The 38-year-old revealed on Busted Open Radio today that she has been dealing with a concussion and will need “a couple of weeks” to recover.
Rosa’s last match took place on the August 31 edition of AEW Collision when she competed in a four-way against Serena Deeb, Queen Aminata, and match winner Hikaru Shida. Before that, she defeated Deonna Purrazzo in a Bullrope match on the August 10 edition of Collision.
“If you feel like you have a concussion, make sure you stop. Don’t get in there. It’s not worth it. I can tell you… right now, I’m suffering a concussion. So I’m gonna be out for a little bit, for a couple weeks,” Rosa said on the show.
Thunder Rosa via Busted Open Radio revealed that she suffered a concussion and will be out of action for a little while, and also has advice for other wrestlers.
"If you feel like you have a concussion, make sure you stop. Don't get in there. It's not worth it. I can tell you…… pic.twitter.com/QLnK7zzjVG
Rosa has wrestled for AEW 21 times since returning from a 16-month injury absence in late December. This includes four matches during AEW’s residency at the Arlington Esports Arena in Rosa’s home state of Texas.
The recent rivalry between former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa and Deonna Purrazzo will continue next Saturday on Collision.
After Rosa’s victory on this week’s Collision over Taya Valkyrie, she called out her rival to issue a challenge for a Texas bullrope match next Saturday.
Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo in a TEXAS BULL ROPE MATCH next week on #AEW Collision!
The two have been trying to settle their problems since April, but to no avail. After Rosa won their first AEW meeting, Purrazzo defeated her at Double or Nothing. Purrazzo then beat her in a no DQ match at June’s Collision anniversary show and followed that up with a win in a lumberjack match a month later.
It’s only the second-ever bullrope match in AEW history following the Dustin Rhodes vs. Nick Comoroto match in June 2021.
That was the only match announced for next Saturday with the possibility of a Top Flight vs MxM Collection match based on a backstage promo that took place during the broadcast.
Here’s the current lineup for next Saturday from Arlington, Texas:
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Thunder Rose Texas bullrope match
An assist from AEW star Thunder Rosa helped Thea Hail land her job with WWE NXT.
In an interview with Pittsburgh City Paper before NXT Great American Bash, Hail detailed how she got signed by WWE while still finishing high school. Hail said that, after facing Thunder Rosa on AEW Dark in 2021, Rosa helped get her in touch with a WWE recruiter. Hail was invited to a WWE tryout and then offered an NXT contract.
The 20-year-old Hail told City Paper that she grew up watching old wrestling reruns with her father. When she was a teenager, Hail saw a clip of Rey Mysterio on Instagram and realized that wrestling was what she wanted to do as a career. She told her father and he helped her find a training school.
“I quit gymnastics, I quit cheer. I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, and I was just scrolling through Instagram, and I always follow WWE. I always thought it was amazing, but I never really thought it was a thing you could do,” Hail said. “I saw this video of Rey Mysterio, and I just put my phone down, and went, ‘I’m doing that.’
“[My father] found me a training school in Pittsburgh called the Stronghold Training Center, and then that was combined with the Iron City Wrestling Academy, and I trained at both of those schools. I ended up landing a dark match for AEW after having a seminar with QT Marshall, and I wrestled Thunder Rosa, and she got me in contact with a recruiter from WWE.”
Hail wrestled two Dark matches for AEW in 2021, using Nikita Knight as her wrestling name.
After signing with WWE, Hail debuted on NXT as a member of Chase U. She’s challenging Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship at Great American Bash tonight. It’s a two-week television special where — due to the Olympics — both episodes are airing on Syfy.
Five matches are set for this AEW Rampage including a four-way showcase match featuring several of the company’s top high-flyers.
Former AEW International Champion Rey Fenix will take on Komander, AR Fox and Angelico in the aforementioned four-way.
Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black & Brody King) will take on The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ari Daivari) as the former continue to forge their path without the storyline-injured Buddy Matthews.
Former AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa will take on Rachael Ellering, making her first AEW appearance since July 2020.
Former AEW International Champion Roderick Strong will return to singles action against indie wrestler Ben Bishop. Bishop wrestled once for AEW back in February 2022.
In a match announced during Saturday’s Collision, Top Flight & Action Andretti will take on Shane Taylor Promotions in trios action.
