Reason why AEW star has been off television lately | Wrestling News


All Elite Wrestling star Big Swole had a great 2020 by climbing up the rankings in the women’s division.

In fact, at one point, she became the #1 contender for the AEW Women’s Title, currently held by Hikaru Shida, but fell short to win the gold.

In 2021, she’s only worked one match, which came back on the January 7th edition of Dark where she beat Alex Gracia. She hasn’t worked a match since. However, she did do a promo on this past Saturday’s AEW Dark episode, which she brought up the battle.

While doing a media scrum on Sunday night, AEW President Tony Khan talked about Swole’s absence and noted that she’s suffering from Crohn’s disease.  He stated that Swole is a great wrestler with a great personality and she continues to get better. He brought up her accomplishments in 2020. He brought up that they reset the rankings every year. Since she’s not been active, that’s the reason she’s not been ranked.

“In 2021, she has not really been active because she’s been sick. She’s had Crohn’s disease keeping her out so she has not been ranked.”

Khan mentioned when they started the Women’s Title Eliminator Tournament, she was dealing with a flare-up with the disease.

“I think as she’s getting healthier, hopefully, we can consistently get her available and have her in action on a regular basis and she’s a great asset to us.”

You can watch the entire interview by clicking on the player below (quotes can be found around the 23:48 mark): :

 





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