Update On Alleged Issues During Recent Thunder Rosa vs. Ivelisse Match

It was reported last month that there were rumored issues between Thunder Rosa and Ivelisse during their match on a recent episode of AEW Dynamite, stemming from the match ‘breaking down’ and the two really trying to hurt each other. A later report denied this and stated the two were never uncooperative with each other and had no issues.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a few more details on this, particularly with the stiff shots in the match. Both women have MMA backgrounds, with Rosa competing and Ivelisse almost doing so. They wanted to do moves in their match that looked legitimate. While one of the kicks to the back came in hard, that was simply because they were trying to make it look hard and it was a little too successful. Since they worked together the next week, obviously there were no issues.

One spot during the commercial break got a groan backstage, as Ivelisse appeared to just let Rosa put a full nelson on her. Other than that, any issues in the match itself came from the two planning to do more than they had time for, so a lot of the things they planned were cut out. Nothing happened in the match that wasn’t supposed to.