Although Thunder Rosa was out of action from August 2022 to December 2023 due to a back injury that forced her to relinquish the AEW Women’s Championship, she’s been back on television for the last several weeks.
Now, she’s days away from challenging Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s Championship at AEW Dynasty on April 21.
Speaking on a recent edition of the “KiddChris Show,” Rosa noted that she didn’t get back fusion surgery before her return.
“I didn’t [get surgery],” she said. “I think the possibility of surgery will be probably in the future. There were two things happening at the same time. I had tears on my lower back and I had herniations. Before you can do anything, you have to wait for the tears to not be tears. After, that’s when you can do the exercises. It took me about seven to eight months to exercise properly. There are a lot of things I had to change with training and in my life. I was a runner, I can no longer run. You have to pick and choose what you can do. I want to still be at 100% in the ring, so I had to change everything.”
