Saraya Recalls Conversation With Sasha Banks After Being Cleared

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AEW star Saraya has revealed that Sasha Banks was one of the first names she contacted after getting medically cleared for an in-ring return.

On the November 9 edition of Dynamite, Saraya confirmed that doctors have given her the go-ahead to return to the ring.

Saraya notably stepped away from the ring in April 2018 due to a neck injury. During her last match prior to this, in December 2017, Saraya suffered an injury during a spot with Sasha Banks.

Speaking on The Sessions with Renee Paquette, Saraya noted that Banks was the first person she messaged after doctors cleared her.

Opening up about her relationship with Banks, Saraya said:

“The first person I texted as well was Mercedes, Sasha (Banks). 

“So I text her, she was one of the first people I text because I’m like, of all that stuff, that can mentally f**k someone up to end someone’s career and a lot of people pit us against each other after that.

“All her fans would attack me, all my fans would — well not all my fans. There’s a very small percentage.

“But they would tag each other and they’re always the loudest, right? So they would just go at it and they still go at it and then, you know, they still send me tweets being like, ‘I’m so happy Sasha broke your neck’ and then people tweeting at her being like, ‘How dare you end someone’s career. You’re being unsafe.’

“She’s not unsafe. It’s an accident. It happens in wrestling. That’s what we sign up for but I told her, ‘I just wanna let you know…’ I’ll probably read the text actually. She was so sweet too.

“I just said, ‘Hey sis, I just wanna let you know since this whole thing was really tough on you mentally but my doctor just cleared me and told me my neck is 100 percent ready to go.

“I haven’t told anyone else but I know this will make you feel good. I’m back. Haha’ and she was just like, ‘I’m so happy.’ Like over the moon and stuff like that and I just said to her, ‘I don’t want you to feel bad anymore.’

“I had that period of time away and actually, it was for the best in the long run because I had time to really focus on myself, get healthy, get sober so I could start branching out and doing other things and so yeah, I just felt like it was meant to be and you know, my neck healed in record time.

“It’s five years and I’m officially back and I think that’s pretty f**king inspiring.”

Saraya is set to go one-on-one with Britt Baker at AEW Full Gear on November 19.

Check out the announced card for AEW Full Gear right here.

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