Taryn Terrell is Excited to Main Event Impact

– Taryn Terrell spoke with WZ promoting this week’s Knockouts-themed episode of Impact Wrestling. Check out the highlights:

On main eventing Impact: “Ever since I got into wrestling all I wanted was to be champion, and for that championship to truly mean something – and now it does…Who can say that? Who can say ‘I’m main eventing on Impact?’ Not that many people get that opportunity…It’s just surreal. The fact that I’m main eventing as the Knockouts Champion is a dream come true. I started in 2007 with the [WWE] Divas search, went down to FCW, and to ECW, then Smackdown and now TNA. I’ve watched my career unfold over the years, and now it’s to the point where I’m on top, and I’ve got this championship, and this main event match against Awesome Kong.”

On the Knockouts-themed show: “It’s a women’s dominated show and that just doesn’t happen. As Knockouts we have this opportunity to set the bar higher for women’s wrestling everywhere. To have a company that believes in the division so much is such a blessing.”

On being an adrenaline junkie: “I don’t know why I enjoy beating myself up for a living, but I do. I think I’m addicted to the adrenaline. There’s something about getting set on fire, or getting hit by a car. There’s just something about it. I love the trust that you have to put in your own body. There’s a sense of accomplishment, like ‘wow I just trusted myself to light my body on fire, and I’m totally fine.’ It’s an interesting feeling to be engulfed by flame.”

On a women’s Hell in the Cell match: “Hell yes…I love taking challenges, and creating something spectacular. And that’s not always going to happen, but I will try like hell to make sure that it does.”

On her WWE run: “There’s so many people in WWE and it’s much harder to get a spot on TV. It’s much harder to fight for a spot. In TNA it’s a more intimate environment where you can talk to your bosses and get that one-on-one time. The difference is you get a say.” … “We really get an opportunity to show who we are as wrestlers and as Knockouts. We get matches that have time, and that have different stipulations. I started as a referee, and that’s not what I wanted to do. When I was at WWE and I was the [general manager of ECW] I was given an opportunity to be on stage and connect with fans. That’s really cool but that’s not why I got into wrestling. I want to wrestle. I was able to talk to people in TNA and tell them what I wanted. I went up to OVW for a couple of weeks to get back in the ring and get my footing again, and they let me wrestle. I’m really fortunate having opportunities to work, and then to have a baby, and to come back and continue to live my dream. Not only that, I’m champion and I’m main eventing at Night of Knockouts.”