Saraya on Being Medically Cleared to Resume Her In-Ring Career

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Boston, Massachusetts featured a face-to-face promo segment between Saraya and Britt Baker. During the segment, Saraya revealed that she was recently medically cleared to resume her in-ring wrestling career and gave the official announcement of a match between the two at next weekend’s Full Gear 2022 event.

Following the show, Saraya reflected on Twitter about her upcoming return to the ring and also posted the doctor’s note that led to her official medical clearance from AEW’s doctors.

Never thought I would see this day again. Thank you all. Im a wrestler 🥹

— SARAYA (@Saraya) November 10, 2022

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— SARAYA (@Saraya) November 10, 2022

In a recent interview with The Sessions with Renee Paquette podcast, Saraya stated that she had been medically cleared on October 31st and doctors said she could wrestle one match a month as a start.

“When I came in, I didn’t really know what the deal was, I just knew that I was going to be part of something and we were going to build something special here. But then when I got there, got the great reaction when I walked out, and I was like, ‘oh my god’ and you can’t put a pro-wrestler out there and tell them that they can’t do anything else.

I came to terms with not being able to wrestle anymore and that’s fine, although a couple of years ago I did do some x-rays and they were looking great but I didn’t do the full MRI.

I just did the x-rays because I was a little nervous about doing the MRI a couple of years ago so I was just like, okay, they’re looking good, maybe in a couple of years it starts getting better but I’m not going to rush it because Edge was out for like nine years, Stone Cold had that match with Kevin Owens but he didn’t bump much.

I was like, I could probably pull off doing a Stone Cold match. It was just in my head because in the match, you wouldn’t think that there wasn’t a crazy amount of bumps because the story they told was so fantastic.

I remember talking to the doctors and they were like, ‘okay, you can do this, but we’re not going to clear you to take a bump.’

I went out there with Britt and we did our own thing. I didn’t ask clearance from the doctor there, I’m going to be honest. He was cool with it, he was just like, ‘please don’t take a bump, you’re not ready to take bumps yet.’ So he was like, ‘if you want to actually have matches, we have to get you completely cleared, that means MRIs, CT scans, everything.’

Halloween, perfect day, I went to the doctor here in California, one of the best doctors around. He did a bunch of NFL, NBA, all these huge action stars, celebrities, actors & actresses, and all that fun stuff.

Then he sat there and went through them all and he was just like, ‘you’re cleared’ and I just burst into tears.

I was like, let’s talk about paralysis. He said, ‘it’s rare’ and if you get kicked there, you have some cushion now. And if you ever feel like you’re not feeling too well, take some time off. You know your body but I will clear you to get back in the ring again.

Long story short, Halloween is when I got the full clearance. I called my parents, I was crying my eyes out.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com