Bayley says her injury during the pandemic was bigger than anybody knows.
Back in the Summer of 2021, Bayley would suffer an ACL injury that would take her out of action for over a year, before she would make her blockbuster return as the leader of Damage CTRL at SummerSlam 2022.
While speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Bayley spoke about the injury, noting that it was actually a bigger injury than anybody knows.
"This will be a story for another day, because I'm not ready to share it yet, but my injury ended up being more than what everybody knows. It was a bigger injury than anybody knows. There's a few people that are aware of it, and obviously the office and stuff. But that's the reason, wasn't just an ACL thing, it was a bigger injury, and that's the reason why it kept me out longer. It still bugs me to this day, I can't do certain things, it's hard for me to run, it's hard for me to do leg curls. There's a lot of things that I can't do because of that injury. So there was a time, maybe in PT doing stuff where I was like I can't even walk, I can't jump. How am I supposed to wrestle in like three months or something? So there was that little doubt which I'm sure everybody goes through with injuries, but I always knew that I was going to come back. Because, I mean, it wasn't that crazy of an injury. It was just like where am I going to fit in kind of thing. My whole idea behind Damage CTRL was like alright, I've won my championships. I've had my Mania moments. Now as a character and as a bad guy, I could be like I don't even want anything for myself, I want it for them. They're gonna reap all the benefits of my experience, and they're gonna get all the championships, and they're gonna get everything. Then when the time is right, I'm gonna steal it right from them, I'm gonna take the spotlight right back when I'm ready. But while I'm still recovering and finding my ways, they're gonna do all the work for me. That was my idea behind it."
Bayley was taken out of WrestleMania 41 earlier this weekend in a backstage attack WWE issued an update on Bayley's status on Monday's WWE Raw. You can read more about that here.
Elsewhere in the same interview, Bayley revealed that she only has a year and a half left on her WWE contract. You can read more about that here.
