Thunder Rosa calls recent injury ‘dark,’ feared she’d never wrestle again
Thunder Rosa says she wasn’t sure if she would ever wrestle again.
Rosa is set to wrestle for the first time in eight months on Saturday’s AEW Collision at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, where she will face Julia Hart. It will be her first match since competing in the Casino Gauntlet at AEW All In Texas on July 12, 2025. She also wrestled Athena in the main event of Supercard of Honor the night before.
“This is going to be the second time that I’ve been gone for a long period of time. I’ve been out for eight months,” Rosa said during a recent appearance on Off the Ropes.
“Physical therapy was key for me to come back and the way that I came back. And it was rough. And just the fact that I had to take smaller steps to even do simple things. It took me a while and it was very scary.”
“Everything that I’m doing, I’m doing to prove it to myself that I still got it, that I deserve this spot. But I get an opportunity again. Life gives me an opportunity again to do something that I’ve worked so hard for the last 12 years.”
While the nature of the injury that has kept Rosa out of action since July has not been publicly disclosed, Rosa said there were moments where she feared she might never be able to return to the ring.
“It’s important not to give up, especially during dark times, because this injury, believe me, Robin, it was dark. There were some moments that I was like, I’m probably never going to wrestle again.”
A clip of Rosa’s appearance on Off the Ropes is available below:
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