Mandy Rose Still Doesn’t Know About An In-Ring Return, Says Her Leg Gave Out Throwing Knee Strike At BLP

Mandy Rose hasn’t wrestled an official match since December 13, 2022 when she lost the NXT Women’s Title to Roxanne Perez on an episode of NXT. 

Rose was a participant in the BLP Wrestler’s Combine, taking on Xia Zhao (Xia Li in WWE), Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke in WWE), and Jordynne Grace. 

She also did a run in during the show, hitting Shazza McKenzie with a knee strike. 

On her Power Alphas podcast, Mandy looked back on the experience. 

“I was asked to do a little run in. I was iffy about this. I have yet to make an in-ring appearance. I decided to do it. It was literally two seconds. I was feeling under the weather. As I ran out to give my knee to Shazza, my other leg gave out when I jumped. I still hit the knee, you wouldn’t even be able to tell. I jumped and my leg gave out. The back of my knee has been bothering me. I had a MRI and nothing came up alarming. It’s strange. I don’t know what’s going on. It’s weird movements. It happened in the gym one day, and then it goes away. It’s not this crazy tear or anything scary, but it happened when I went to give my knee for the first time in two years. Mind you, the knee still looks good, because I’m that bitch. I kind of fall and rolled out of the ring. I don’t know if it’s a testament of ‘your time is done in the ring, maybe you should hang up the boots.’ Not saying that’s what it is, but it scared me a little bit. On the flip side, it did bring me back. obviously, I miss wrestling. I miss the camaraderie, the fans, and the adrenaline rush,” she said. 

After thanking the fans for their support, Mandy stated, “Whether or not I am going to be getting back (in the ring), I still don’t have an answer right now. Did I get the itch? I do have the itch a little bit. I have a lot of things going on right now. For me, it has to make sense. Not just financial sense. It has to make sense in the aspect of is this really what I want to do? Do I really want to put my body through it all physically? The traveling. I do love my life right now. I love being in New York with my family and going to Florida. I have a wedding coming up. Am I going to have kids right away? There are so many things going through my mind. On the flip side, I’m young, am I totally done yet? I know there is unfinished business for me. I just don’t know if right now is the time to get in there and get back to that unfinished business or do I wait. Are people going to forget about me? I always worry about that.”

Mandy said she had fun stepping back in the ring and once again thanked fans for their support. 

Fightful will continue to update fans on Mandy’s future when more is known. 

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