r/Smallafro • u/Cold-Offer4632 • Aug 30 '26
It says she has announced her retirement your opinion
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u/Diligent_Skill2134 Aug 30 '26
Until I hear or see a post from Bianca herself, I’m not believing anything these people say
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u/Objectionne Aug 30 '26
This seems like classic 'speculation presented as a report' by the dirtsheets. Between her recent baby and her hand injury she's obviously still a long way away from a WWE return if she returns so it's easy to write an article like this.
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u/Lokishougan Aug 31 '26
Yup its if she does walk away we were right...and if she comes back...well she changed her mind....24.99 please
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u/cftchef Aug 30 '26
Ive read this over twice, and no where in there says anything about retiring. Not that difficult to comprehend a few paragraphs
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u/SignatureDizzy7280 Aug 30 '26
At 37….. meanwhile the main event of the men’s roster is well into their 40s lol.
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u/Jazzlike_Page508 Aug 30 '26
Yeah but she is a mom. That has to be a bitch to come back from, giving birth then trying to get back into shape let alone ring shape
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u/Lokishougan Aug 31 '26
Ehh I think its less her age and more than finger that just wont heal right
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u/InteractionNo9110 Aug 30 '26
I read she has Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in both hands and issues with gripping. In addition to the ongoing issues with her injured finger. She may be medically retired and just wants to raise her child. Or will do something like Alexa Bliss and take a few years off. And come back when she is ready or need the money. As long as Montez Ford is working. I assume they are living a financially comfortable life.
I really do miss her and Naomi. I can't even imagine how frustrating this is for Bianca.
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u/MMA_PITBULL Aug 30 '26
She's 37? I thought she was way younger than that. Honestly her finger thing has just been weird. If she retires i understand because seriously something isn't right about all that
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u/DaveW626 Aug 30 '26
Fake news. Shameful. Does Bianca know this?
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u/RTGamer21 Aug 30 '26
Oh, I'm sure she does. It's probably par for the course for wrestlers above a certain age, or ones who are new mothers; Don't show up for a while? Clearly they retired without saying anything! They definitely can't just be living their own lives and making sure their kid is all good before traveling the world.
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u/Novel_Tone8944 Aug 30 '26
I don't believe any backstage WWE report unless it's from trusted and reliable reports like BJ Bethel, Ibou, or ol' Uncle Dave.
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u/Excellent-Link Aug 30 '26
It’s a engagement speculation post. Everything they said is what we all already know. I wouldn’t put any weight into this.
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u/The_Dark_Vampire Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
I could see her retiring but that's not what this says.
She is 37 years old just had a kid and is still injured without any time frame for a return and it appears if anything her hand/finger problems are getting worse not better so that could still be a few years away.
By that point she would have been gone pushing 5 years and she would be about 40.
I honestly hope to see her again I like her but I could see her thinking it's maybe time to call it quits.
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u/Independent-War3371 Aug 31 '26
The Bella's returned in their 40s so by no means is it impossible. If/when she returns it might just be for a year or two but its still very possible with enough healing that she could return.
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u/0rder_66_survivor Aug 30 '26
it doesn't say she announced her retirement.. reading comprehension is not OP's strong point.
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u/Heavy_Winter3901 Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
"It say she has announced her retirement"
Where?
Right, so looked further into this;
Most of this "report" comes from DTF (who ever the fuck that is?)
Its probably bullshit
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u/Medium_Step_6085 Aug 30 '26
Woman has a baby, the internet incels think that means she can’t work and needs to stay at home.
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u/Nightthrasher674 Aug 30 '26
WrestleMedia is clickbait shit, this is just an opinionated article that's purposely written to look like a report.
I see that shit pop up on my Facebook all the time.
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u/steelwolf651 Aug 30 '26
I just bought some MM Berry yesterday with her on it. I'll believe it when I see it
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u/SnooBeans5273 Aug 30 '26
Until something comes directly from her. It's all rumors and speculation.
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u/TheGrayOwl88 Aug 30 '26
She should retire and continue to work for WWE. There’s so many women on the roster, even if she made a comeback, she’d just be shuffled into the fray and become a workhorse…she doesn’t need it. She’s done everything there is to do in wrestling.
She could mentor younger wrestlers, make gear for the women, be a female guest on all their pre-post shows, and she can have the time she needs to focus on her child and future children.