Here’s the full lineup, taped Saturday in Southaven, MI:
Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black & Brody King) vs. Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ari Daivari)
Thunder Rosa vs. Rachael Ellering
Roderick Strong vs. Ben Bishop
Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo) vs. Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) & Action Andretti
AEW has announced the first match for Sunday’s Double or Nothing Buy-In pre-show.
As revealed during Friday’s Rampage, Deonna Purrazzo will face Thunder Rosa on Sunday at the Double or Nothing Buy-In. Purrazzo challenged Rosa to the bout in a backstage promo on the show, and the match was made official later in Friday’s program.
The Buy-In bout is a rematch from the April 27 Rampage where Rosa scored a victory over Purrazzo. The two have continued to feud on television in recent weeks with a series of angles, and defeating a common opponent in Robyn Renegade.
10 matches are set for Sunday’s main card, with more Buy-In matches expected to be announced between now and show time.
The Buy-In begins at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, May 26 on AEW’s YouTube and social media channels, while the main card begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view.
The announced AEW Double or Nothing lineup so far:
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Christian Cage
TBS Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Mercedes Mone
Anarchy in the Arena: The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry & The Young Bucks) vs. Team AEW (Bryan Danielson, Darby Allin & FTR)
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Serena Deeb
FTW Champion Chris Jericho defends against Katsuyori Shibata & Hook in a triple threat
TNT Champion Adam Copeland defends against Malakai Black in a barbed wire steel cage
AEW International Champion Roderick Strong defends against Will Ospreay
The Bang Bang Gang (Jay White & The Gunns) vs. Death Triangle (PAC & The Lucha Bros)
IWGP World title eliminator: Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita
After dissolving their longtime friendship on Dynamite, former Best Friends Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor will do battle in a parking lot fight on tonight’s live AEW Rampage from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
The two were part of two parking lot fights as teammates in AEW. In September 2020, Taylor & Beretta defeated Santana & Ortiz in a match our Dave Meltzer rated five stars. In August 2023, they lost in a parking lot fight to Blackpool Combat Club’s Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli.
This match will be Taylor’s first since October 2023 after being sidelined due to injury.
After a partnership turned sour over the past few weeks, former AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa and Deonna Purrazzo will do battle tonight. This will be a rematch of their July 2021 match at TNA Slammiversary for Purrazzo’s then-Knockouts title.
The show begins at approximately 10:30 PM Eastern after the conclusion of Collision.
Live from Jacksonville, Florida.
Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone, and Matt Menard were on commentary.
Trent Beretta defeated Chuck Taylor in a Parking Lot Brawl (10:10)
Beretta and Taylor were bumping into cars and the concrete a minute into the match. McGuinness suggested someone should get into one of the cars and just run over their opponent. Taylor was bleeding very early on when he powerbombed Beretta onto the hood of a car. Beretta and Taylor fought onto the roof of a pickup, and Taylor went through some drywall that had been set up in the truck bed. Beretta jumped from the roof of one car onto another to drop an elbow on Taylor for a near fall.
After a split-screen break, Taylor dodged a flying flatscreen TV, then suplexed Beretta through a door. Taylor broke more drywall on Beretta’s back and hit him with a trash can. Taylor beat on Beretta with a metal dustpan and a trash can. Beretta came back by press-slamming Taylor through some lighting tubes. At some point, Beretta got busted open, too. Taylor sent Beretta through the windshield of a car with a crucifix powerbomb.
Bloodied, both guys fought their way to the roof of a car. They exchanged forearms until. Beretta hit Taylor with a lowblow Beretta dropped him with a piledriver then locked in a gogoplata on the roof of the car. Taylor could not defend himself, and the ref ended the match.
After the match, Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander came out to check on Taylor, but not before Beretta hit Taylor in his ankle with a plumber’s wrench. Cassidy chased off Beretta while Taylor was tended to. In the back, Don Callis was shown watching and nodding approvingly.
This match did nothing for me, but Beretta with Callis could be interesting.
– Kyle O’Reilly cut an endearing promo about wrestling for AEW on May 11th in his hometown of Vancouver.
