Natalya said they were hard chapters to write about because she knew things were final when it came to her husband’s career. She explained that when they visited doctors, with Cesaro in tow, one was very blunt, which she found difficult after they learned more about the injury.

“He was like, ‘Oh, yeah. You’re never, ever wrestling again. You have to find another profession.'” she explained. “I looked at Cesaro… and Cesaro just had like a tear rolling down his face. Everybody that knows TJ just knows that he loves this. Cesaro just knew that was like a death. And losing something that you love so much, there was a grieving there, too.”

She said her heart also broke for Joe, because nobody ever wants to go through anything like that and it was the last thing in the world that Joe wanted. Natalya commended him for being a great guy who is well respected with a good reputation, and said she felt so bad that he had to carry that, too.

“It was a s***** situation and nobody across the board wanted that to happen,” she said. “But, it happened and it was something that we had to go through. I will say… TJ’s injury led him to, I think, the best chapter of his career, because he has been able to reach so many more people in WWE, in wrestling, and in the world, by doing the stuff that he’s doing now. I think, unfortunately, it was part of his destiny. You can’t f*** with your destiny. You gotta let it happen and then you gotta let it help you grow.”

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