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AEW’s Thunder Rosa reveals recent concussion

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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AEW’s Thunder Rosa has revealed on her most recent vlog that she recently suffered a concussion. The AEW star stated that she was unable to work out for 10 days after the head injury. 

Rosa last wrestled for AEW on the October 19 edition of Dark, which was taped on October 16 in Miami. Rosa, Kris Statlander and Red Velvet defeated Nyla Rose, Emi Sakura and Diamante in a trios match on that show. Rosa returned to the ring yesterday at AAW’s Hell Hath No Fury event, defeating Jody Threat.

Rosa began appearing for AEW in September 2020 while still under contract to NWA. Her official AEW signing was announced on July 22, 2021. She has continued to work indies since signing, appearing for AAW, GCW, AIW, 2CW, Warrior Wrestling and MPW.

A former NWA World Women’s Champion, Rosa currently holds the Warrior Wrestling Women’s Championship after defeating Kylie Rae for the title in August. 

Rosa’s vlog can be seen below.

WWE’s Asuka still recovering from concussion

Posted on by Josh Nason

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In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that WWE Raw Women’s champion Asuka is still recovering from a concussion.

The 39-year-old suffered the injury off a misplaced Shayna Baszler kick during a tag team match on the February 22nd Raw and has been on the shelf ever since.

According to Meltzer, she is still scheduled to defend the title against Charlotte Flair at next month’s WrestleMania. However, that isn’t a guarantee if she can’t get cleared.

From the newsletter:

“The problem with a concussion is that she could be fine next week or she could not be cleared for a long time. You never know. There’s enough time left that she probably would be back for Mania but that’s not a sure thing. It’s tough because they counted on Ric Flair weekly for Raw through Mania and now Charlotte Flair’s second Mania direction has a chance of also being in jeopardy.”

The Ric Flair reference was alluding to Lacey Evans who was set to be Charlotte Flair’s opponent before she recently got pregnant.

Figure Four Weekly 7/25/2016: More concussion legality!

Posted on by F4W Staff

Just moments after last week’s issue was put to bed, news broke that WWE had been hit by yet another lawsuit from Massachusetts lawyer Konstantine Kyros against WWE. Before, there were of a small handful of wrestlers with no prospects of dealing with WWE again suing strictly over nebulously worded concussion-related claims. This time, there are over 50 plaintiffs, including a lot of surprises, and the counts have been expanded to include variations on misclassifying them as independent contractors as part of an alleged racketeering scheme. 

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Figure Four Weekly 5/23/2016: More strange developments in WWE’s concussion lawsuit deposition

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Last week we talked a bit about both Evan Singleton’s deposition in the WWE concussion lawsuit as well as a video of a concussion presentation held in developmental during Singleton’s time under contact. Among other topics, there’s been a bit more movement on that front.

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Figure Four Weekly 3/28/2016: Developments in WWE’s concussion lawsuits, plus more news

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Just a few hours after Hulk Hogan was awarded another $25.1 million in punitive damages by a Pinellas County, Florida jury, the concussion-themed lawsuits against WWE took a major hit last week after a 71 page ruling by Connecticut Federal District Court Judge Vanessa L. Bryant. The wrestlers/plaintiffs did have a minor win in there: Vito Lograsso and Evan Singleton didn’t have their cases thrown out, in part thanks to Bryant buying the argument that WWE’s outreach to former talent tolls (extends) the statute of repose (more strict than a statute of limitations). But by and large, this was a victory for WWE. Right before the judge agreed with WWE’s argument that they should be protected “under the contact sports exception they could only be held liable for reckless and intentional conduct, and not ordinary negligence,” she wrote this:

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