{"id":131076,"date":"2025-02-18T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=131076"},"modified":"2025-02-18T22:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:21:16","slug":"mckenzie-mitchell-signs-with-tna-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/02\/18\/mckenzie-mitchell-signs-with-tna-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"McKenzie Mitchell Signs With TNA Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McKenzie Mitchell is back with TNA Wrestling. After serving as the ring announcer at TNA Genesis, the company <a  href=\"https:\/\/tnawrestling.com\/2025\/02\/18\/tna-wrestling-signs-mckenzie-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced today<\/a> that Mitchell has signed with TNA to become the official new ring announcer.<\/p>\n<p>McKenzie Mitchell will be replacing Jade Chung, who left TNA earlier this year. Mitchell had previously been an on-screen personality and interviewer for TNA for 3 years before being signed by WWE in 2019 (she was released by the company in late 2023).<\/p>\n<p>She reveals to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/wrestling\/features\/mckenzie-mitchell-signs-deal-to-become-tna-s-new-ring-announcer-enjoying-homecoming-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> that she enjoys this TNA homecoming. <em>&#8220;With this new partnership with WWE and TNA, the sky is the limit,&#8221;<\/em> she said. <em>&#8220;I think that there&#8217;s so much that&#8217;s to unfold that we&#8217;re really excited for that. And to see where Joe Hendry can take the TNA World Championship, and to see the Knockouts Division continue to grow, it&#8217;s just so amazing, and for me, really special to be back in TNA for the second time. It&#8217;s for sure a homecoming.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Hendry Is World Champion! | TNA Genesis 2025 Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-qAxhEZ1OWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell also explains how being a ring announcer can be different from the backstage interviewer, her previous role both in WWE and TNA. <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s such a different skill to tap into as a backstage interviewer, backstage correspondent,&#8221;<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s really been my bread and butter for 8 years, 9 years in professional wrestling. So it&#8217;s a different tone. It&#8217;s a different conversation, because as a backstage correspondent, you&#8217;re conversational, you&#8217;re developing that rapport with talent, with an audience, and connecting on a different level to people backstage of when you&#8217;re on screen, you want to feel like everybody&#8217;s friend. But then when you are a ring announcer, you&#8217;re technically projecting your voice in a completely different way. And so, I&#8217;ve really honed in that skill lately.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Facts on McKenzie Mitchell\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>McKenzie has been an international television host for nearly a decade. She started her career as the emcee for Ole Miss Athletics while gaining a broadcast degree. She has been seen on several notable networks, including USA Network, Fox, Peacock, HSN, and more.<\/li>\n<li>She was a backstage correspondent for WWE NXT for 4 years and a WWE Live event host and digital host.<\/li>\n<li>McKenzie is the founder and owner of <strong>Headline by MM<\/strong>, an edgy-statement jewelry company that has been seen on some of the biggest stars, including Seth Rollins, Roxanne Perez, Lainey Wilson, and others. Headline by MM opened its flagship store on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/li>\n<li>She enjoys spending time with her husband, WWE NXT commentator Vic Joseph, and two dogs Maverick and Millie, as well as traveling the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>TNA news<\/h2>\n<p>The stars of TNA Wrestling will be in action on Thursday &amp; Friday, February 20-21 at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida \u2013 with the Thursday night show set to air LIVE on AXS TV starting at 8 p.m. ET. The Friday show will be taped for future episodes of TNA\u2019s flagship weekly TV show, iMPACT!<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando shows feature Jeff &amp; Matt Hardy, Joe Hendry, Masha Slamovich, Eric Young, Eddie Edwards, Mike Santana, Steve Maclin, Moose, Brian Myers, Ace Austin, Tessa Blanchard, A.J. Francis, Frankie Kazarian, Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Header image credit \u2013 TNA Wrestling.\u00a0 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on McKenzie Mitchell and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Catch all TNA events and shows on <a href=\"https:\/\/impactwrestling.com\/impactplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNA Plus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McKenzie Mitchell is back with TNA Wrestling. After serving as the ring announcer at TNA Genesis, the company announced today that Mitchell has signed with TNA to become the official new ring announcer. McKenzie Mitchell will be replacing Jade Chung, who left TNA earlier this year. 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