Mone bought her own crutches to get to the airport so she could travel around for other opinions, which inevitably led to one surgeon telling her she needed surgery, news that crushed Mone upon hearing it.

“I really thought this was over,” Mone said. “It sucked because I didn’t know how long I was going to be out and how long I was going to be gone from something that has been my whole life. I don’t know anything but wrestling, because it’s been my whole life that I’ve given everything for.”

Upon having the surgery, Mone was told even more bad news. “The surgeon was like ‘I just have to tell you, and I hate to say this, but this is career-ending.’ Instantly I was like, ‘No it’s not, it’s not going to be, it’s not.’ I was ready to recover the second I got hurt, my mind was already in a place of healing that I knew that nothing can stop me from coming back to wrestling.”

Mone admitted that she didn’t know when, or even where she would return to, especially given the reports that she was in talks to make a return to WWE at the end of 2023, but she knew that she would be back.

Fast forward to March 2024, and Mone is not only fully fit to wrestle, but she has already set her sights on a number of women in AEW, including Nightingale, TBS Champion Julia Hart, and Hart’s ally Skye Blue. Mone has also expressed interest in facing people like Saraya, Riho, and current AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm.

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