fired. The senior employee responsible for this was let go, and James received a public apology from Stephanie McMahon. National Wrestling Alliance (2021–2022) James made her National Wrestling Alliance debut on the June 8, 2021 episode of NWA Powerrr, announcing that she will serve as an executive producer for the first all-female event, NWA EmPowerrr. On June 23, James announced on an Instagram video that she will be returning to the ring and delivers an open challenge to anyone to wrestle her at the NWA 73rd Anniversary Show. The challenge was answered by Kylie Rae, which James has defeated. James last appearance on NWA was on the May 3, 2022, of Powerrr, where she defeated Kenzie Paige. Third return to Impact Wrestling Fourth Knockouts championship reign (2021–2022) At Slammiversary on July 17, 2021, James made her third return to TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling, after a six-year absence, inviting Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo to defend the title at NWA EmPowerrr, where she is executive producer, only for Purrazzo to give her disrespect, then James kicked Purrazzo in the face. Purrazzo would eventually accept James' invite, successfully defending the Knockouts Championship against Melina at NWA EmPowerrr. The next night, at NWA 73, Purrazzo attacked James after the latter's match with Kylie Rae. On the September 23 episode of Impact!, it was announced that James would make her in-ring return to Impact, as she challenged Purrazzo for the Knockouts Championship at Bound for Glory. At Bound for Glory, James defeated Purrazzo to win the Impact Knockouts Championship for the fourth time. At Turning Point, after successfully retained the title against Mercedes Martinez, James was attacked by Purrazzo, who announced that she would invoke her rematch clause at Hard To Kill. At the event, on January 8, 2022, James successfully retained the title against Purrazzo in a Texas Deathmatch. One night WWE crossover (2022) On the January 7, 2022 episode of SmackDown, James was announced as a participant in the women's Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble, while being acknowledged as Impact Knockouts World Champion. Later that night, Impact Wrestling also promoted her upcoming appearance. During the Royal Rumble, she entered at No. 20 with her Impact theme (Hardcore Country) and with the Impact Knockouts World Championship belt. She lasted just under 12 minutes in the match, managing to eliminate her former rival Michelle McCool and was later eliminated by another