Doc Sampson provides injury update on Thunder Rosa

[Chris]

Thunder Rosa could be closer to making her in-ring return.

Rosa posted an episode of her vlog on Thursday, which featured a discussion with Dr. Michael J. Sampson, AEW's head physician. Sampson told Rosa that after looking at her most recent MRIs, she still has pathology in her lower back but he's pleased with how she's progressing. Sampson wants to see how she is doing in six weeks.

Sampson said:

Looking at the most recent MRIs and all the conservative stuff we've done in the past, you're progressing well right now. You do still have all the pathology in your lower back, L4, L5. I think that with our progression, pushing it to the limit but taking it sequentially, so going week to week to week, we push a little bit more. If we hit a roadblock, we back it up a step. But I think over the next four to six weeks, we'll see how it's going.
You've been progressing very well, pain free. I think if we continued to do that, we know where we stand, gets you stronger, gets you more ring ready. As long as you don't have that pain, we're good. We still have to protect your back, the pathology has not gone away. It's just a matter of, we're treating it so that it helps you improve yet also protects you from not worsening. So, that's where we're at with it.

Rosa asked Sampson if they were looking at about another six weeks of recovery. He responded:

I would say that's a good shooting point or goal point to go to, six weeks to see how we go with that.

It has been nearly 11 months since Rosa wrestled a match. She teamed with Toni Story and Hikaru Shida to defeat Emi Sakura, Marina Shafir, and Nyla Rose on the August 10, 2022, edition of AEW Dark. She had just successfully defended her AEW Women's title against Jamie Hayter five days earlier at Battle of the Belts III.

It was announced in February that Rosa had joined AEW's Spanish Commentary team and has been back on the road with the company. She was also a featured name mentioned when AEW announced its new Saturday night show, Collision on TNT.

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Surprise return at All In to challenge winner of 4 way at All Out would make a lot of sense kayfabe wise