As for last year’s injury, Mone believes her body may have needed some of the extra time off. While she felt fine physically before getting hurt, she needed more time to recover from the fallout of her infamous WWE exit alongside Naomi.

“I think maybe my body and the universe [were] just like, ‘Maybe you’re just going a little too fast. Maybe you need to slow down. You’re not done healing inside,'” Mone continued.

At one point, Mone had been told by doctors that she should consider retirement following the injury. However, that’s not something that the former IWGP Women’s Champion ever seriously considered.

“I didn’t take no for an answer,” Mone stated. “And I pushed hard every single day. Rehabbing, working out, getting my mind right, meditating. Because again, I wasn’t sure when I was going to come back. I just knew that I was going to come back someday.”

Mone is set to appear live once again on this week’s “Dynamite.” Following her debut last week, Mone teased several names that she was excited to share the ring with, including Nightingale, Hart, Blue, and AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm.

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