Kris Statlander Recalls How She Was ‘Jokingly Part Of The AEW Medical Team’ While Recovering From Her Knee Surgeries

Kris Statlander reflects on being part of the AEW medical team, even if it was only briefly while she was recovering from major injuries.

Since signing with All Elite Wrestling, Statlander has unfortunately fell victim to two major knee injuries, tearing her ACLs in 2020 and 2022 respectively. While on the shelf however, Statlander says that she remained busy.

While speaking to TMZ Sports in a new interview, Kris Statlander revealed that while she was out with injury, she would help the AEW medical team in several ways, jokingly becoming part of the team.

“I was a jokingly part of the medical team. Because before I signed with AEW, I was a licensed massage therapist. When I was recovering from my knee surgeries, I would just like help them. I was bored and I was, it was during COVID and I would just go sit in the medical room the whole time, and I would just go like help them get tape or like bring ice packs and stuff to people, and then I would have to get in the ring and train a little bit in my process of coming back. Then, because I kind of understood like the protocol and I kind of helped put together a more structured return to play type thing, I feel like they kind of were relying on me a little bit to, help other people come back from injury. I’m not actually part of the medical team. I’m not licensed. Do not come to me for your medical advice. I will tell you to go to someone else.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Statlander recalled passing out in her AEW WrestleDream 2025 bout with ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm. You can read more about that here.

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