Thunder Rosa defeated Deonna Purrazzo (11:05)
Rosa leveled Purrazzo with a forearm. Purrazzo came back with an armbar takedown and started working on the arm. Purrazzo tied up Rosa in the bottom rope and hit her with a sliding dropkick. It looked like Rosa slipped off the middle ropes going for a dropkick, and Purrazzo quickly covered by putting Rosa in a Boston Crab. Purrazzo dropped to the floor while the ref checked on Rosa. The fight went to the floor, where Purrazzo caught Rosa with a pump kick.
After a commercial, the fight was back in the ring where Rosa caught Purrazzo with a dropkick off the middle rope. Purrazzo went for a german suplex, but Rosa rolled through and caught her with a stomp for a near fall. Rosa came off the top, but Purrazzo caught her with an armbar. Rosa transitioned into a choke. Purrazzo used her size advanatge to break the hold.
Purrazzo went for a piledriver, but Rosa countered that with a cradle, which lead to series of near falls off of cradle attempts. Purrazzo went back to the armbar, but Rosa countered that with a cradle and got the pinfall.
After the match, Purrazzo attacked Rosa and sent her into the steel barricade. Rosa and Purrazzo battled into the crowd until security separated them.
– The Righteous wished Tony Khan a speedy recovery (since they are experts at neck health), and Roderick Strong said Will Ospreay fall to him at Double or Nothing.
Big Bill defeated Trevor Blackwell (1:37)
Bill spent the whole match talking to Chirs Jericho (through the TV cameras) while destorying the poor kid, hitting him with a black hole slam, an short-arm clothesline and a chokeslam before pinning him under one foot.
Chris Jericho was shown watching from the back, clearly impressed.
Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia defeated Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty (14:56)
Anthony Ogogo joined the commetary team for the main event.
Garcia & Shibata wrestled in matching tights. The fight started out on the floor. It settled in the ring with Taylor and Shibata. Taylor dropped Shibata with a right hand. Garcia got a tag and hit Moriarty with the twist and shout. Taylor tripped up Garica as he was running the ropes and planted him with a hanging DDT on the floor.
Back in the ring, Garcia tried to make a comeback but Taylor floored him with a forearm. Taylor dropped Garcia with a uranage, then followed up with a big splash for a near fall.
After a spliot-screen break, Taylor missed a splash off the middle ropes on Garcia. Moriarty got the tag and worked on Garcia’s arm. Tony: “He could have broken his hand!” Nigel: “I guess he’ll have to use the other hand tonight.” I’m sure Nighel meant for the hot tag… which he soon got to Shibata. Shibata worked over Taylor in a corner and dropped Moriarty with a forearm.
Shibata and Garcia hit diving dropkicks in the corner. Shibata hit a running boot on Taylor in the corner. Shibata beat on Taylor in the corner with chops and jabs, while Garcia danced to the rhythm of the beating.
Garcia and Shibata then combined to suplex Talyor. Taylor then countered a second at a double suplex attmpt by suplexing them both. Moriarty tried to work over Shibata in the croner with chops and jabs, but Shibata no sold it. Taylor interfered, and Moriarty hit a facelock suplex for a near fall.
Moriarty locked Shibata in a full nelson for a right hand from Taylor, but Shibata escaped and he and Garcia locked both their opponents in sleeperholds. Talyor tried to back Garcia into the corner to escape, but Shibata caught Taylor with a kick, and Garica backdropped suplexed Taylor. Shiabata hit the PK on Morarity and got the pinfall. Fun tag match! I want more of this Shibata/Garcia tag team.
On Dyanmite Wednesday:
Kenny Omega returns!
We’ll learn the main event of Double or Nothing
Mariah May will take on Serena Deeb
Adam Copeland will take on a member of the House of Black (who is almost definitely Buddy Matthews)
Chris Jericho defends the FTW title against Shibata.
This was the most fun Rampage I’ve seen in awhile.
A new segment with Women’s World Champion Toni Storm has been added to the April 10 edition of AEW Dynamite.
As revealed during Friday’s ROH Supercard of Honor event, Toni Storm will deliver a “Charleston Championship Champagne Toast” to Thunder Rosa on the next Dynamite episode.
Rosa defeated Mariah May in a number one contender’s match on the most recent Dynamite to set up a Women’s title bout against Storm at the Dynasty pay-per-view set for Sunday, April 21.
Storm is in the midst of her third reign with the Women’s World title. Rosa is a former Women’s Champion who never lost her title in the ring, instead vacating the belt due to injury in 2022. Rosa returned to the ring in December after missing more than a year with a back injury.
