No road to glory is without its bumps within the road, but Kris Statlander’s quest to becoming considered one of AEW’s top women’s stars, and the primary woman to carry each the AEW Women’s World Championship and TBS Championship, seemed even harder than it should’ve been. That is because Statlander was set back by not one, but two torn ACL injuries, one in 2020 and one other in 2022. The injuries kept her out a combined 590 days, and a few wondered if the injures would hinder Statlander once she returned.
One in every of those people was Statlander herself. Asked about her two ACL injuries during an appearance on “The Masked Man Show,” Statlander admitted that, upon suffering the injury the primary time, she felt prefer it was “the tip of the world,” each attributable to wrestling being her whole life, and since the injury occurred during COVID, leaving her with little to do. That proved to be a positive in a single aspect though, as Statlander said it allowed her to focus solely on her rehab, and getting back into wrestling shape.
As such, despite having the identical feeling of despair after suffering her second ACL injury, Statlander was capable of use the experience of the primary injury to regain confidence and focus, which ultimately helped in her recovery.
“So the second time, when it happened again, I used to be like ‘It’s the tip of the world again. I can not consider I actually have to do all this again,'” Statlander said. “But then, I used to be like ‘Okay, I have been through this before I do know I can do it again. And again, I just really focused on my rehab and ensuring that I might have the option to do every part I did before. And I feel like now, having undergone all that, and really learning the best way to fantastic tune my training and what not, I feel like I’m a greater athlete coming out of my knee surgeries than I used to be before.”
For those who use any of the quotes in this text, please credit “The Masked Man Show” and supply a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription