TNA Knockout Championship pursuits (2011–2012) Velvet Sky

sky in 2011

on may 19 episode of impact wrestling, sky defeated love , winter in two–on–one handicap match, afterwards attacked returning odb, claimed had gotten fired tna previous june because of sky. sky , odb faced each other in singles match on june 9 episode of impact wrestling, sky emerging victorious.

the following week, sky , ms. tessmacher failed in attempt win tna knockouts tag team championship rosita , sarita due interference odb. afterwards, sky beaten down odb , new tag team partner, jacqueline. on june 12 episode of impact wrestling, sky , tessmacher defeated jacqueline , odb in tag team match. feud seemingly ended on july 7 episode of impact wrestling, when sky defeated odb , jacqueline in two–on–one handicap match, forcing both of them out of tna per stipulation of match. on july 21 episode of impact wrestling, knockouts champion mickie james awarded sky shot @ title, before match take place, james attacked angelina love , winter. when sky tried make save, attacked returning odb , jacqueline, in turn attacked returning traci brooks.

on september 15 episode of impact wrestling, sky defeated angelina love qualify four-way knockouts championship match @ bound glory. on october 16 @ bound glory, sky won knockouts championship first time defeating previous champion winter, madison rayne , mickie james in four-way match, when traci brooks replaced original special guest referee karen jarrett, , counted deciding pinfall. on october 20 episode of impact wrestling, sky came ring , thanked fans supporting her. during speech, attacked returning gail kim. on november 13 @ turning point, sky lost knockouts championship gail kim, ending reign @ 28 days. on january 26 episode of impact wrestling, sky , mickie james defeated tara in three-way number 1 contenders match knockouts championship. on april 5 episode of impact wrestling, sky defeated angelina love, madison rayne, mickie james, tara , winter in six-way match become number 1 contender gail kim s knockouts championship. on april 15 @ lockdown, sky unsuccessfully challenged kim title in steel cage match. sky received rematch championship on may 17 episode of impact wrestling, again defeated kim in three-way match, included brooke tessmacher.

the following month, sky , mickie james ignited feud, james turning villainous due jealousy of sky. however, after weeks of inactivity, on july 24, reported numerous wrestling sites szantyr close leaving tna, after failing come terms on new contract promotion. 2 days later, szantyr confirmed departure tna, however, still listed active member of roster on company s website.