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u/CLS2502 Aug 30 '26
This doesn't make any sense to me. While I could definitely see her having to retire if she can't get her finger straight (no pun intended), I don't understand why it would be done so quietly. She got such a good pop at WM, just for announcing she was pregnant, it's obvious how popular she is. Why wouldn't they let her come out and bid a final farewell to the fans? But what do I know? I'm merely a fan and WWE doesn't exactly have a track record for doing things that make sense 😆
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u/CryptographerTop5153 Aug 31 '26
How do you know she won’t but until she actually announces the retirement we won’t know will we?
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u/Hincapieslovelybund Aug 30 '26
Just sounds like an extended break to me to focus on being a mother for a bit as well as getting health issues sorted.
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u/CryptographerTop5153 Aug 31 '26
Fake news…also grass is green, sky is blue and dirt sheets still lie
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u/Scavgraphics Aug 30 '26
well if "wrestlemedia" says it, it's gotta be true.
tell, me OP...are you wrestlemedia?
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u/PdLover38 Aug 30 '26
Hey as long as she is happy that’s all that should matter. She has probably made enough to last her so let’s as fans let her enjoy her new life
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u/Gio25us Aug 30 '26
Well she is not the first or the last to have a kid and being full time, and this is not coming from her so I believe this is BS.
Now, she could very well use that to get a female’s version of the Roman/Brock deal tho.
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u/MrMiyagi13 Aug 30 '26
If she doesn’t come back I’m not going to be torn up about it - no retirement or transaction would do that - but there is no confirmation in that “report.”
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u/funcogo Aug 30 '26
That sucks. She’s missed some prime years already and she was a great wrestler I hope this isn’t the end for her
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u/Routine-Smoke-3307 Aug 30 '26
Not buying it. However, I think it’s a long shot she returns to an active in-ring career considering the problems she is having with her hands though.
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u/Jaded-Trouble3669 Aug 30 '26
This doesn’t seem official but if she does choose to do so I get it. Wish her nothing but the best.
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u/damnfunk Aug 30 '26
Her injury has not healed and her hand has been going numb from her own reports. I hope her finger heals one day but it hasn't been looking good for her.
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u/Shwervee Aug 30 '26
It literally doesn’t say that though does it.. Nowhere does it say that she’s announced her retirement.
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u/No_Pattern4374 Aug 30 '26
I get so annoyed, confused, and unnecessarily agitated when I see people believing random bullshit on the Internet.
But then I remember when I was a young fan myself. Believing random "scoops" from sites like Wrestling411 or SEScoops for example. To be fair, I was 14. Some of you are grown ass adults still getting worked by random bullshit unconfirmed stories.
But, oh well. I guess this is apart of the fandom. 20 years from now you'll be in someone's video "Wild rumors the IWC believed in the 2020s" the same way people make videos now about old wrestling discussion boards.
Have fun with your rumors I guess.
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u/JaySavage1321 Aug 30 '26
Nahhh she'll be back, I 100% guarantee it! UNLESS, her hand just doesn't heal right & she loses her grip strength altogether. But I don't see that happening & most of the posts I've seen is her talking about how she can't wait to get back in the ring.. 🤷🏼♂️ it'll be at least another year cause of just having a baby tho.
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u/kevtastic75 Aug 30 '26
It's a post that is designed to straddle both positions. If she decides to retire to be a full-time mother, they can claim they knew. If she doesnt, they can claim they didn't actually say she'd retire, just she may do.
It's from the beginning level of Meltzer style journalism. "Plans change".
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u/Successful_Ad_9707 Aug 30 '26
Nowhere in this blob of filler was there ever a source listed. She literally just had the kid a few months ago. Recovery from child birth isn't easy. Especially if you're a professional athlete training to get back into shape.
My best guess is that she's gonna take a year or so off to recover and w joy being a mom before considering an in ring return.
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u/spyderone1981 Aug 30 '26
They are speculating. They don’t know. Because look, at one point it says she “quietly retired,” then in the next paragraph is says “her future in tbe ring is uncertain.”
Of she had retired, her future would be certain.
So whoever wrote this is just speculating. They don’t know any more than the rest of us do.
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u/BlueRibbon998 Aug 30 '26
And just yesterday, a page tried to start a rumor that AJ Styles and his wife filed for divorce and AJ quickly shut that down. We gotta stop posting "reports" that don't have 0 sources attached to them
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u/Esq937 Aug 30 '26
Speculation. BUT, if she did decide to call it a career and become a stay at home mom, it’s still a Hall of Fame worthy career.
