MMA fighter and ex-wife of Randy, Kim Couture appeared moments ago at TNA’s Bound for Glory pay per view, interrupting the Knockouts Championship triple threat match.
Couture caught Lisa Marie Varon — TNA’s Tara – off guard during her match and the pair began getting into it near the ramp-way, having to be separated by security. Meanwhile in the ring, ODB and Kong watched on as the match was disrupted.
The mystery figure was not acknowledged on television, simply explained away as a ‘fan’ by commentator Taz, but PWInsider now confirms the woman to be Kim Couture. It’s not known if the interruption was a work or a real shoot.
Couture and Varon have had a lengthy war of words in the media over the past few months, as the former Knockouts and WWE Women’s Champion branches out into MMA.
If you ask me, the way ODB and Kong looked perplexed, it does seem as though it was unplanned and Couture was there of her own accord. If it is a work, then bravo because it looked great. Hopefully we’ll have more soon.
EDIT: Jeremy Borash just tweeted the following: “Tara and Kim Couture got into a fight during the Knockouts title match. More about this on Thursday.” Looks as though TNA has managed to bag Couture for a storyline, which is a fantastic move if you ask me. This is bound to get a lot of MMA-skewed media attention.
EDIT #2: PWInsider reports the angle was indeed planned and the cut-away camera shots were pre-planned to make it appear more shoot-like, as though they’d just caught what was going on. Mike Johnson notes TNA has made references to Couture in recent weeks, which is true. Varon mentioned Couture on commentary during the Kong vs ODB match on Impact a couple of weeks ago.
EDIT #3: Kim tweeted about the encounter on her Twitter page:
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Ooooh shiznit! BEAT DEH EH LISA! BEAT DEH EH!!
I knew it was her when I seen it!
I think it was legit and not Kayfabe. Taz and Mike Tenay didn’t even know what was going on. If she was planted there than they would of been like “Oh look at that fan!”. Plus the camera would of cut to the fight. Also Awesome Kong and ODB looked down right confused. And the way the REAL security (Not rushed over and grabbed Kim
i’m honestly not sure.
some things point to it being a work, others don’t.
either way.. great way to grab the headlines.
Sorry I pushed the submit comment button pre-maturely:
I knew it was her when I seen it!
I think it was legit and not Kayfabe. Taz and Mike Tenay didn’t even know what was going on. If she was planted there than they would of been like “Oh look at that fan!”. Plus the camera would of cut to the fight. Also Awesome Kong and ODB looked down right confused. And the way the REAL security (Not TNA road crew in security shirts) rushed over and grabbed Kim as soon as she grabbed Tara by the hair. All the signs point to a shoot. But if it was a work than bravo TNA because I’m down right confused.
it is a work!!
jeremeyborah’s twitter: Tara and Kim Couture got into a fight during the Knockouts title match. More about this on Thursday
it definitely is a great move, but at the same time seems a bit hypocritical on couture’s part. i do hope lisa still gets to compete in an mma ring against her, and it isn’t something settled in a watered down tna version.
That woman kind of reminds of what Torrie Wilson would have looked like as an old lady back in the Invasion days.
Fake or Real tara can kick her ass…
Kim Couture looks way older then 33
Tara’s got to be loving all this free publicity TNA’s giving her feud with Couture. If/When Strikeforce makes that fight happen I expect we’ll be seeing a lot of cross-promotion.
Could they have not kept this away from TNA? I support Lisa’s MMA aspirations and hope it goes well for her, but that whole Kim Couture thing during the match at BFG just ruined what was a really strong match. Tara was in her home state and the crowd was firmly behind behind her. The fan attack thing just made it look like Russo-style overbooking. So now the MUCH anticipated Tara/Kong feud will have to be put on hold. UGH.
i knew it…lisa is a very good person i didnt belive she had a words fight with any1….but really good from tna
well done :D
Man how stupid is this. I love Tara but why does she have to feud with this woman. She’s a no body. The only reason she is known is because of who she was married to.
thats cool
and they fooled us all with there online trash talking
“and they fooled us all with there online trash talking”
Really? I dont know anyone who was fooled by it. Tara is 0-0 and Kim is 1-1, so in MMA terms they are nobodies. Their online trash talking is just a work to generate media attention. If they cant get a big match by their fight-statistics they might be able to get a match by names recognition. But it was always clear there was no real hate, probably they are even friends irl.