AEW star Thunder Rosa has opened up about her recent injury scare, admitting that she thought it might be the end of her in-ring career.
Rosa made her return to TV on the February 18 episode of Dynamite, and went on to pick up the win over Julia Hart on the February 21 episode of Collision. The match was Rosa’s first since July 2025, which saw the former Women’s Champion compete as part of the Casino Gauntlet match at All In: Texas. Suffering an undisclosed injury in the match, Rosa had been away from TV for 8 months.
“This Injury, It Was Dark”: Thunder Rosa
Ahead of her return match on Collision, Rosa spoke about her road to recovery on Busted Open Radio. First admitting she was nervous about the return match, Rosa acknowledged that she had been away for a long time:
“I’m just nervous. It’s always good to have nerves right before a big return. This is the second time that I’ve been gone for a long period of time. I’ve been out for eight months, I could tell you physical therapy was key for me to come back.”
Continuing, the former Women’s Champion stated that she was very excited to make her comeback as she thought there were moments where it appeared that her career had come to an end:
“It was rough, and just the fact that I had to take smaller steps to do simple things, it took me a while. And it was very scary. So now the pressure is on even more for myself… I am beyond excited.
“I have a message to everyone who’s been super supportive for my comeback, that it’s important not to give up, especially during dark times, because this injury, believe me, it was dark. There were some moments that I was like, I’m probably never going to wrestle again. So I’m extremely excited about Collision to wrestle Julia Hart.”
Rosa won the Women’s Championship in March 2022 after defeating Britt Baker. Rosa then suffered a back injury and vacated the championship. During that time, Toni Storm was named interim champion, but her reign was later recognised to be lineal.
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