What Are You Thinking!?

I don't know if this is a permanent thing, but this past Thursday, as part of TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne's open challenges, former TNA Knockout Roxxi made her return to take on Madison, being defeated by her yet again.

When Roxxi stepped into the Impact Zone, I just about spit water all over the place a la Triple H. "Roxxi, what are you thinking?" I shouted at the television set. I know money talks, but really?

Roxxi is a phenomenal talent. I've seen some of her work in Shimmer and I've seen what she's done for the Knockouts division in TNA. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Roxxi, who has come a long way since debuting as the Voodoo woman and the "Hardcore" Knockout. For crying out loud, this woman has had her head shaved! There is no doubting her loyalty to the company.

Unfortunately, TNA has not been very loyal to her. First, in 2009, Roxxi was released following a 60-day suspension that resulted from a backstage altercation with Kurt Angle's ex-girlfriend Rhaka Khan (real name Trenesha Biggers). Roxxi was classy enough to wish them well in their future endeavors and came out pretty well in the long run, going back to Shimmer.

Fast forward to last year, when she arrived at a pay-per-view to find out that her match against Madison Rayne had been changed into a retirement match, and she was being fired. Backstage reports said that she had spent the rest of the day in tears, as she had only returned a few weeks before in a bigger capacity. Wrestling fans everywhere were infuriated, including Jim Cornette, at what was a complete and utter show of disrespect to a woman who had bled, sweat, cried and had her head shaved for a company that was tossing her away like a disposable player.

Roxxi had made no appearance in TNA until Thursday night. Maybe this is a one night deal. Quite frankly, I'm surprised Roxxi even agreed to do it, considering how they've treated her. I could only imagine how upset she was to put all of her loyalty into this company just to be tossed aside at a moment's notice. Roxxi is currently working in Shimmer, which is a terrific female-based promotion. Anyone who has not checked out Shimmer, I recommend it. It has boasted and boasts such amazing talent as Beth Phoenix, Sara Del Ray and Shantelle Taylor, who was known in TNA as Taylor Wilde.