Willow Nightingale Opens Up On Battle With Depression Ahead of AEW Redemption

Willow Nightingale spoke about how she’s been dealing with depression over the past year ahead of her match with Thekla at AEW Redemption. Nightingale appeared on the per Fightful). “It’s been hard. I think I’ve been depressed for about a year, and I’ve just had to find a way to strap a smile on, put my twinkly boots on, and find a way to keep going.”

She continued, “I could sit here right now and tell you I’m on all these flights and I’m doing this so often. I’m missing my family’s birthday party. I’m missing weddings. But we all do it. What makes me more deserving than anybody else? It’s not even a matter about deserving. It’s just, I’m in this position. The opportunities are there. I’m taking them and I’m excelling, and at the end of the day, that’s what makes you a champion.”

AEW Redemption takes place tonight from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and airs live on PPV.