As one of the most accomplished female wrestlers of all time, Gail Kim has consistently been at the top of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling‘s Knockouts Division since its inception. She was the first ever TNA Knockouts Champion and has held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship with Madison Rayne. This weekend, Kim returns to the state where she first won the Knockouts Championship as the Impact Wrestling World Tour stops at the Macon Centreplex Coliseum on Oct. 20 and the Savannah Civic Center on Oct. 21. Though she’s scheduled to face Miss Tessmacher at each of these events, Kim recently told new Knockouts Champion Tara that she would come for her title if Tara defeated Tessmacher at last Sunday’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view. Before things combust this weekend, Kim shares her thoughts on the entire situation with Wrestling with Pop Culture.

Miss Tessmacher is the one who took that title from you a few months ago, and you haven’t had the best luck in your subsequent rematches. What are your expectations for your matches against her this weekend?

She’s improved over the last few months, so I guess I just underestimated her. Now I’m going to be back on my A game.

I think a lot of people underestimated her, but apparently Tara figured out a way to get under her skin.

She worked with her for a long time and they were [Knockouts] Tag Team Champions together. It’s always the ones that are closest to you that you know best.

You’ve had your share of run-ins with Tara, especially with her recent gloating about her celebrity boyfriend being better than your celebrity chef husband Robert Irvine.

Yeah, I’m not impressed at all. She was making fun of my husband, who she called my boyfriend. It’s funny that she made that reference to my “cable star boyfriend,” yet she made an appearance on his show last week. It was actually pretty funny. I haven’t met her boyfriend yet, but he already looks like a loser to me. What was he on, Big Brother or something like that? Did he even win?

I’ve never watched that show, but I have seen Jessie Godderz in Ohio Valley Wrestling and didn’t realize he had a reality show background.

Oh, OK. Neither have I. I’ll give him one thing, he looks like he fits the role of a wrestler in terms of his physique. He must have put some time into that.

Any idea if you might get a shot at Tara for the Knockouts Championship anytime soon?

Well, I hope that’s very soon. She and I have both been around for a really long time and the one positive thing I can say about her is that the fans do love watching us wrestle against one another. So I’m really looking forward to it. I got a little taste of it in my debut match back at Impact Wrestling, then we had a match maybe a month or so ago. But I would definitely love to get back into the ring with her because I think we’re the best at what we do and I just want to see who’s better right now.

You were the very first Knockouts Champion and you won that title in Georgia. Does returning to Georgia have any special meaning to you based on that milestone?

Of course. That was the number one moment of my career to be the very first Knockouts Champion. We fought so hard for that division to even happen and to be the first champion is something I’ll never forget, and it’s something that no one can take away from me. It’s all a blur now, but it was probably the most emotional moment of my career. It was such a great time and to have all those girls come in at once – I mean, we literally went from five girls to ten or more overnight – and it just became this huge success. From that point on, this company has been known for having good women’s wrestling and I love being part of it.

We’ve talked about this weekend’s house shows, but do you know what’s in store for you at tonight’s Impact Wrestling?

I’m not sure if I’m on Impact Wrestling tonight, but I am making an appearance on the British Boot Camp series that airs in the U.K. on Challenge TV. It’s a reality show competition and Madison Rayne and I are facing the Blossom Twins, the two girls that are competing on the show. That will be taped before Impact Wrestling and it’s interesting because the British talent doesn’t always get a chance to be seen my major promotions over here. It’s a great opportunity for them to be seen and show what they’ve got. I’ve heard about these Blossom Twins for many, many years, so they’ve been around. They’re nice girls, but Madison and I are going to have to kick some booty and show them what they’ve got to strive for.

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