Red Velvet Shares That PAC, Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli Were Supportive Of Her During Her Recovery From Injury

Velvet received support and helpful advice from her colleagues.

Renee Paquette welcomed Red Velvet onto her ‘Close Up’ show on the AEW YouTube channel. They delved into Velvet’s injury history, starting with the knee injury she suffered in 2023.

Velvet ended up being sidelined for nine months. She spoke about how Bryan Danielson was helpful to her during her recovery.

“And just even after injury too, it was like he (Bryan Danielson) was so helpful in like how do I move differently to protect my knee from that time…”

Fast forward to 2025, Velvet was out from June until November. She had a dislocated shoulder and bulging discs in her neck.

Velvet shared that she received support from PAC, Bryan Danielson, and Claudio Castagnoli.

“I had spoke with Claudio (Castagnoli) and Bryan (Danielson), and even PAC and they were just so supporting on like, ‘Hey, just focus from now to heal and come back. Don’t think about anything else’ and that’s all I did. I did P.T. two-a-days, I was going to the gym, I was just head-deep. Especially with the neck, I was like… ‘We don’t play with that.’ I had spoke with Bryan a couple times about that and suggestions and what to do, how to change my workout regimes after as well and I just took all of that in.”

Red Velvet is once again ROH Women’s World Television Champion. At Ring of Honor’s Final Battle pay-per-view, she defeated Mercedes Moné to regain the title.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit Close Up w/ Renee Paquette with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.