In a live shoot interview tonight, Gail Kim spoke on record for the first time about why she quit WWE, the Divas division and walking out of a battle royal on Raw in her final appearance.

A few highlights below:

* Gail reveals that the Divas today are told: “You’re getting too physical” and “You’re getting too good”, indicating that they don’t want the women to upstage the male wrestlers.

* Gail says she got the opportunity to be in a documentary about successful Korean people but WWE wouldn’t let her do it.

* Gail says winning Knockouts Title meant more than winning Women’s Title because it wasn’t just handed to her. She says she was part of building the division and that made it more special.

* Low-Ki told her about Awesome Kong (Kharma). When they were talking about who to bring in for the division, Gail said why don’t we bring in Kong — she had never seen her work or even a picture of her but thought she would be unique for the division.

* As far as she knows, she never knew of ideas for her to work with Kharma in WWE in a storyline, but they had plans to have her work Kharma’s first singles match.

* Gail says the plan was for Kharma to feud with Beth Phoenix.

* Gail says the Knockouts never talked about their pay in TNA. Any frustration was between talent and office, not with each other.

* Gail on leaving TNA: She was in contract negotiations, but was having financial issues. She says the pay she was being offered, she couldn’t accept at that time. WWE reached out and offered her more money. She said she spoke to everyone in the TNA office and bawled when she spoke to Jeff Jarrett. She says: “When life takes over, you have to do what you have to do to pay your bills.”

* On re-signing with WWE, Gail says Johnny Ace told her that the creative team was so excited to have her back and had ideas for her. Hmm… really?

* Gail says she was offered a training position in FCW but turned it down because she felt she still had a lot to offer in her career.

* Gail says every week there’d be a new rule for the Divas like “no kicking”, “no punching” etc. “It was so frustrating.” WWE wanted “more girliness” in Divas matches.

* Gail says it’s sad that the Women’s Title was retired. WWE needs two titles for both shows. She says the Divas were sad about it.

* Gail reveals that she had four boob jobs. She says she never felt pressure from WWE to do it and even asked her mom in high school to have breast implants. “No pressure.” Never heard a story about there being pressure.

* Gail says she heard rumors that the Daniel Bryan/Bella Twins storyline ended because the network thought it wasn’t heading in a very PG direction, so she was brought in as his girlfriend to end the storyline. Gail says fans, Vince and Kevin Dunn loved the Gail/Bellas catfight when she was revealed as DB’s girlfriend.

* Gail says she was ready to quit the day that she was revealed as Daniel Bryan’s girlfriend, but prolonged it because she was finally being used.

* Gail says she felt slapped in the face and disrespected by a series of events and doesn’t take back her action of eliminating herself in the Divas battle royal. She recalls one instance when she went out to the ring with Daniel Bryan as his manager, but when she got to ringside, she was told to go to the back. She had just stood in 10 minutes in gorilla position with Vince and others there, however she wasn’t told she wasn’t supposed to go out. Agents told her she was going out. However, when she went out there, she was told to go back. She felt disrespected and spoke to Johnny Ace.

* Gail says she felt frustrated in WWE. She had been approached about re-signing by Johnny Ace but said she definitely wasn’t going to re-sign. She didn’t know how much longer she was going to last. The night of the battle royal came on Raw. She felt that the Divas were treated as a joke but tried to make the best of every situation. She says the battle royal came and they were told, “Everybody has to get out of the ring as fast as possible in the first minute”. She says other things happened that day but won’t reveal what happened. She felt disrespected at that moment and wanted to be disrespectful back, thus eliminating herself. She does admit it was childish. She went to the back & none of the agents or higher-ups noticed that she had eliminated herself. Later on in the night, she quit and told Johnny that he eliminated himself and he laughed! They didn’t notice or care.

* She says when she quit, Johnny Ace offered her the training role in FCW again but she turned it down. She says he wouldn’t let her quit. She said she wanted walk away & offered to give up the money. They told her she has to wait for her contract to run out. They didn’t want her working for any other wrestling companies.

Gail says she went into the locker room at Raw and announced to the Divas that she had quit. Everyone was shocked and sad.

Gail says she told Johnny to stop controlling her. She just wanted to be free. She says she told them to keep their money but they wouldn’t let her walk. They had a lawyer call her and explain the ‘legal repercussions’ of her quitting.

* Gail on WWE hiring models instead of independent wrestlers: She says that’s what it is right now. Girls like Beth and Natalya are a rare breed. She thinks women can be a draw & have kick ass matches.

* Regarding “that match” with Mickie James: They were very excited to have the match and planned too much. She wasn’t injured. They tried to call it on the fly but it didn’t work. She says, “We’re human”.

* Gail says she’d love for the girls to be treated equally. She wants to see them be given the same opportunities as the men. It’s frustrating being held down. She says the Knockouts division is proof that people want to see women’s wrestling.

Stay tuned for a live after show at 11pm on Diva Dirt. Call in on 347-989-8156.

Former WWE Diva Gail Kim will speak for the first time on quitting WWE and much more tonight in a live shoot interview on Internet pay per view.

