So far, Sade’s TNA run has been nothing but positive, with the promotion’s welcoming nature as a standout quality for her. Of the current roster, Sade identified TNA veteran Alisha Edwards as the first person who greeted her.

“The energy has just been awesome there from the jump,” she said. “I just love the fact that I feel like I have my hands on the reins when it comes to me, Mara Sade, and what I put out there. I feel heard. I feel like the sky is the limit here and I can put more into what this is that I’m doing. Just being able to do more, beyond the independents and do other promotions, it’s helping me grow, for real. It’s making me see just the things I do want to improve upon. Just helping me see this business in a different lens basically.”

Inside and outside of the ring, Sade considers herself an artistic person, and thanks to TNA, she is able to dive into her craft, or wrestling “art,” even more. In recent weeks, Sade’s on-screen work has pitted her against former TNA World Tag Team Champion Ryan Nemeth. 

The two met face-to-face on last week’s “Thursday Night iMPACT,” where Nemeth claimed that Sade might have a crush on him. Instead, Sade clocked him in the face. Nemeth previously defeated Sade in a singles match at TNA Genesis. 

“I just believe that one door closing most certainly opened up literally thousands more,” she added about her transition from WWE to TNA. “It makes me fall in love more because there’s just so much more to this art.”

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