During an appearance on The Angle, Mickie James spoke about her lengthy career.

“It is a balance, it’s a struggle sometimes. I do feel over the last couple of months as champion I’ve been busier than ever, you know, It comes with great responsibility; however, I’ve been having so much fun and of course, you have to enjoy it, enjoy the ride while it lasts, I hope and intend for it to last for a very long time. I’m excited! I’m excited to be doing so many different things."

Mickie spoke about appearing in the Royal Rumble as the IMPACT Women's Champion.

"That moment kind of created this idea because everyone said this would never happen in WWE, she’ll never use her music, she’ll never be Hardcore Country, she’ll never come out with the championship, they’ll never acknowledge it and it’s all the things that they did do. And it’s like oh crap this is a reality that can happen so these other dream matches that I kind of have booked in my head that I thought would never happen, now, you never know, maybe it could…”