The 21-year-old NXT Women’s Champion successfully defended her title against veteran Meiko Satomura on Tuesday night, but she appeared shaky on her feet and fell to the mat as she celebrated her victory.
It seems to be part of the storyline given how the cameras followed her as she was helped onto a stretcher and wheeled backstage to an ambulance, and now the Heartbreak Kid has dealt with the incident.
He tweeted, “What happened last night showed @roxanne_wwe is a fighting champion. She left it all in the ring. I want to wish Roxanne a speedy recovery after a great title defense.’
Roxanne has yet to publicly comment on the dramatic scenes, and WWE has not offered any further update.
While the situation appears to be part of the storyline, that hasn’t stopped fans from sending messages of support to Roxanne, who had promised to “leave everything in that ring to keep this championship.”
On the finish of Tuesday’s episode, referees and medical personnel rushed beside her as her opponent seemed on in concern, and the younger star was helped right into a neck brace and stretcher as NXT boss Shawn Michaels confirmed up at ringside.
Footage confirmed her being taken by way of the constructing to an ambulance, as commentator Booker T – who skilled Roxanne early in her wrestling profession – rushed to be along with her.
WWE stated she was then taken to a neighborhood hospital and has since stated she would keep in a single day.
Roxanne, who began raining beneath Booker T at age 16, turned the inaugural Ring of Honor Girls’s World Champion at age 19, making her the youngest feminine champion in firm historical past.
She signed with WWE a yr in the past after which received the Iron Survivor Problem on NXT Deadline in December earlier than defeating Mandy Rose for the NXT Girls’s Title three days later.
WWE NXT airs Tuesday nights at 1pm on BT Sport.
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