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Steph De Lander, qui a quitté la TNA en compagnie de son mari Mance Warner, n’est pas très tendre à l’endroit de cette compagnie.
Dans une entrevue pour TMZ Inside The Ring, elle a confirmé que la TNA ne voulait pas la faire lutter alors qu’elle avait récupéré de deux opérations au cou.
De Lander a reçu le feu vert des médecins, ajoutant qu’elle a fait appel à un chirurgien associé à la WWE.
Elle a par la suite proposé des histoires afin de la ramener dans le ring. Mais la TNA l’a contacté lundi dernier, affirmant qu’elle ne luttera plus jamais pour la compagnie.
Son mari a quant à lui quitté la TNA en solidarité pour sa femme.
“I’ve actually had two neck surgeries, and no one knows that. I only posted about one, but I actually had two. Neck surgeon wanted to put a little bit more hardware in there. But [I’m] fully recovered, fully healed. I actually went to WWE’s spinal surgeon to do the surgeries, and I got clearance a few weeks ago.
So I had been pitching storylines, and working my way towards my in ring return with TNA. But then I received a phone call on Monday of this week, that basically they never wanted to let me wrestle at TNA again. They just didn’t feel comfortable with that. So then I made the decision to leave, and my husband did too in solidarity.”
De Lander affirme que le président de la TNA n’était pas au courant de la nature de sa blessure. La compagnie n’a pas voulu l’évaluer médicalement.
“He didn’t know. He couldn’t tell me what my injury was. Yeah, it’s definitely based off personal feelings. I have not been evaluated by any medical professional on the TNA end…they haven’t evaluated my medical history. They haven’t contacted my surgeon. They haven’t looked at any of my medical stuff…they made a personal decision.”
De plus, la TNA n’a pas payé ses factures médicales. De Lander n’a reçu aucun salaire durant son absence du ring, ce qui a été très difficile pour elle au niveau financier.
“So I’ve paid for both of my surgeries. I paid for [physical therapy] for both of them. My insurance maxed out, so I currently have a $9000 AdventHealth bill sitting there that I’m gonna get to at some point. But yeah, it was 100% covered on my end. And if you’re not working at TNA, I was not on a salary, I was not getting paid every week. Regardless, if you’re not there, if you’re not on the road, if you’re not working, you don’t get paid. So yeah, financially it was a very big hit as well.”
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De Lander clarified the nature of her neck fusion surgery, which she describes as an operation wrestlers come back from all the time.
“I had a one level cervical spinal fusion of my C5-C6 joint, or vertebrae, which is like the most basic, straightforward neck injury that so many wrestlers in WWE and AEW have had before, fully recovered and returned to the ring. I did not break my neck. That’s not what happened, even though my boss told me I broke my neck. I did not. Just to clear that up, I had a fusion because I had a bulging disc.”
What’s your reaction to Steph De Lander’s story about why she quit TNA and how the company didn’t cover her medical bills? Let me know in the comments below, Cagesiders.
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