Mike Aldren wrote (On October 27, 2009): Mickie James has signed a management deal with the Nashville-based Skyline Management Group, Inc. and is expected to announce plans to enter country music in the near future. Mickie recently laid down demo tracks to pitch to music industry execs and has been planning for life outside of wrestling for some time.

Dave Meltzer wrote: Mickie James' staph infection that required two surgeries is the MRSA infection, which is a nasty form of staph. She was told she's out of WrestleMania. She wrote on the WWE web site that the infection had gotten into her blood stream and if she had waited a few more days to get it treated she could have lost her leg, and it possibly could have been fatal.