The Impact Wrestling roster is always going through changes, and a veteran recently decided to retire from in-ring competition. Gail Kim has been working with the company for a long time, and at Bound For Glory she won the Impact Knockouts Championship in her retirement match. Gail Kim vacated the title on Impact this week, and you can watch her full retirement speech below.
Now that Gail Kim is no longer the champion, and she’s retired, a new champion will have to be crowned.
Impact Wrestling has announced that they will hold a tournament to decide who the next champion will be, and the tournament will kick off on the November 30 episode of Impact.
BREAKING: A 6 Knockouts Tournament to determine a NEW Knockouts Champion will start November 30th on #IMPACT
Who will enter? Who will win? pic.twitter.com/Lnr1AYM3mJ
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) November 17, 2017
There will be 6 wrestlers competing in the tournament, but as of this writing the competitors have not been announced.
Impact Wrestling also recently announced that the fans can see stars from the roster in action during WrestleMania weekend in New Orleans in April at WrestleCon, and tickets are on sale now.
Tickets are available now! Get yours now and see our Stars and Knockouts in April in New Orleans! pic.twitter.com/EH2wzCIMwX
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) November 16, 2017