Mickie James was among those released by WWE a few weeks ago, and she recently made headlines after taking to social media to reveal that her possessions from the WWE ThunderDome had been sent to her in a trash bag. Head of Talent Relations Mark Carrano was fired by the company, and James has now opened up on her recent experience working for WWE.
Talking about the disappointing way she's been booked since returning to the company in 2016, James opened up on "ageism" within WWE.
"I think the small-minded mentality sometimes leads to thoughtless behavior," she said. "Especially for me, to constantly be presented as old, when I’m 41 and every single male champion has always been my same age or older and has been glorified for those reasons. As they should be, they’re f***king amazing. But, why is it different for women? Or why is it different for me? Ageism is a real thing and it’s bullsh*t."
"I feel like I have pretty thick skin and I’ve put up with a lot of crap," James added. "Even through returning to WWE this last time and always being booked in this lackey position, or never getting that moment for myself – or if I did, it came at a cost of diapers or a walker or the whole finish to the Asuka fiasco, or just these weird things."
She went on to briefly address #TrashBagGate, and said that Vince McMahon himself called her to apologise for what happened.
"He called me on the phone to apologize and to let me know that this isn’t what he thought of me. I tagged Vince in that [tweet] because he needs to know. Because, there’s a lot of stuff that happens under his nose that he is completely oblivious to – because he’s running a multi-billion dollar company."
You can watch the full interview with James below: