McKenzie Mitchell signs with TNA Wrestling as full-time ring announcer

  • Ian Carey
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McKenzie Mitchell is officially back in TNA Wrestling.

Mitchell returned at last month’s Genesis event, serving as ring announcer and replacing the departing Jade Chung on the show. On Tuesday, TNA officially announced that Mitchell has signed a deal to continue in the role.

Mitchell was a backstage interviewer for TNA from 2016 until signing with WWE in 2019, where she worked on the NXT brand before her release in December 2023.

Mitchell spoke with Sports Illustrated about her decision to return to TNA:

“I think quite a bit of how thankful I am that I started my career in TNA, to be able to build, to have those stepping stones, to be able to, you know, try things and kind of get my personality in TNA before I reached over to WWE. So I think it really just created that foundation that allowed me to grow my wings and to be able to soar in this world of professional wrestling.”

Mitchell also discussed the differences between being a backstage interviewer and a ring announcer.

“It’s such a different skill to tap into as a backstage interviewer, backstage correspondent,” she said. “That’s really been my bread and butter for eight years, nine years in professional wrestling. So it’s a different tone. It’s a different conversation, because as a backstage correspondent, you’re conversational, you’re developing that rapport with talent, with an audience, and connecting on a different level to people backstage of when you’re on screen, you want to feel like everybody’s friend. But then when you are a ring announcer, you’re technically projecting your voice in a completely different way. And so, I’ve really honed in that skill lately.”

“My vocal coach has said time and time again, being a ring announcer and being able to project, and a commentator, if you will, it’s an athletic thing,” she continued. “You’re having to kind of tap into that athletic skill, if you will, whenever you’re announcing as well. Because you’re pulling you’re pulling from your stomach, your chest, your throat.”

Mitchell’s signing comes during a big week for TNA, as the promotion presents a live episode of Impact on Thursday from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, the former home of NXT. The promotion will return to the venue the following day for a set of television tapings as well.



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Ian Carey
Ian Carey

Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.