Queen Aminata discusses not being cleared for AEW Blood & Guts
Queen Aminata published a vlog on Wednesday discussing having to miss the Women’s AEW Blood & Guts match last week.
Aminata did get involved on the outside of the cage during the match, fending off Penelope Ford while wearing a neck brace. However, she was not cleared to wrestle on the show. She has been out of action since she was removed from the scheduled Blood & Guts advantage match against Megan Bayne after not being cleared to compete. She previously revealed in her vlog last week that she has been dealing with a neck injury.
In her vlog, Aminata spoke with Kris Statlander backstage after the match and said:
“I was watching you guys all crying in my heart cause I wanted to be part of it so bad.”
Later in the vlog she said:
“I still can’t process it honestly cause I was watching in Gorilla and I had so many emotions like in my head and my body. I was so mad and sad and frustrated that I wasn’t part of the match but the girls were doing so freaking amazing that I was happy and excited at the same time.”
“I just wanted to be in there and just bleed and do all this crazy amazing stuff that they were doing, but at the same time I was supporting my girls too. I am super duper proud of all of us. Like, thank you AEW. Thank you for supporting women wrestling.”
“I hope we do it next year again. I hope I’m part of it next year.”
“I don’t even want to do regular matches anymore. I just want to do these type of matches. I just want to bleed and bump on chairs and tables and the floor. But here’s the thing, I got to take care of my neck. I have to protect my neck.”
It is unclear how Aminata sustained the injury. Her last match was on the Fright Night edition of Dynamite on October 29, when her and Jamie Hayter were eliminated from the Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament by Skye Blue and Julia Hart.
Aminata’s full blog is available below:
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