Mandy Rose isn’t planning on returning to wrestling, at least for the time being.
WWE released Rose, a former NXT Women’s Champion, in December 2022. She has been mostly absent from wrestling ever since; she has made some appearances at conventions, and she also appeared at the BLP Wrestler’s Combine in September 2024. Since her release, she has made it clear that she wasn’t sure whether she would return to wrestling.
Speaking on her Power Alphas podcast, Mandy Rose explained why a return to the ring isn’t in the cards right now. She highlighted some of the health issues that she’s been dealing with.
“My number one question, across all social media, is always, ‘When are you coming back to wrestling? Are you going to have a return?’ Obviously, I speak about it a lot and try to answer questions as best as I can,” she said. “I never know if there is going to be a return in the future for me, but recently Sabby [Tino Sabbatelli] and I saw a chiropractor. There is a little trauma in the cervical spine area.
“Nothing too crazy, thankfully, but after eight years of wrestling and years before that of bodybuilding and putting bars on my back and playing sports, dancing, all of that puts a huge toll on your spine. I’m really learning how much it involves your spine in general. Basically, I have some degeneration in some of my discs, which wouldn’t really be a thing if I didn’t have little symptoms.
“I had been getting tingling in my hands, which comes and goes with me, but it started getting kind of bad. Went to a chiropractor, got an x-ray, and found out I had some arthritis in the C6, C7, C8 area, some degeneration in my discs. I’m getting some treatment. Right now, I feel like a wrestling return for me wouldn’t really make much sense because of the wear and tear it does on your body. Not to say that it can’t happen in the future. I don’t need surgery or anything like that, thank God. I’m doing a deep compression machine and getting some adjustments. It’s good that I’m taking care of this now.
Mandy Rose On Her Future
Rose later said that a return “maybe” wasn’t in her cards right now, as she noted that she had a lot going on, and she enjoyed having the freedom to be her own boss.
“Just for all the people who are always asking (about a return), maybe right now it’s not something that is in my cards, necessarily,” Rose said. “With everything else I have going on and avenues that I have, I have so much more freedom now and time to be able to do other things and projects we have in the works and be my own boss, which is something that I really love.” (H/t Fightful for the transcription)
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