Over the weekend at the SHIMMER Volume 111 event, two-time WWE Mae Young Classic Tournament competitor Mercedes Martinez suffered a scary injury.
Martinez tagged with Cheerleader Melissa against DASH Chisako & Hiroyo Matsumoto. During the contest, Martinez was hurt after she ate a splash and the match had to be stopped. Martinez couldn’t move for about 10 minutes and was later taken out on a stretcher.
Now, Martinez has issued out a lengthy update on her status after the scare. Check it out here:
THANK YOU!!! To every single fan that have expressed concern for me in the last 24hrs. I cant imagine what everyone was thinking while watching LIVE in person or on fite TV. TRUST….I’m a strong and resilient wrestler and can take a beating and keep ticking, but sometimes your body just had enough and needs a breather. Yes, I couldnt breathe. Yes, I lost feeling in my face.
Yes, my whole entire left side of my body was in shock and unbearable pain. No, I never thought I would be carried out of the ring as every wrestler ALWAYS wants to be able to walk out on their own. HOWEVER, even in tears, in pain, and the occasional laugh bc lexie Fyfe or melissa tried to cheer me up….I can hear you, the fans!!
The overwhelming chants of my name. It’s a scary moment when u think everything u worked hard for comes crashing down in a split second. U take it in, soak it up and try not to overthink the negative. Positive thinking goes a long way…..With that being said, my official diagnosis is: Bruised ribs.
Which I told the dr “thank u for making my day bc I can still wrestle!!” To which he replied: “u need to rest up and see how u feel. There will be no person being thrown on top of u for awhile.”….and some other stuff which I can read on my medical sheet, Hehe….my reply, “doc, i got u!!
I’ll be the 1 throwing other ppl on top of ppl instead. No worries, I’ll follow what u say.” Needless to say, I had a cool doc and I’m still as sarcastic and funny. In all seriousness and from my humble heart of Rican awesomeness:
Thank you. To buying merch, to supporting me, and giving me another reason to keep doing what I love…..each and every fan out there has touched my heart and it humbled me even more. But dont think I’m soft!! I’m still a badass!!
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