Hey guys, I found this interview from a friend of mine.

It is a recent interview with former WCW and WWE Wrestler and now current TNA Wrestler Jackie Moore.

Here, Jackie discusses TNA and her thoughts on the current status on the WWE.

Alex Marvez interviews Jacqueline Moore

Jacqueline Moore wasn’t trying to be rude. But after losing her two front teeth in a recent Total Nonstop Action Wrestling match against Gail Kim, Moore was forced to cover her mouth with her hand when speaking to people.

“I’m so miserable without teeth,” Moore said before undergoing dental surgery on Tuesday. “I can’t talk right and I can’t eat right.”

Moore, though, has done plenty right inside the ring during her 19 years in the wrestling industry. Moore became the first black women’s world champion in 1998 when defeating Rena “Sable” Mero in World Wrestling Entertainment. Moore, 42, began working full-time with TNA in January and is paired with “Cowboy” James Storm in a feud against Kim and “Wildcat” Chris Harris.

Q: What happened with your teeth?

Moore: “I got hit pretty good. I was kind of shocked when it happened. I was having a match against Gail Kim and one spot was putting a trash can over my head and body and picking up a broomstick and starting to bang it. One of the shots hit me right in the mouth and knocked both my teeth out. Instead of freaking out, I kind of looked down and saw my teeth on the mat. I just continued to wrestle instead of rolling out of the ring and saying I can’t continue.”

Q: People behind the scenes say you’re one of the nicest people in the business but you’re also one of the toughest and it would be a mistake to cross you. Is that accurate?

Moore: “That’s pretty accurate. I try to be a professional and take my job seriously. I’ve been in the ring with tough men and women. When she hit me with that shot, I didn’t want to give up. I had to finish the match. People have asked me if I was in a lot of pain. I couldn’t feel the pain because I was so into the match. A lot of people have told me that if it would have been them, they would have just quit and started crying in the corner somewhere. I couldn’t do that.”

Q: Were they able to save your teeth?

Moore: “The referee got the teeth but they were broken. I’m going to have implants and one of my broken teeth hit a nerve in my gum so I’m going to have to do a root canal.”

Q: How much pride do you take in your toughness?

Moore: “Pretty much my whole life I grew up a tomboy. I played all kinds of sports like football with my brothers. I did martial arts, basketball, soccer, gymnastics – I did it all. But growing up in Dallas, I loved wrestling. The Von Erichs were so big down here. I used to go to the Sportatorium to see them live. That’s when I knew I wanted to be a wrestler. I met Skandar [Akbar] at a gym and he trained me. I was the only student in our group that made it out of there. A lot of them quit, and I was the only female out there.”

Q: Obviously, you also persevered working in Texas and Memphis before landing with WCW in 1997. How did you make ends meet until reaching the big time?

Moore: “It was hard surviving on what they were paying me for years in Tennessee. But I made some good friends and had some good people taking care of me. They would drive me to small towns and I would go to their houses and they would take good care of me. I couldn’t have survived on my own without some really good friends. A lot of them I still talk to.”

Q: How do you stay in such great shape?

Moore: “I try to eat right. It’s hard eating right when you’re on the road. But I try to and I still workout 5 days a week.”

Q: How do you reflect back on your time in WWE?

Moore: “I had a real good time in WWE. Everybody loved my work and the way I wrestled and the fans were very supportive. I met good people in WWE. When it came to an end, I had been there for six years. For a female to stay there that long is unbelievable. I guess Vince [McMahon] wanted to move in another direction [with women’s wrestling]. He wanted more sex appeal or model-type of females. I have nothing against that but why can’t he have both eye candy and women wrestlers? People do love to see women that can wrestle. There are some talented women out there that can get in the ring and be just as impressive as a guy. I loved working for WWE but I like working for TNA better because it’s a better company. They’re giving me an opportunity to show my talent in the ring. [TNA executive] Dixie Carter is a very classy lady and a smart business woman. It’s a pleasure to work for her.”

Q: What’s been the favorite moment of your career?

Moore: “When I won the WWE women’s championship belt and had that big program against Sable and making history as the first African-American woman’s champion. I was shocked it took that long. I didn’t even know that was the case until someone told me about it. It’s an honor and I’m so happy I made history.”

Q: What did you do the past couple of years between your WWE and TNA stints?

Moore: “I didn’t do much wrestling. I went to Mexico for about a month for an all-women’s league but I didn’t like it. I just cant get into an all-women’s federation, and in Mexico, their style is so different. They wrestle in three-falls matches, which I’m not used to. They’ll pick up anything in a regular match and hit you with it. You would go through the crowd picking up chairs and thins like that. It’s so wild over there. I met some nice people, really nice, but their wrestling style is not my cup of tea.

“I never gave up wanting to go to TNA. They’ve got better wrestling and talent over there. I kept trying to get in contact and finally [TNA executive] Terry Taylor called me and said Dixie would like to bring me in and she offered me a contract. I couldn’t believe it. When I got that phone call, I was so happy. TNA lets the women wrestle and get [physically] involved. And we get a lot of TV time over here.”

Q: What would you have done if you were not a pro wrestler?

Moore: “To tell you the truth, I do not know. I have no idea. But I’m just glad I’m in wrestling and love my work and the fans have been very supportive. I don’t think I could do anything else.”

WOW, that is a great interview.

I agree with everything she said.

and also, Dixie Carter did the right thing by hiring her.

God Bless Dixie Carter, and I do agree about the WWE's Women's Division in its current direction.

WHY CAN'T YOU BRING WOMEN WRESTLERS VINCE?

ENOUGH WITH THE DIVA SEARCHES AND STUFF!