Indi Hartwell Reveals Gail Kim’s Role in Her TNA Wrestling Debut
Australian professional wrestler Indi Hartwell recently shared the story of how her opportunity with TNA Wrestling came about. Hartwell’s five-year run with WWE, spanning from 2019 to 2024, concluded in November 2024 with her release from her contract.
She debuted for TNA Wrestling at Rebellion in April 2025 and has since turn into a prominent figure in the Knockouts division.
In a recent conversation with Jimmy V3, Hartwell detailed how she ended up signing with TNA and similarly discussed her experience working alongside the current roster.
Gail Kim’s Outreach Led to TNA Stint
“Yeah, so I had Gail Kim reach out to me. She’s no longer with the company, but she’d done so much for TNA, and she’s someone that I grew up watching on TNA. She reached out to me and asked if it’s something that I’d desire to do, and I was so glad she did because I was such a huge fan of TNA growing up. I’m still a huge fan of it, and I don’t know if I ever saw myself going there, but I guess everything happens for a reason. That’s how it all came about. Now it’s been almost a year. Next month will be one year since I debuted in TNA.”
Hartwell on Collaborating with the TNA Roster
“Yeah, so working with the roster, it’s funny because I feel like I’m sharing a locker room now with girls that I used to wrestle with in NXT, but… That’s another topic of the NXT girls having our Knockouts Title. We won’t get into that, maybe, just yet, but it’s cool because I got to come to a locker room with girls that I knew from the past but also a lot of girls that I hadn’t stepped in the ring with before, you know, people like Dani Luna, who I had some really tough matches with at the conclude of last year.
“She’s amazing. Like, she’s an amazing talent. She’s hard-hitting. I think she’s… A lot of people need to pay attention to Dani Luna, and there’s a bunch more like Jody Threat. I was able to also kind of reignite some function with Tessa, who I tagged with and worked with years ago before WWE. So it’s cool getting some, getting in the ring with some new people.”
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