Mickie James is one of the few wrestlers who managed to compete under her real name for much of her WWE career, a fact she is very grateful for. During her interview on Insight With Chris Van Vliet , James shared the story of how she narrowly avoided being saddled with a different ring name just before her main roster debut.

Before arriving in WWE, James wrestled under the name Alexis Laree, a name she created herself. “Even getting that opportunity to be able to use my real name, that’s a whole other story. And when I actually debuted in WWE, because I was Alexis Laree,” she began, before briefly mentioning her time in TNA with The Gathering stable.

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When she was preparing to debut on WWE’s main roster as the obsessed fan of Trish Stratus, her ring name became

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