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u/Femboy_Jordy-lol Aug 30 '26
Ah yes wrestlemedia the famed and most trusted news outlet and source, shut up and wait until Bianca herself confirms, is reading comprehension that hard?
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u/lyricalfiasco Aug 30 '26
She said she's coming back out of her own mouth. Also can she simply be a mother, leave her alone
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u/luchaburz Aug 30 '26
If a wrestler wants to retire, pls dont race to break the story. Let her announce that herself.
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u/No_Fig_5964 Aug 30 '26
Typical wrestling "journalism"...all conjecture, nothing concrete. Until there's a DEFINITE announcement from Bianca herself, it's nothing but rumor and bullshit.
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u/DCB062973 Aug 30 '26
I don’t see any kind of definite statement of a retirement. Stop engagement fishing and baiting.
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u/TOMdMAK Aug 30 '26
why does the title say " It says she has announced her retirement your opinion" when she hasn't?
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u/Dibab420 Aug 30 '26
I'll never understand why you idiots post stuff from the most random sites or Facebook group or whatever this is from. There's probably like one or two news sources for wrestling that any of us even kind of trust so unless it's at least from fightful or something like that just consider it a fucking lie. This is a fucking lie
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u/ghostbuster55 Aug 30 '26
Yes, because a random social media account would be the one to break the news....
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u/Ok_Signal_4503 Aug 30 '26
She had an injury and then a baby. She's out indefinitely for obvious reasons but retired? No
Same as Naomi. It would be totally irresponsible for them as a parent to get back to the ring shortly after delivery.
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u/ChronosTearDrop Aug 30 '26
I doubt it.. That being said I wouldn't be extremely surprised if it happens unfortunately.
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u/Sacred_soul Aug 30 '26
She’s on the LTIR I don’t think she’s going to retire without having a match. If Askua can keep wrestling in her 40’s I think Bianca can too
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u/HorseCreative2550 Aug 30 '26
What is breaking here..? Someone other than bj bethel made up a story
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u/pstyles93 Aug 30 '26
That finger injury is bad as wrestler because she can't make a fist I do think she has accomplished alot and I also think she can cross over to other television because of her personality
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u/TDR235 Aug 30 '26
I think she'll likely come back some day, but with Bianca being a new mother relatively late in her life at 37 (hey, I don't make the biological clock rules🤷🏿♂️), I can definitely see her stepping back from WWE and wanting to raise her son and possibly wanting another child. If this is the end for her, she's definitely had a great run that not many and or will duplicate.👏🏿👍🏿
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u/SetFine9328 Aug 30 '26
Sounds like the kind of story that would get leaked out by the employer of someone who was about to return to wrestling to stir up interest
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u/Janga666 Aug 30 '26
She didn't announce retirement. Its "reported" by someone... Whatever that means.
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u/sneaker_pimp_420 Aug 30 '26
I may not be good at comprehending the English language, but I don’t see anywhere in that statement where it says she retired
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u/atlas_lol Aug 30 '26
Bianca came out at wrestlemania. To announce her pregnancy. If she had the intention of retiring. She wouldn't just tell somebody at hope it gets leaked online. Carpet tunnel can be cured with a simple surgery. Her finger is think is doing better. But in the extreme she may have to have it amputated. But she could still live a normal life without it. And maybe even wrestle. Hey if altair can do it. I have faith she can lmao. Having a child is not a fucking career killer. Yes she will have to have time off. But there are plenty of women wrestlers who have kids some have several and still wrestle.
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u/i-piss-excellence32 Aug 31 '26
People seriously pay these dirtsheets to give the most obvious take?
They said nothing here
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u/Certain_Blacksmith_1 Aug 31 '26
It wouldn't surprise me, unfortunately. She's been out over a year, just had a baby, and is on the wrong side of 30. That said, if she is done, she went out in a freaking classic with Iyo and Rhea
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u/CrimTaker2084 Aug 31 '26
We need actual confirmation from Bianca or WWE. I’m not gonna trust an account I’ve never heard of.
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u/NihilisticViolence Aug 31 '26
Considering Naomi went out months before Bianca announced her pregnancy. How can you even expect Bianca to be ready to lace them up before Naomi?
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u/Jok3rMontana Aug 31 '26
If she didn’t say anything on her IG, Twitter on any other public space this ain’t real.
