Zoey Stark shares update on ‘frustrating’ injury recovery
Zoey Stark shared an injury update on social media recently.
Stark has been out of action since the May 19 episode of Raw, where she was injured while delivering a missile dropkick. In early June, the 31-year-old had surgery to repair injuries to her ACL, MCL, and meniscus.
On Friday, Stark shared that her recovery has been frustrating, but she’s focused on having gratitude for what is going well.
She said:
“It’s been both mentally and physically exhausting and frustrating. And I’m in a spot right now with my knee where is not wanting to bend and give me the full range of motion that I am looking for. And as much as that sucks, it’s okay.“
“I will push through this. I will find a way around it. I’ll get to where I need to get. But boy is it frustrating. But there’s always a silver lining and a dark cloud, right? So there’s a couple things I’m happy for. I’m walking again, riding a stationary bike. We got a new puppy, Mad Max. Love that little guy. Seeing all of my animals, Sly the cat, Kai and Max and them all play and get together, that lights my heart up, so that’s the joy of my day. But we’ll get through this.”
The match where Stark was injured was a Money in the Bank qualifier triple threat against Kairi Sane and Rhea Ripley. It appeared as though Sane may have been too far away from Stark when she jumped to land the missile dropkick. When the match returned from commercial break shortly after, Stark was gone, and Ripley defeated IYO Sky with a Riptide.
In Stark’s bouts prior to that, she traded wins with Maxxine Dupri on episodes of WWE Main Event and won a contenders tournament on WWE Speed before going to a time limit draw with Women’s Speed Champion Candice LeRae.
Stark’s full Instagram post is available below: