During a recent appearance on the Generation of Wrestling Podcast, TNA Wrestling star Ash By Elegance talked about the health issues that led to her brief retirement from competing in the ring. She also noted that she spend numerous days in the ICU. Ash also said that not she is not going to share the diagnosis until is out there.
“I’m still going through it, which is crazy. You don’t have to have an injury or…what I’m going through is a health issue. A lot of people, especially my situation, I don’t look sick. I feel good today, but tomorrow might not. It’s definitely a health issue. I had mentioned, once I have a solid diagnosis…my issue is weird. They call it a medical mystery. I’ve done so many things. I spent numerous days in the ICU that nobody really knows about because I haven’t put that out there yet until I can honestly find out what this really is. We’re on a good track now. It was scary. In the beginning, what happened that forced me into retirement has trickled now into this, and it’s all adding up to being this one diagnosis. I’m just not going to say it yet until it’s out there. When they were like, ‘You can’t wrestle anymore,’ I was like, ‘What do I have to live for?’ This is my life and they’re telling me I can’t do something that keeps me motivated. I was not working out, and that’s my life, too. I was like, ‘I gotta do this.’ The doctors were slowly like, ‘Well, this is good, this is good. We think you’re medically good.’ I was good, I came back and I’m good to wrestle, it’s just sometimes difficult because my body kind of goes a little wonky. A couple of days before Rebellion, I have a couple more tests. Knock on wood, everything is going to be fine, but then we’ll have a solid answer of what it is.”
Ash also talks on growing up in Cleveland, getting released by WWE, finding her self in TNA and more!
You can watch the full interview below:
On September 27, 2025 at Victory Road, Ash vacated the TNA World Knockouts World Title due to an undisclosed reason, ending her reign at 34 days. On October 10, during a virtual signing, she announced her retirement from professional wrestling and indicated she would be working as an producer for TNA and the on-screen manager for the Elegance Brand.
During the January 22, 2026 episode of IMPACT, Ash announced she was medically cleared to return to in-ring action.