Mickie was extremely excited to be there to help to raise money. I know she made an even bigger fan out of me on Friday night.