Impact Wrestling's Deonna Purrazzo Graduates From College

Deonna Purrazzo is officially a college graduate. The 29-year-old wrestler revealed the news via social media on Monday, thanking her husband — fellow Impact Wrestling star Steve Maclin — for helping her through her academic journey.

Via Twitter, she wrote, "Thanks, Steve Maclin, for listening to all my history papers so I could find my mistakes & keeping a safe place open in the shelves for my diploma! I love you for encouraging me & supporting my dreams. This was a 10+ year journey & at one point, I didn't believe it was possible. But here I am... finally, a college graduate. CLASS OF 2023." She also proudly showed off her diploma — received from Southern New Hampshire University. 

Thanks @SteveMaclin for listening to all my history papers so I could find my mistakes & keeping a safe place open in the shelves for my diploma! I love you for encouraging me & supporting my dreams.

This was a 10+ year journey & at one point, I didn't believe it was possible.... pic.twitter.com/eIj3l1c8w4

— The Virtuosa (@DeonnaPurrazzo) August 1, 2023

Purrazzo recently lost the Impact Knockouts World Championship to Trinity Fatu at Slammiversary 2023, but she will likely get the opportunity to regain the title and become a four-time champion at Emergence on August 27. While the rematch has yet to be made official, Purrazzo issued the challenge on last week's episode of "Impact," where she confronted the new champ.

"The Virtuosa" had previously expressed her desire to surpass Gail Kim's combined reign of 711 days as Knockouts World Champion, but she still has a ways to go. While Purrazzo held the title for 531 days across her three reigns, Kim — an Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer — held the company's women's title for a whopping 711 days across seven stints as champion.