Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

We haven't seen Mickie James in a WWE ring for over a year, but it turns out she was just weeks away from returning before COVID-19 struck.

James, who tore her ACL during a house show last year, had apparently been medically cleared and was close to making a comeback. "The doc had already cleared me, so I was literally just getting that last two weeks to get cleared to come back to in-ring action and everything got shut down," she told Chris Van Vliet in a new interview. "So, I went home and I just haven't been back since."

For the time being, James is fine with staying away from the Performance Center. "Theres no need to take that risk of going there if I'm not doing anything," she explained. "I would rather bide my time and wait for the perfect opportunity."

When she does return, James has some (mostly tongue-in-cheek) goals in mind. "I'm going to go in and take all the championships," she said. "I'm going to be my own tag team partner and I'm going to go in there and take those championships first, and then I'm going to take both of the women's championships at the same time."

Good luck, Mickie!