Velvet Sky Criticizes Dixie Carters 2009 TNA Speech

Velvet Sky, a TNA Hall of Famer, has publicly criticized a 2009 backstage speech by former TNA president Dixie Carter, describing it as an unwelcome disruption that highlighted Carter's divisive leadership style. The footage, which resurfaced online earlier this month to mark the 16th anniversary of the event, shows Carter addressing the full roster during a taping of TNA's Impact program on November 5, 2009, at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.

Sky, inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame last month after a decade-long career with the promotion starting in 2007, shared her recollections on social media. "I remember this day," she wrote. "The consensus of the locker room and staff during this meeting was not one single person gave a shit what she was saying and we actually had to take time out of production day for this nonsense from her and it had to be filmed so she could have her my way or the highway ego stroked even more. She was not well received by most because of the way she treated people who could nothing for her and the way she would talk down to people. Vile."

The speech occurred amid a period of uncertainty for TNA Wrestling, which had recently announced the signing...