Ex-WWE Champion Has No Desire To Wrestle Again At 48
Ex-WWE Women’s Champion reveals why she doesn’t want to return to wrestling.
Speaking in a recent interview with the Krazy Train podcast with Jasmin St. Claire, retired WWE legend Gail Kim revealed that she has no desire to return to the ring. She decided to retire from the ring because it was taking a toll on her body.
The 48-year-old star added that she’s content with her accomplishments and wanted fans to remember her at her peak, not slowing down:
I don’t wrestle anymore. And for me to wrestle… I really don’t. And you know, I get this question every interview. ‘You know, is this your last match?’ I really, if I’m being honest, I have no desire to wrestle anymore because there is a switch that turned off.
At least for me, there was a switch that turned off. I’m not saying that it couldn’t be turned back on. It would have to take something very special for it to be turned back on, but I have a lot of reasons why I wouldn’t step back in the ring.
My body, you know, I retired. Part of the reason I retired was because I couldn’t walk after matches. So for me, I just thought, you know what, I better retire now. I’m very content with what I’ve accomplished. I don’t want the fans to see me slow down. I don’t want the fans to see me not at my prime. I want them to remember the best of me.”
WWE legend Gail Kim’s Best Friend’s Role In Her Retirement
Gail Kim also revealed that two years before her retirement, her friend Christy Hemme suggested her to plan an exit, which offended her initially.
However, that conversation planted a seed for her retirement, and after two years, the WWE legend realized it was time to hang up her wrestling boots:
I remember Christy Hemme, who is one of my best friends… two years prior to when I retired, she asked me, she goes, ‘Maybe you want to start thinking about your retirement.’ Because she wanted to plan it perfectly for me, you know, have a nice out.
And I remember being very offended and being like, ‘Wait, I don’t want to talk about this. Like, I can’t believe you’re bringing up retirement to me. I’m not ready.’ And then it kind of parked the little idea in my head. And then it took two years from that point for me to go, okay, you know what? You’re right. It’s time. It’s time.