Mickie James has defeated Katie Lea at Night of Champions to retain the WWE Women's Title. Congratulations to her!
Night of the Champions
At Night of the Champions, Mickie james will defend the WWE Women's Championship belt against Katie Lea. As you know, Katie made no secret that she wants to be champion. She has pinned Mickie 2 weeks in a row. Will she be able to do it again and win the belt?
Mickie Wins!
Mickie pinned Melina to keep the belt. Earlier she said her night with John Cena was fun. It looks like we will have to watch Raw to see what happens next with them.
Mickie speaks out on Kentucky Derby tragedy
In the most recent Diva Dish, Mickie james talks about what happened at the Kentucky Derby:
A Champion's thoughts on a tragedy
When Mickie James isn't defending her Women's Championship in the Raw ring, she's often at home in Virginia with her prized horses. When Diva Dish watched the Eight Belles tragedy unfold at the Kentucky Derby last weekend, we decided to talk to WWE's resident equine expert about the filly's untimely death after her runner-up finish on the track.
"I'm not against competitive racing. I obviously grew up with horses. I've had to put horses down on the farm before and it's very, very sad," James said.
"These racehorses can be worth millions of dollars. ... The thing is, they're willing to fork out all this money just to have the horse, but when it comes to fixing the horse, if something happens, they just put her down instead of trying to help or talk to the vet," she expressed.
The Women's Champion told Diva Dish that she's seen injured horses at the veterinary clinic in casts, hoisted up on pulley systems to help them move around without putting weight on their injured limbs.
"It's expensive and a lot of people don't have the funds to care for an injured horse, but someone who has millions of dollars to put into horse racing obviously has the money to fix the horse and let her live a life outside of racing," she said. "These racehorses are only in the circuit at maximum, maybe seven years. After that, they just ship them off and it's really sad. Unless they're grand champions, then they use them as sires and dames in order to produce future lineages. After they've worked so hard and made their owners so much money, why don't they just let them retire?"
A passionate James was quite saddened by the Eight Belles tragedy at the Derby. As a horse owner, she said it must have been a tough call on the owner's part to euthanize the horse on the track. The Raw Diva went on to compare the horse's injury to those sometimes suffered by sports-entertainment's finest.
"It's not like the horse had a heart attack on the field or had something detrimental happen to her. She broke her ankles. So if I went out and broke my ankles, you're going to put a bunch of ambulances around me and just shoot me up with morphine? Because they are athletes just like us!"
Mickie Helps Fan
According to wwe.com, there is a story on nbc11.com about Mickie James helping a fan that needed medical assistance. A fan was waiting to meet her and Torrie Wilson the friday before Wrestlemania when he had an epiliptic seizure. Mickie tended to the man keeping him calm while his seizure passed. A fan that witnessed this sent an email to nbc11.com. He described Mickie as extremely helpful and genuinely concerned over the man's well-being.

