Tiffany Stratton’s TV Absence Reportedly Explained

Fans expecting the new year to run on Tiffy Time have been finding it’s not the week to re-set the clocks just yet. Former Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton has been absent from TV for a little while now.

A previous theory put forward by David Scherer was that it’s all part of an angle. Returning former champs get a bigger pop when absence has made the fans’ hearts grow fonder. He also noted that this was something of a Paul Levesque trope — “The Game” knows from experience that he tended to get the best crowd reactions after coming back from injuries. Why not give some performers that same benefit without their getting hurt?

It seems, however, that hurt is what happened to Tiffany. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports, simply, that “Stratton has been out of action with an injury.”

There’s no further information on what the injury might be or when she sustained it, though she went into her match with Jade Cargill with a bad knee injury angle.

Regardless, she probably can indeed count on a big crowd reaction when she returns. Absence also gives characters the chance for a character turn, if creative feels that’s the way to go.