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TNA News: Gail Kim apparently departs TNA over contract renewal impasse (w/Keller Analysis) Aug 21, 2008 - 12:36:25 PM
Gail Kim has left TNA. She apparently had contract issues that didn't get resolved. Her bio has been removed from the TNA website. ProWrestling.net reports that Kim asked for guarantees in her contract negotiations that TNA couldn't provide, and that there may have been conflicts regardiing personal appearances and a separate agency she was working with.
Keller's Analysis: I don't know if Kim left with aspirations to return to her original national promotion, WWE, but if she does, it wouldn't surprise me. I suspected with the success of TNA's Knockouts (women's) division, that WWE would try to sign away a few of the names once they established their own second women's division on Smackdown. The TNA Knockouts draw the highest ratings consistently of anyone on Impact, but surely are paid much much less than the top male names. That gap should close with contract renewals, especially someone who helped built the Knockouts division. Kim's contribution to the spirit, athleticism, and seriousness of the Knockouts division was as significant as A.J. Styles and Jerry Lynn with the X Division six years ago. As I recently stated, her character was as much of a role model for girls and woman as you'll find on a pro wrestling show.
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