Will Deonna Purrazzo be Impact Wrestling bound following Bound For Glory?
Recently, it was revealed that the current Impact Knockouts Champion was offered a long-term contract with the company, though there’s been no update on whether she’s signed a deal to remain with Impact following their big BGF pay-per-view.
Since joining the promotion back in June, Purrazzo has proven why WWE officials made the mistake in not pushing the 27-year-old as the knockouts champion has not only shown that she’s a great athlete thanks to her matches against Jordynne Grace, but Purrazzo has consistently carried herself as a star.
In a recent interview with Fightful, Purrazzo credits the company for giving her a chance to prove her worth and won’t mind being with the promotion for a long time:
“I think going into Slammiversary I was very honest about, ‘I like everything about this. I like the vibe here. I like the girls here. I like how I’m treated. I feel very much a part of all the things I was lacking in a fundamental human basis prior, I feel it at this place.’
I made that known of like, ‘It might just be a one shot thing, but this is where I want to make my home and I want to grow in this place. So, I was surprised, but I was also like, ‘This is a good sign and this is good for me. I’m going to plant some roots here and to be given the trust. Not just to be the champion, but to come in and go right for the champion and getting these storylines and the TV time and the social media stuff that I’ve been able to do. It shows they have equal trust.’ So, as surprising as it was, I feel that we had a mutual understanding of like, ‘I would love to be here long term.’”
The Impact Knockouts champion feels blessed over being given the opportunity to compete in the company during a time when its been very hard to find work:
“Yeah, I don’t think I was as scared until I spoke to my dad and, you know, him just being a dad and being worried for me. He was like, ‘Okay, you’re paid for the next 30 days, but what are you going to do after?’ I was like, ‘Well, I can’t just go get a job tomorrow. I can’t go back to teaching tomorrow.’ So, that was the first moment where I was like, ‘We are in a pandemic and I haven’t had to worry about how am I going to make money in the longest time.’ Even before All In or WWE, I didn’t have a full time job.
Wrestling was my full time job. The timing of all of it and IMPACT! welcoming me in from the moment they could, just kinda eased those worries. Even now, transitioning into indy wrestling coming back, it’s just about my safety. It’s about the safety of my others that are close to me. My boyfriend is looking to get back on TV. I can’t go do an indy and come home and we’re both sick and then he gets called to go back to TV and he can’t. There’s so many layers to my decision making process right now that I just have to do what’s right for my family and right by IMPACT! and being present for all of those things and all of my prior obligations is most important. IMPACT! was a match made in heaven. I really, really stand by that. That’s a really good way to put that.”
As previously stated, there’s no confirmation on whether Purrazzo has signed a long-term deal or not. We’ll surely see in the coming weeks whether the current knockouts champion will remain with Impact Wrestling going forward.