Mara Sade – formerly Jakara Jackson in WWE/NXT – debuted with TNA in July of 2025 after showing up there a few times as part of the Meta Four group when she was employed by NXT.
While speaking with Gabby LaSpisa on the Gabby AF podcast, TNA Knockout Mara Sade talks about her goals and experiences in TNA so far.
“2026, I got my eyes on the prize,” Sade recently told “Gabby AF.” “Just the way that Lei Ying Lee is doing her thing right now, I love seeing it too. Being in TNA, I feel like people are able to just dive in head first, really show people what’s good, they have the freedom to do them, and show people what it is that they’re here to do.”
“Just the way that [Lee] obtained the title was a beautiful moment. I’m waiting for my moment as well and it’s going to come in 2026,” Sade continued. “I just have nothing but great feels about what’s to come. Especially with this new TV deal, I feel like there’s so many more opportunities now. The Knockouts division is really like we out here. I’m so grateful to be adding to that, but it’s only time that your girl steps into that picture, because I ain’t here to play.”
Regarding her time in TNA so far:
“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.”
“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.”
H/T Ella Jay for WrestlingInc on transcription.
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Mara is scheduled to fight Ryan Nemeth tonight on Thursday Night iMPACT in an Albuquerque Street Fight.
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