A TNT Championship match has already been announced for Dynamite, with Adam Copeland defending against Penta El Zero Miedo.
Charleston, West Virginia will host Wednesday’s Dynamite.
The announced lineup:
TNT Champion Adam Copeland defends against Penta El Zero Miedo
Women’s World Champion Toni Storm toasts Thunder Rosa
Thunder Rosa will challenge Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s World Championship at Dynasty.
Rosa defeated Mariah May on Wednesday’s Dynamite to cement her spot as the number one contender to Storm’s Women’s title, and the match was officially announced for the Dynasty pay-per-view set for Sunday, April 21.
In a bout featuring the top-ranked Rosa and the second-ranked May, Rosa scored the victory on Dynamite to secure the title shot.
Rosa is a former Women’s World Champion, but never lost the title in the ring, vacating it due to injury in 2022. Rosa returned to the ring last December after missing more than a year with a back injury.
Storm is in the midst of her third reign as Women’s Word Champion.
The updated lineup for Dynasty:
AEW World Champion Samoa Joe defends against Swerve Strickland
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Thunder Rosa
TBS Champion Julia Hart defends against Willow Nightingale
AEW Tag Team title tournament finals: The Young Bucks vs. FTR or Top Flight
Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay
Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston & Mark Briscoe vs. House of Black (Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews & Brody King)
A number one contender’s match has been announced for the next AEW Dynamite.
Mariah May and Thunder Rosa, who are the top two ranked wrestlers in the women’s division, will square off. The winner will become the new number one contender for the AEW Women’s Championship, which is currently held by Toni Storm. After the match was revealed on Saturday’s Collision, Toni Storm at first confronted May, asking if it was her idea. She then kissed May, saying it was a great plan.
Billy Gunn will also challenge Jay White. The Acclaimed came out on Collision for a promo, with Gunn issuing the challenge to White. Max Caster told The Gunns to stay away from ringside if they had any faith in White to win on his own.
It was also announced that Chris Jericho will “call out” Hook. After Hook defeated him in a match on Dynamite, Jericho on Wednesday offered to give advice to the FTW Champion.
Next Wednesday’s Dynamite is being held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Here’s what’s been announced for the episode so far:
Contract signing for Samoa Joe and Swerve Strickland’s AEW World Championship match at Dynasty
AEW Tag Team title tournament semifinal match: The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Best Friends (Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta)
Number one contender’s match: Mariah May vs. Thunder Rosa
A new women’s division contest featuring top-ranked competitor Thunder Rosa is set for Saturday’s AEW Collision.
As revealed Friday, Thunder Rosa will take on Lady Frost on the Saturday, March 30 Collision.
A former AEW Women’s World Champion, Rosa is 4-0 in AEW singles competition, plus 3-0 in tag matches since returning to the ring late in 2023 after missing more than a year of ring time due to a back injury.
Rosa was ranked first in the AEW women’s division in the new set of rankings revealed by the company earlier this week, and appears to be next in line to challenge Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s World title.
Here is the updated lineup for Saturday’s Collision:
Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Katsuyori Shibata vs. The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) & Lance Archer
AEW Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Ricky Starks & Big Bill
AEW Tag Team title tournament quarterfinal: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Infantry (Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo)
TNT Champion Adam Copeland defends the title in a Cope Open challenge
Deonna Purrazzo’s mystery tag team partner for the March 20 AEW Dynamite has been revealed.
Thunder Rosa came to Purrazzo’s aid as she was attacked by Toni Storm & Mariah May on Friday’s AEW Rampage episode, and it was officially announced on the show that Rosa will be teaming with Purrazzo against Storm & May on the Wednesday, March 20 Dynamite in Toronto.
Purrazzo & Rosa vs. Storm & May is one of four bouts official for Wednesday’s Dynamite which also includes two title matches.
Eddie Kingston vs. Kazuchika Okada for the AEW Continental Championship, Christian Cage vs. Adam Copeland in an I Quit match for the TNT Championship, a promo from new free agent signing Mercedes Mone, plus Chris Jericho vs. Hook are also set for Wednesday’s show.
The announced card for the Wednesday, March 20 AEW Dynamite:
AEW Continental Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Kazuchika Okada
TNT Champion Christian Cage defends against Adam Copeland in an I Quit match
Mercedes Mone speaks
Deonna Purrazzo & Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm & Mariah May
Thunder Rosa will wrestle on AEW Dynamite for the first time since 2022 this Wednesday.
