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Taylor Wilde On Her Return, Absence From IMPACT

Added 2023-01-12 19:03:58 +0000 UTC

Fightful Select spoke to Taylor Wilde for a new interview ahead of her top contender's match at IMPACT Hard to Kill.

Wilde was very candid about her return to wrestling, and said that another former wrestler actually "had a vision" she should return to wrestling while pregnant with her youngest child. She said that at the time she retired, a lot of women were packing it in by age 30, and now things have changed so much. Time off helped her learn how to better take care of herself and prepare to be in the ring.

Wilde had a lengthy absence after her 2021 return, which she candidly said was due to a divorce keeping her out of the United States. IMPACT Wrestling still considered her a part of the company during that absence, and she worked select indie dates, but wouldn't clarify what that meant for the contract she was on.

In her time away from wrestling, Wilde became a firefighter, which she still does as a day job. She said Jordynne Grace would be her top Knockout pick to be a firefighter.

We asked about her time as tag team champions in IMPACT, and said it meant a lot that she was trusted in that spot. She wasn't kept in the loop about her partner Hamada's IMPACT release, why it happened or what it meant for the titles before they were vacated.