Roxxi Laveaux Talks TNA Firing, Rhaka Khan Incident, Headshaving

What a killer night of pro wrestling talk as we bring it back to the name sake. This IS THe Interactive Interview! Not only did Terry Funk talk about the amazing event to happen in Philadelphia, PA on June 27 which you can attend and meet your favorite ECW originals with proceeds being donated to the American Cancer Society (visit https://myspace.com/legendsofthearena for tickets) BUT we get call in guest questions and are even joined on a special call in for Terry Funk by "The First Lady of Wrestling" Missy Hyatt! How cool is that?

Then, a hot name in the business right now, former TNA Knockout Roxxi joins us to clear the air about her situation with Rhaka Khan!

- Roxxi has recently been released from TNA Wrestling, and she admits that she was shocked by it. Right now she's trying to get her name back out there on the Indy scene.

- She was told that the reason she was released was because they didn't have anything more for her character creatively.

- When asked about the story about her & Rhaka Khan having a backstage confrontation, she says that the story was blown out of propotion. She said that the match where the problem happened was a 4 Way Tag for the Knockouts. Roxxi got hit and then gave a receipt and the whole thing was just a misunderstanding. After it was over, they both hugged and all was forgiven.

- She talks about her more Hardcore style she says it came from her early training. Roxxi is more of a mixed style, but the brawling aspect stuck in TNA. When she first went through training, she was taught to be more agressive and that's where that came from. She likes being compared to Mick Foley and was honored to meet him, especially when he recognized her. She admits that she is not willing to do some of the things he did though.

- Probably her craziest match was the Ladder Match with Gail Kim & she says that both of them put alot of creativity into the match and it turned out really well.

- The spelling of her name "Roxxii" and originally "Nikki Roxx" she admits comes from her love of Rock music, and she was happy that when she went to TNA they let her keep the Roxx part of her original name.

- She loved being around VKM when she first came in and says both Kip & BG have a ton of wrestling knowledge and they really helped her out.

- The Voodoo Queen gimmick is something that she admits is not an extension of who she really is, and she wasn't sure what to think of it at first. She ended up changing costumes multiple times before she debuted. When asked if the character was based off of Pirates of the Carribean character, she says that at least one person was thinking along those lines. She was happy to have a job with TNA and ended up getting used to the character.

- When asked about shaving her head, she says that it was something that they pitched to her and she agreed. She thought that it would help her stand out from the other Knockouts and recalls that people remember Molly Holly doing it and thought it would work for her too. James then references that Jake Roberts got paid alot of money to do the same thing once, and Roxxi mentions that Jake told her about it once. She jokingly admits that she didn't make nearly as much as Jake did for doing the stunt.

- She really liked the look. She actually continued shaving her head because she thought it was the easiest haircut she could possibly have. The only reason she kept growing it back was because TNA asked her too.

- The head shaving was the end of The Voodoo Queen. She admits that she was starting to get comfortable in the gimmick, and they changed directions just as that was happening. However she was fine with the change.

- When asked how much a wrestler needs to stand up to creative or do what is told, she says that the best is to have a happy medium. If you're new, you don't want to piss anybody off, but creative does like having ideas pitched to them.

- She says that somethings in creative are trial and error. She says that when they shaved her head, the fans got really behind her, but when she started cursing alot, nobody seemed to get on board with it.

- The photoshoots was not something she felt comfotable with. She likes to wrestle for the athletic nature of it and its just not something that she is familiar with. She admits that if she were asked to do a sexy pose, she would probably throw her first up. She says that sometimes it gets her respect not to do those things, but other times it can hurt her.

- When asked if she thought she could fit in with the WWE, she says that the WWE has the models, but they also have a fair share of wrestlers to help them out and she feels she could fill that role easily. She says that on the Indy scene she used to work the first match with new girls so she has experience in helping girls improve. She also says that she'd like to work with some of the real wrestlers there like Gail Kim & Natalya.

- Going back to her hair, she admits that she's trying to grow it back and admits right now she looks like an Emo Kid.

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ODB: "Probably the most amazing person you'll ever meet...her character is exactly who she is in the back"
Taylor Wilde: "She's my best friend...hell of a worker & gorgeous at the same time"
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Velvet Sky: "She is amazing. I love her to death"
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- This leads into a discussion about the early days of The Knockout Division where it seemed like they overshadowed everything else. She says that for her, Gail Kim leaving hurt because she was so influential and she lost someone that she admired.

- When asked if any of the guys had a problem with that, Roxxi says that it was the opposite as the guys were very supportive and helped out in any way they could.

- She doesn't feel like the Main Event Mafia vs. TNA Frontline took away from The Knockout Division. She says that TNA has a lot of girls in addition to have a large roster and admits that it is very hard for creative to fit everybody on the show.

- She says that she had ideas for her character, but at the same time they have alot of new girls coming in. She looks back on her time in TNA positively.

- She doesn't know if they ever had a plan to put the title on her because the talents don't know where things are going storyline wise. She admits that she was really excited about being in the title match at Bound for Glory. When asked if its better to know where things are going storyline wise or not, she says that it is good to have a general idea to know where things are going.

- Roxxi was a big fan of wrestling as a kid, but didn't get into it until a friend of her's joined a wrestling school & she observed the classes. April Hunter was getting trained at the time and urged her to try it. She did, and she's loved it ever since.

- When asked if she'd go to WWE, she says she'd love to go there. Right now she's just regrouping and figuring things out, but would definitely love to go there.

- The standard question we ask our guests is about the Media's treatment of Wrestling, especially after the Chris Benoit Tragedy. Roxxi says that all different kinds of people get into wrestling, and the Media's portrayal was unfair because it made all wrestlers look bad. She says not all wrestlers are the same and incidents like what happened with Chris Benoit is not going to happen with every wrestler.