The IInspiration Say IMPACT Wrestling ‘Felt Like The Right Step To Make’ After Release From WWE
The IInspiration discuss their stint with IMPACT Wrestling.
In April 2021, Billie Kay and Peyton Royce, who were then known as The IIconics, were released from WWE after spending nearly six years with the company.
Later that year, Kay and Royce came to IMPACT Wrestling under the names Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay. The pair, re-branded as The IInspiration, won the IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship in their first night with the company.
In a new interview with Nick Hausman of Haus Of Wrestling, Jessica McKay spoke about why The IInspiration chose to go to IMPACT Wrestling after departing from WWE.
“It just felt like the right step to make. It was something that we had spoken about together. There are a lot of things that have to come together to make something work, and IMPACT just came together. It was the right time for us, it felt good, we liked their schedule, it being a little bit more relaxed because we had been at home out of the wrestling bubble for a little bit and we knew that we wanted to try and maintain that balance. We had known all of the girls in the locker room, never worked them inside of the ring so it was just an exciting time for us. We also just had a fun time rebranding and evolving our characters. I remember Cass came over one day and I said, we can do this and this and this and it was kind of like getting the ball rolling, and she’s like, oh, what about this? It was just really fun. We had kind of lost that fun and we hadn’t teamed up for so long, so it was kind of like re-sparking our love for tag team wrestling at the moment.”
In April 2022, the duo announced that they’d be stepping away from the world of professional wrestling. McKay and Lee last competed at the Rebellion pay-per-view that year.
IMPACT’s Emergence event is set to go down on Sunday, August 27. Fans can see the full card for that event by clicking here.
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