Alexa Bliss has opened up about her issues with concussive damage. She also spoke about the understanding she now has of how to better protect herself in the ring.
She divulged the information in an interview with SkySports.com. Bliss spoke openly on how, having suffered one concussion, it’s easy to become re-concussed if not careful.
“Once you have a concussion it’s easier to get re-concussed and I found that out very clearly,” she explained. “It’s the brain, it’s not like an ankle you can tape up and you know the time frame that it’s going to heal – the brain is a completely different thing.”
Thankfully, WWE partnered her up with “the best doctors possible, the best neurologists, [and] physiologists” in their efforts to help her recover.
“I feel a lot better now with the information and the education I was given when it comes to concussions because of what WWE provided for us and I feel a lot better about being in the ring and it makes me appreciate the time in the ring a lot more than maybe I did before.”
Having this new information has helped Bliss protect herself better when it comes to in-ring competition.
She admitted that it’s been a long year, but is “happy that I was given the information I was because now I can be more pro-active when it comes to protecting myself when it comes to a concussion and be safer in the ring.”
Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross defeated The IIconics to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions earlier this month.