AEW’s Tony Khan announced on social media Tuesday that Thunder Rosa vs. Red Velvet has been added to the lineup for the Wednesday, January 24 Dynamite.
Rosa last wrestled on Dynamite in August 2022 in a tag team bout with Toni Storm against Jamie Hayter & Britt Baker. She returned to the ring in December 2023 after missing 14 months due to a back injury.
Six matches are now official for Wednesday’s Dynamite episode, including a unique Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki matchup, Hangman Page vs. Penta El Zero Miedo, Swerve Strickland vs. Jeff Hardy, Wardlow vs. Trent Beretta, plus an AEW Trios Championship match with The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage & Gates of Agony.
The updated lineup for Wednesday:
AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn defend against Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony
Hangman Page vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki
Wardlow vs. Trent Beretta
Swerve Strickland vs. Jeff Hardy
Thunder Rosa vs. Red Velvet
‘Timeless’ Toni Storm & Deonna Purrazzo face-to-face
Jon Moxley’s first AEW opponent of 2024 has been revealed.
AEW announced Friday both on Rampage and on social media that Moxley will go one-on-one with Shane Taylor on the Saturday, January 20 Collision episode.
Moxley’s return on Collision had been announced previously, but it had not been made clear whether Moxley would be wrestling on the show.
Another new addition to Saturday’s lineup was also announced during Rampage, as Thunder Rosa will be in singles action on the show against an unnamed opponent. It will be the first singles match for Rosa since August 2022 when she defeated Jamie Hayter on a Battle of the Belts in a Women’s World title match.
Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston & Ortiz, Buddy Matthews vs. Daniel Garcia, plus an Adam Copeland open challenge are also set for Collision.
The updated card for the Saturday, January 20 AEW Collision:
Jon Moxley vs. Shane Taylor
Blackpool Combat Club’s Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston & Ortiz
Thunder Rosa has made her return to AEW television.
After Abadon defeated Jazmine Allure on Saturday’s show, Julia Hart appeared. Abadon attacked Hart and grabbed the title, but was attacked by Skye Blue as she made her way to the ring. Thunder Rosa, who was shown earlier in the night doing Spanish commentary, left her position and made the save standing with Abadon and shaking their hand as the segment ended.
It was later announced that she would be making her in-ring return on next week’s Collision, where she will team with Abadon to take on Skye Blue and Julia Hart.
Rosa has been out of action since August of 2022, vacating the AEW Women’s Championship due to a back injury. Toni Storm and Jamie Hayter went on to win the championship in the next three months, with AEW eventually announcing last November that Rosa was no longer recognized as the Women’s Champion and both Storm and Hayter’s runs with the title would retroactively be considered lineal title wins.
Earlier this month, Rosa told News 4 in San Antonio that she was ready to return to the ring.
“I am ready. Whenever (I get) that call and, you know, my boss says ‘It’s time for you to return,” she said. “I am super excited and I can not wait to show to the world and all you fans that have been supporting all this time that I am ready and I have a lot more to give.”
Former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa says she’s ready to return.
The 37-year-old hasn’t wrestled since August 2022 due to a back injury. However, Rosa recently told News 4 in San Antonio that she is ready to return to the ring and is just waiting on a call from her boss.
Rosa said:
I am ready. Whenever (I get) that call and, you know, my boss says ‘It’s time for you to return.’
I am super excited and I can not wait to show to the world and all you fans that have been supporting all this time that I am ready and I have a lot more to give.
News 4 reported that Rosa will make her return to the ring on December 23 when AEW Collision takes place at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. However, AEW has yet to make Rosa’s in-ring return official for the show.
New 4 in San Antonio wrote:
After a lengthy recovery, she’ll be returning to San Antonio to wrestle on December 23rd.
Rosa is also featured in advertising for the December 23 show.
#AEWCollision makes its SAN ANTONIO, TX debut LIVE at the @FrostBankCenter for a Holiday Season Saturday Spectacular on Saturday, December 23rd!
Rosa’s Mission Pro Wrestling runs shows out of the San Antonio area. Last night, the promotion presented Silver Bells 3 featuring KiLynn King vs. Izzy Moreno.