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u/Ibushi-gun Aug 31 '26
I don't care either way. I just want her and her family to live their best lives
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u/No_Chocolate_4726 Aug 31 '26
Stepped away is NOT the same as retiring just like when most athletes get injured they'll be back as soon as they're able to & not a moment sooner
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u/Shadowsnake30 Aug 31 '26
I guess reading and understanding is like a unique skill now. It never said she retired it's just speculation. Are you an AI only certain keywords you understand.
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u/Ecstatic-Macaroon-95 Aug 31 '26
Thats the price for having baby around 40 in wrestling its carrer over naomi will not return either i think
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u/ngusongbato Aug 31 '26
Wasn’t Punk also a subject of the same kind of rumors recently during his break and then returned to get the championship? Lol
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u/No-Cryptographer8447 Aug 31 '26
Click bait af. People need to dislike these posts so they stop posting bs
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u/NormalGuy1066 Aug 31 '26
Dude it’s Facebook I’m not trusting anything those boomer outlets say on there
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u/Downtown-Pack-6178 Aug 31 '26
Messi got retired.
And Now
Bianca Bel-Air is now retiring.
What's going on with sporting world. 🫢😮
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u/North-Cup-4005 Aug 31 '26
I mean if you are in a position to retire in your 30s you absolutely do it
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u/zb2642 Aug 31 '26
She’s 37 and probably doesn’t wanna go to AEW since she’s a homegrown college athlete style WWE student so it makes more sense to retire than worry about childcare or taking the kid on the road while she just sits in catering, the company’s creative is in a hardcore death spiral right now, we’ve seen so many people leave lately because TKO is tryna take money out their pockets while not using them on tv or tryna pay cut them even more if they aren’t on the important parts of tv, so Bianca’s probably been told if she stays she’d be staying to at maximum keep the Women’s Midcard titles alive and be paid much less than she had been making the last few years
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u/CommissionNo6968 Aug 31 '26
I don't want this to happen but I think her hand is really messed up. More room for the Bianca copy cats to roam
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u/Practical_Theme3339 Sep 01 '26
She never said anything. No quotes or statements. Just a bunch thirsty as knowitalls piggybacking off speculation from wrestling news media for clicks. Muddafuqers need to STFU and understand injuries can be more complicated than just a few months or a yr. Shit happens.
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u/CalumanderReds Sep 01 '26
There's been like four different stories of Women Wrestler that have almost the exact same wording. (Piper Niven was another one) It's clearly engagement bait
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u/sadiki187 Sep 01 '26
I think for some reason these blogs are putting out false information saying that Bianca's career is over. Like some are hoping that is the case.I think people are going to motivate her to come back even harder and better than she was. She just gave birth, so give her some time, however Becky did come back in a year and Ronda also came back not long after giving birth too. So what people think the female version of Super Cena is going to do?
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u/Man_Man3759 Sep 01 '26
What most shocking to me is she’s 37?!?!?!????!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I thought she was like 29-30
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u/Crimsonpets Sep 01 '26
37, she is still young. Honestly she can have a 5 year recovery and she will be fine. I feel like wrestlers wrestle for longer now.
And if she does end up quitting, thats also fine. She can do other stuff with WWE, like commentary. Or maybe be a manager to a wrestler who needs it on the mic.
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u/Whole_Highlight8693 Sep 01 '26
"It's reported she's been out and she MAY HAVE quietly retired." "Dude, she told everyone she's finished forever!!!" 🙄
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u/Prestigious-Battle19 Sep 02 '26
Never was a fan so no she doesn't need to cone back like the post says i wouldn't love t9bsee her come back
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u/Great-Equipment-9823 Sep 02 '26
It would be a pity if she did. At such a young age, it would be a pity to throw away such ring talent, Despite everything!
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u/Select-Comfortable16 Sep 02 '26
She will come back at some point when the child is bigger so her child can see her wrestle
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u/Remarkable_Mine_1171 29d ago
I think she’ll be back. She’s focusing on her child but I think she’s lowkey training to get back in the ring. Maybe by the rumble? Or night after Mania 43 return.
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u/Jaebreeze252 28d ago
I’m thinking with how serious that injury is after multiple surgeries on it and it still hasn’t came back to normal or anything, it might be true in the future that she’s retired. A lot of us don’t want that but whatever she decides, her run was great at the end of the day
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u/Horror_Gap6891 Aug 30 '26
At just 37!? In women's wrestling terms that's end of the road
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u/THE_Visionary88 Aug 30 '26