Stephanie Vaquer has revealed that her title-winning match at WrestlePalooza was nearly canceled due to a medical issue.
At WWE WrestlePalooza Stephanie Vaquer defeated IYO SKY for the vacant Women’s World Championship. During a vlog on WWE’s Spanish-speaking YouTube channel, Vaquer detailed a recent health scare that led to WWE preparing to officially announce that her championship match against IYO SKY was being called off.
“What happened was, unfortunately, I had not been feeling well for the past two weeks. I was sick, so I did not feel good physically, and on Sunday, the medical team told me not to participate on Raw on Monday.
They spoke with the executives, and I was removed from Raw. They also told me that if I could not make it to Raw, I would no longer be part of Wrestlepalooza, which I completely understood, but I still felt healthy enough to wrestle, so I did everything possible.
On Monday Morning, I went to the doctor, and by noon, I was cleared to compete. Around 12 pm and 2 pm, I was already at the airport to head to Raw. Everything was very last-minute, and they were even preparing to announce that I was not cleared for Wrestlepalooza on Saturday.
They ran every kind of test on me, and thankfully, I am cleared to compete. Maybe I am not in my absolute best condition after being sick for almost three weeks, but I have the clearance to compete. Everything happens for a reason, and everything worked out perfectly so I could compete for the title at Wrestlepalooza, but it was very difficult to recover my body in 5 days.
Sometimes, you don’t always wrestle with your body, but with your heart, and I have that very present. My body may not be at 100% but my heart always is at 100%”
It is hard to fully heal in just five days, but you do not always wrestle with your body; you wrestle with your heart. While my body might not be one hundred percent, my heart is always one hundred percent.” H/T to Fightful for the transcription
