Things are looking up for AEW’s Thunder Rosa as she looks to make her in-ring debut on television.
The top AEW star has been sidelined for nearly a year with a back injury. She first had to pull out of an AEW Women’s Title defense at last year’s All Out before relinquishing the title.
Her last match saw her victorious in trios competition alongside Toni Storm and Hikaru Shida, where they beat Emi Sakura, Marina Shafir, and Nyla Rose in August 2022.
Earlier this month, on an episode of Busted Open Radio, Rosa played the audio of Doc Sampson giving her an update on her condition:
“Looking at the most recent MRIs and all the conservative stuff we’ve done in the past, you’re progressing well right now,” Sampson said. “You do still have all the pathology in your lower back, L4, L5. I think that with our progression, pushing it to the limit but taking it sequentially, so going week to week to week, we push a little bit more. If we hit a roadblock, we back it up a step. But I think over the next four to six weeks. We’ll see how it’s going.”
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Rosa is currently training for her return in San Antonio with former WWE star Shochi Funaki.
We wish her a speedy recovery.
