Former Impact Knockouts Champion Reveals Why She Retired From Wrestling

For many years Velvet Sky was one of the top stars in Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts Division, but in 2017 she decided to retire from in-ring competition so she could focus on other things.

Velvet recently opened up about her retirement while speaking to The Hannibal TV, and she noted that after 15 years she was ready to hang up her boots (via WrestleZone).

“Well, I wrestled for fifteen years and as a wrestler, we all have a shelf life, so I mean, after fifteen years of bumping and getting thrown around the ring, I just decided that I want to be able to stand up straight and be healthy when I’m sixty, so I just knew that it was my time. I had so much fun in my career, traveled the world, met awesome fans, wrestled in so many memorable matches and now I’m just a fan of outside the ring.”

Even though Velvet is retired from in-ring competition, she still enjoys meeting fans at events.

“I’m a personal trainer. I do personal training out of Connecticut and I love the wrestling business. I love going out and meeting the fans still, so I retired from in-ring action, but I still go out and do comic-cons and wrestling shows and conventions and stuff, meet all the awesome fans. I just don’t get physical anymore, so between traveling and personal training that’s kinda what’s going on with me right now.”