AEW’s Tay Melo out of action due to back protrusion
Past AEW Women’s title challenger Tay Melo has been out of action due to a back protrusion she has dealt with for more than a decade.
In a podcast interview, Melo said multiple doctors, including AEW’s, have not cleared her. She has been on the sidelines since the mid-January street fight between herself, Anna Jay A.S., Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale.
Back protrusions are sometimes referred to as bulging discs.
She said she is improving and “good,” but gave no timetable for her return other than saying she will be “cleared in the next couple weeks so I’ll be fine.”
Melo said she has been dealing with the injury for more than ten years and that she began to have issues before the aforementioned street fight, saying she couldn’t walk the day before and required a wheelchair to even get through the airport.
“It was really bad,” Melo said, adding she also had difficulty walking days after the violent match.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.