Mandy Rose Says She 'Can't Dwell' On Asuka Injury Scare

Mandy Rose Says She ‘Can’t Dwell’ On Asuka Injury Scare, Talks About Paige’s Influence On Her Career

Mandy Rose recently spoke with Alex McCarthy for TalkSPORT, and the subject of Asuka’s apparent injury at this week’s WWE live event in White Plains came up.

Mandy says the situation was unfortunate, but she can’t focus on it and luckily Asuka is OK:

“I was in my hometown last night, it was really great to be home. I had about 30 people – friends and family – there that were all front row. I had all my nieces and nephews and it was really amazing to have them all there. Of course, not everything always goes according to plan and accidents happen. So, unfortunately, there was a little accident and we took the proper precautions and thankfully, Asuka is fine and she’s doing OK. You know, stuff happens. You can’t dwell on it, you just gotta move on.”

Mandy also talked about Paige’s influence on her career, and said she’s happy to see her former stablemate find success with her new movie:

“Paige had a ton of influence on my career and it just comes like full circle with Paige because we started on Tough Enough together and, of course, I didn’t know her as a person very well, I only got to see how she reacted to what I was doing and the reality show, but I got to know her more when I was on Total Divas right away.

She really was a big supporter and a good friend in the sense that she always looked out for me – she messed around with me a lot, of course, we always joke around because she loves messing around with me – but she was always out for my best interests. She’d always tell me certain things like ‘Don’t do that. Do this,’ just little tricks of the trade because she’s been around for so long.

And then it all came full circle when I made it up to Monday Night Raw, I got to debut with her and my best friend Sonya [Deville]. So she’s been a huge influence on my career and I couldn’t be more happy for her with everything going on and her movie Fighting with my Family. It’s amazing and I’m super happy for her – she deserves it.”