Mia Yim Says IMPACT HOFer Changed Her Career And Life

Former WWE Star and current IMPACT Wrestling Star Mia Yim appeared on Busted Open Radio to talk about a number of topics related to her wrestling career and her life and it was during the interview where Yim said that her relationship with IMPACT Hall of Famer Gail Kim hasn’t only changed her career, but her life as well.

This is what Mia Yim said:

“Honestly, I think my relationship with Gail [Kim], and I put Gail over in every interview, but I can’t help it because I think my relationship with her has definitely changed not just my career, but my life.”

Mia Yim also mentioned during the interview that IMPACT Hall of Famer Gail Kim is someone she watched growing up and Gail was the only Asian wrestler at the time that could really go.

This is what Mia Yim said:

“She is someone that I watched growing up. She was the only Asian wrestler that I saw that could go. I felt her presence, her energy through the TV screen.”

Mia Yim made her professional wrestling debut in August of 2009 and competed on the Indie scene for a few years prior to signing with IMPACT Wrestling in 2015 under the ring name Jade. Mia Yim would then leave IMPACT Wrestling and sign with the WWE in 2018 as part of the NXT roster after competing in the 2017 and 2018 Mae Young Classic. She was then called up to the WWE’s main roster in September of 2020 and become a member of the RETRIBUTION stable under the ring name Reckoning. Yim was then released by the WWE in November of 2021 and rejoined IMPACT Wrestling in May 2022.

You can check out Mia Yim’s comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the quotes.