Thunder Rosa Addresses Awkward Segment with Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford on 2/19 AEW Dynamite Show

As noted before, Thunder Rosa, Megan Bayne, and Penelope Ford were involved in a very awkward post-match segment following Bayne’s victory over Kris Statlander on the February 19th AEW Dynamite show in Phoenix, Arizona. This issue revolved around Rosa coming out with a chair to save Statlander only to quickly get involved in an awkward standoff with Bayne and Ford. This issue was later revealed to have been due to a miscommunication and timing issue involving a producer or coach for the segment.

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast featured co-host Rosa giving her thoughts about the situation.

“First and foremost, safety has always been my priority at everything that I do at AEW. Sometimes, I sacrifice my safety for other people because I have to make sure everybody is safe because of previous situations. For me, safety is always number one. Last week definitely showed me a lot in terms of how much people care for Thunder Rosa. I want to thank everybody that reached out to me last week. The respect and love means the world to me. There have been a few people in particular whose words truly helped me. I really do want to say, genuinely, thank you. There are a lot of people from AEW and different places. I want to say thank you.

You guys saw what happened. From that, I have learned so much. The takeaways I have as a performer are always ask questions. Be sure of what you’re doing in the segment. The segment didn’t go the way we wanted to, and it showed. I love what I do and I love my job. I now focus on doing things the right way to have a good product and make AEW better. I have sacrificed my health and I’ve bled for this company. I will continue to push myself because I want to give the fans the best possible product for those who depend on me and who are in the ring with me. I’m not perfect and I will always strive to be better to make the place that I work a better place and a positive place to work.

A lot of times, people don’t understand what’s happening. Things happen. This, for me, the biggest takeaway is you always have to ask questions and be prepared, no matter if you’re a vet or a young athlete. Always ask questions to your producers in terms of what you’re supposed to be doing and what’s the story. It’s important for our business. If you love this business and what we do, that’s something we have to do. I include myself on this. I’m extremely thankful for the feedback and advice I received from many veterans and people in the business. They are showing me respect to show me the right way and show me what I can do in situations like this. It’s beautiful. It includes people from my job and all over that care for me and what we do on TV.”

Rosa also confirmed that there were no issues or drama backstage with anyone involved over the segment not going the way they had expected.

“There is no drama. We were all talking before the show and praising each other. We’re trying to be as positive as possible. I enjoy coming to work and I’m not the only one. Statlander was so supportive and nice. We were all going over stuff and receiving feedback. It was all positive. There is nobody trying to kill each other and stuff. There is no point. How are we going to grow if we’re fighting? Mistakes are made. It happened. We have to grow, we talked, and it was fine.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com