Raquel Rodriguez opened up about her absence from WWE and her return in October.
After defeating Chelsea Inexperienced on an episode of Uncooked again in February, Raquel Rodriguez disappeared from WWE tv for months. On October sixth, Rodriguez made her long-awaited return to WWE at Dangerous Blood, serving to Liv Morgan retain the Girls’s World Championship in opposition to Rhea Ripley.
Raquel Rodriguez has been open about her battle with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), and talking in a brand new interview with WrestleRant Radio, she admitted that being away from WWE was tough for her as she’d dreamed of being a wrestler her entire life.
“That’s undoubtedly one thing that crosses somebody’s thoughts as an athlete, as a wrestler, in case you get injured otherwise you get sick. you undoubtedly put ready the place you’re going, going, going with appearances, wrestling on TV, all this stuff, after which impulsively, it simply stops, and time nearly feels prefer it stands nonetheless, and also you’re like, okay, properly I’m right here, however what do I do? How do I discover my goal?
[That’s] actually the important thing query that I believe comes into your thoughts as a result of we are able to get very confused. Me for example, this has been my dream since I used to be somewhat lady, I’ve been watching my dad wrestle, I’ve been making an attempt to get into this since I used to be somewhat lady. I’ve been combating ever because the day I signed that contract to be right here, I’ve been combating day-after-day to show myself as a worthy contender, as a worthy WWE celebrity for the corporate.
So for all of that to simply get taken away, I nearly felt misplaced as a result of it was like my id, my goal, my entire motive for working laborious was ripped from me, and now I can’t work out. I can’t pressure myself too laborious, I can’t eat sure issues, I don’t wish to be outdoors, I don’t need individuals to see me this manner as a result of I don’t really feel good, I really feel gross. So yeah, you undoubtedly should suppose, ‘What if I simply don’t return? What am I going to do subsequent?’”
Raquel Rodriguez Is Grateful For Liv Morgan
Persevering with, Raquel Rodriguez admitted that she struggled with adverse ideas via her absence, however that Liv Morgan was instrumental in serving to to maintain her spirits up as she knew she had a loyal pal.
“So I did have these ideas working via my thoughts fairly a bit, however I’m actually, actually grateful to my sister, Liv [Morgan], who by no means stopped being there for me all through any of the times. She messaged me, she checked up on me, even when she was coping with her arm damage and having all of the stress of her coming again and her wrestling Rhea and successful the Girls’s Title, it was loads on her plate.
To know that she had all of that happening and nonetheless had the time to consider me, to achieve out to me, to ship me issues, it made me really feel like I discovered somebody completely loyal to me and who’s keen to be there for me.
That turned the web page in my head. I believed, after I do get wholesome once more, as a result of I do know I’m gonna get wholesome once more, after I do step again into that ring, that’s one particular person I’m going to assist 110%. Coming again, there was no query about what facet I used to be going to be on. It was at all times going to be Liv Morgan’s facet.”
Raquel Rodriguez is ready to be a part of the ladies’s WarGames match at Survivor Sequence on November thirtieth.
h/t Fightful
