Mickie James addresses ‘proud moment’ at WWE SummerSlam: ‘Amazing to sit back and watch my son as he’s watching his father’
Mickie James reflected on the special moment of supporting husband Nick Aldis during his WWE in-ring debut at SummerSlam. And the influence of the moment with their son, Donovan watching the match from ringside.
In an interview with Emily Mae following the PLE, James reflected on the rare opportunity of being ringside and cheering Aldis for the match with their son, Donovan.
“I haven’t had a chance to do that a lot in our careers. You know that we haven’t done, our careers have always run so kind of parallel of he’s been with other companies or I’ve been busy on the road with WWE and then we just kind of go back and forth, and so we haven’t done a ton, so I’ve not done that a whole lot in my career, held his hand up.”
“It was amazing because I know it’s a dream come true for him. It was amazing to sit back and watch my son as he’s watching his father, you know, and what a proud moment as a dad to be able to (wrestle in front of his son) obviously, cause we’ve told Donovan and he was so young when Nick was champion, and even when I was doing stuff, I’m like, ‘he’s going to fall in love with wrestling after we’re both retired’, and he’s going to be like, ‘oh but we’re not going to be cool anymore.’”
Aldis faced Gunther at SummerSlam Night One after their conflicts escalated in previous months. Following the bout, Aldis handed in his resignation as a wrestler and was reinstated as SmackDown General Manager.
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