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From Figure Four Weekly:

“I came to TNA last year because I still had a lot of wrestling left in me,” she wrote on her myspace account today.  “I was paid a fraction of what I thought I deserved.  But I wanted to show I was still at the top of my game.  Now my contract is up in May.  I want a modest pay increase.  They don’t want to pay me what I think is fair.  I have no problems going my own way.”

“But about 12 hours after the conversation where we didn’t agree on pay, unnamed sources claim that I am hard to work with and that I don’t give my best effort.  My only response is that TNA made an aggressive effort to re-sign me, among other things saying that they want to build the women’s division around me.  And I think wrestling fans see, both on TV and at live events, that I alwys give 100%.  I take pride in that.  Smeaering me on the way out the door is an act of second-rate character.”

Actually, smearing a fool on their way out is called good business. Wrestling promoters don’t make money by being good people. In any event, let the Jim Ross sponsored speculation begin now! – Dusty