We’ll be covering the iPPV with live tweets on our Twitter page.

You can order the event by signing up here.

WWNLive.com has sent out the following press release, revealing some of the questions that she’ll be asked.

[notice]The first ever live, interactive shoot interview will be broadcast on worldwide live iPPV tonight at www.WWNLive.com at 8pm EST. The subject will be former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Gail Kim. She will finally break her silence after quitting WWE when she eliminated herself from a battle royal on Raw. If Kim has the guts to do that, just imagine what she’ll say tonight on live iPPV. The Hot Zone live shoot series starts tonight!

Order now at www.WWNLive.com for just $12.95. This shoot will also be available at WWNLive.com On Demand, which means if you purchase it you can watch it as many times as you want forever. There is no editing. There is no taking anything back. This is a live shoot by this outspoken personality.

The interview will start with Kim discussing her entire career, including everything that led to her walking out of WWE on live TV. You can ask follow up questions during this part of the interview via the WWNLive.com chat room or on Twitter @BookItGabe. Once Kim gives all the scoops, we’ll turn the interview over to you. Ask anything you want! This is live iPPV so who knows what will happen.

Here’s just a few of the questions that we’ll ask Gail tonight when she walks into The Hot Zone at WWNLive.com at 8pm Eastern Time:

-What made you go into wrestling?

-Did you have a problem with the guys coming onto you when you were breaking in?

-How did WWE discover you?

-Did they make you a fair contract offer at first?

-Before going to WWE, you spent almost a year in OVW. What did you think of the training system in OVW?

-What were some of the most valuable things you learned in OVW?

-Who was the best and worst teacher in OVW?

-What were your first impressions of WWE?

-What were your first impressions of Vince McMahon?

-Did the women’s division seem like a priority to the McMahons and writers?

-Who was most helpful to you, both learning in the ring and dealing with life on the road outside the ring?

-Was there anyone that was making life difficult for you?

-What did you think when they told you that you were winning the WWE Women’s Championship in your first night?

-Did you think it was a good idea?

-Did it create any jealousy with the other women?

-What was Trish Stratus like to work with?

-What was Lita like to work with?

-What was Molly Holly like to work with?

-In late 2004 you were released, was it a shock to you? Did you see it coming?

-Why do you think you were released?

-Do you think WWE made the most of your abilities during that first run?

-What led to you going to TNA?

-What were your first impressions of TNA?

-How was TNA different than WWE?

-What were your first impressions of Dixie Carter?

-What were your first impressions of Vince Russo?

-What did you think of being put as the manager of Americas Most Wanted and Jeff Jarrett?

-Did they like the idea and how were they to work with?

-Do you think TNA favors ex-WWE stars over their own homegrown talent?

-Were you impressions of Dixie Carter and Vince Russo changing at all as you spent more time in TNA?

-What was Amazing Kong like to work with back then?

-TNA kept putting you in lots of gimmick matches- street fight, ladder match, do you think it was too much?

-It’s been documented that the Knockouts segment was drawing some of the best quarter hour ratings on Impact, do you think the division got enough credit and respect for that?

-Was there a level of frustration over pay or credit in the knockouts locker room?

-Do you think Dixie Carter was sympathetic towards the women at all as far as getting equal pay and treatment?

-What led to you leaving TNA?

-What led to you going back to WWE?

-Did WWE make any promises that your push and pay would be different?

-Do you think coming from TNA hurt or helped your chances or being pushed in WWE or didn’t make any difference?

-What was different, if anything, about the atmosphere and culture of the locker room when you went back to WWE?

-How about the Diva locker room, was it the same or different?

-What did you think of the new girls, did they have the same work ethic of the class you were first in WWE with (Lita, Trish, Victoria, Molly)?

-Do you think the McMahons and writers had different expectations of the Divas, like less wrestling and more T&A?

-Was the pay improved?

-What did you think of the Piggy James angle?

-Is there a lot of pressure to keep your weight down?

-Do the women put themselves in danger with measures to keep their weight down?

-What made you get breast augmentation surgery? Did you feel pressure to?

-What did you think of the Laycool act?

-What did you think of the angle of being Daniel Bryan’s girlfriend?

-Was Bryan comfortable in those skits?

-When did you start getting frustrated with WWE and think of quitting?

-What led to these frustrations?

-Do you think Vince McMahon gave you enough attention personally?

-Was there anyone you could voice your frustrations to like an agent or writer?

-Who were the most helpful agents?

-Describe the night where you eliminated yourself from the battle royal. Take us from arriving at the building to the moment you knew you were going to do it to posting that you quit on Twitter?

-What was the reaction backstage when you did it?

-What was the reaction from the office to the Tweet that you quit? Who called you and what did they say?

-Why did WWE enforce their contract with you and not release you until a couple of days ago?

-What are your plans now?

-Who gets recognized more- you or Robert Irvine?

These are just a few of the questions Gail Kim will answer when she steps into The Hot Zone at www.WWNLive.com tonight at 8pm EST. Are there any questions you want to ask? Tonight will be your chance. Order now and take part in this interactive shoot.[/notice]