Deonna Purrazzo talks IMPACT! Wrestling on Sling Freestream, Upcoming PPV

Two-time Knockout Champ Deonna Purrazzo on the new IMPACT! Wrestling Channel on Sling Freestream, and her Upcoming Match at ‘Rebellion’.

IMPACT! Wrestling, one of the biggest wrestling promotions in the world, has made a huge announcement that is sure to delight fans everywhere: IMPACT! Wrestling is now available on Sling Freestream, giving fans access to all the latest wrestling action without a cable subscription.

For those unfamiliar with Sling Freestream, it allows users to watch live TV and on-demand content for free, without a credit card or subscription. Users simply sign up for a Sling account and start streaming their favorite shows, movies, and sports programming. For those who prefer to watch their wrestling on the go, Sling Freestream is accessible through the Sling TV app, making it easy to catch up on all the latest wrestling action, no matter where you are.

This move by IMPACT! Wrestling is a significant one: With IMPACT! Wrestling now available on Sling Freestream, fans can watch all the latest matches, including those from their weekly flagship show, IMPACT! With a roster of talented wrestlers, including stars like Moose, Rich Swann, and Eddie Edwards, there is no shortage of exciting action to watch.

To celebrate the partnership between Sling and IMPACT!, we spoke with two-time IMPACT! Knockout Champion Deonna Purrazzo about the past, present, and future of IMPACT! Use the link at the bottom of this page to download the Sling TV app or to start watching Sling Freestream on select browsers.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

Sling TV: Let's talk about IMPACT! and its history. Having recently celebrated 20 years in the industry, IMPACT! has been a major player for over two decades now. We would like to ask you a little bit about your thoughts over the 20 years of IMPACT! wrestling and how that's affected you and your career and some of your highlights.

Deonna Purrazzo: For me, the biggest thing is the history of the Knockouts and what it means to carry this legacy of being a knockouts world champion of being an impact, wrestling knockout. Stars like Gail Kim and Awesome Kong created this knockouts division, and to be able to not only relive that legacy on Sling Freestream, but also live that legacy in my real life, is incredible. Getting to work with Gail Kim, getting to work with someone like Taylor Wilde, who just came back and is a huge part of our roster, is incredible.

Sling TV: Many different people have come through those IMPACT! ropes. There's quite the lineage of people that anybody turning on Sling Freestream would be like “Hey, I know that wrestler”. Seeing Bobby Roode as a champion, or Bobby Lashley, or Eric Young, Samoa Joe, The phenomenal one AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, etc. These are all great people that have been through IMPACT! and help create the brand legacy that I know.

Deonna Purrazzo: Absolutely. And that's the thing: Their stars are elsewhere right now, but they've all been through IMPACT! Wrestling. They've all been through TNA. So you know, someone who is just watching AJ Styles or who just saw Madison Raine compete on AEW can go back and, if they're a fan now, see the mark that they made in their early career and the legacy that they left on IMPACT! Wrestling, and I think that's really unique. It is really interesting for a fan who's just starting to fall in love with wrestling or these different characters to be able to see they were once elsewhere.

Sling TV: Let's talk about you, “The Virtuosa”. You recently have qualified yourself to compete in Rebellion this weekend on Pay-Per-View versus Jordynne Grace…

Deonna Purrazzo: (Laughs) but……..

Sling TV: However, those that might not know, it might be a triple-threat. Care to elaborate a little bit about that?

Deonna Purrazzo: Yeah, absolutely. So Mickie James, back at Hard to kill in January of this year, beat Jordynne Grace in the main event for the Knockouts World Championship. She's kind of, I don't know, maybe ducked Jordynne a little bit. [She] has not wanted to get in the ring with Jordynne Grace for Jordynne's contractual rematch. So that is what the match was going to be at Sacrifice.

But unfortunately, Mickie is injured. She was also supposed to be in the match at Multiverse United in LA two weekends ago, but that became a number one contender's match, and that's where I won to qualify for the match at Rebellion. So yeah, I don't know who I'm gonna be in the ring with yet in the matches on Sunday. It could be me versus Jordynne Grace, or it could be myself, Jordynne Grace and Mickie James. That also creates this unique dynamic, because I've been in the ring with Jordynne in singles competition twice since we have both been at IMPACT! Wrestling, and both times I have been the victor. However, I've been in the ring with Mickie three times now, and I have never defeated Mickie James. So there's a lot of things that could come out of this match that could be career changing. But again, I am “The Virtuosa,” so she always finds a way to get it done.

UPDATE: Citing her rib injury, Mickie James relinquished the Knockouts Championship on April 13. Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace will compete for the championship at Rebellion.

Sling TV: Moving to the future. Who would be a Knockout that you think is going to just take off, and may not be well known now, but in a couple years you see them holding championship gold or possibly even being a household name?

Deonna Purrazzo: Well, one we just saw: Jody Threat debuted last week and I just think she's visually so striking. She is so different than anything we have on our roster thus far, and I'm really interested to see how she develops and, hopefully one day, to get in the ring with her. Then the other person that comes to mind is KiLynn King. Right now, she's aligned herself in The Coven with Taylor Wilde. She came in here and in her first match with Taylor they won the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship. So she's already off to a great start, right? The trajectory can only go up from here. She is someone else that I have never been in the ring with before, but I enjoy watching and would love to also get in there with KiLynn as well. - Brad Koch

If you're a wrestling fan looking for some high-octane action, be sure to check out IMPACT! Wrestling on Sling Freestream using the link below, and don’t forget to order IMPACT! Rebellion Sunday, April 16 on PPV!

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