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Toni Storm reveals why she dropped out of her scheduled wXw appearance and discusses her current injury status
Even though Storm's title defence against Kay Lee Ray was scheduled for the 31st, reports surfaced from f4wonline last week that Toni Storm pulled out of a scheduled appearance for independent promotion wXw because he was injured, throwing her match at Cardiff in doubt. I wanted to clear the air and get to the bottom of what was really going on.
I want to get one thing out of the way though. There were reports online that you were injured recently. Are you going to be okay for TakeOver? What's happening there?
Storm: "Well basically, I'm travelling a lot, I'm working a lot, I'm doing a lot of shows. Obviously, I'm going to be okay for TakeOver. I just had to cancel a few bookings to prevent injury because sometimes you just get to a point and after ten years my body starts to, kind of, fail me a little bit."
She did go on to reveal that this was prompted by a small issue with her shoulder and that it was a case of resting up and being more safe than sorry,
Storm: "But yeah, I did have a little bit of an issue with my shoulder and I just needed to take a break because there's so much at stake. I'm going into the biggest match of my career so far. My biggest title defence since being champion. So I just have to actually take care of myself for a few weeks leading into this. I can't take any risks at the moment because what we do to our bodies can be so dangerous so I'm basically just getting myself in proper condition because there's so much at stake."
Toni Storm on being able to wrestle for other promotions outside of WWE NXT UK and the positives and negatives of that
Obviously, as part of being in NXT UK, you can wrestle for other promotions, you can go to other independent promotions and you do end up wrestling a lot. Do you enjoy that, getting out there to as many different places and wresting as often as you can?
Storm: "Oh, hell yeah! That's the best part. We still get to do loads of different and exciting things. Like every single company that I go to, whether I'm working at NXT UK, or wXw or Progress, everything is so different that it helps keep it interesting. But at the same time, it does, of course, take its toll. Which is why I've had to really just get serious and really take care of myself going into [NXT TakeOver: Cardiff]
Coming up on the next page: Toni Storm reveals her thoughts on her WWE career so far, WWE doing another Evolution or 'Queen of the Ring' and what her thoughts are on Becky Lynch.
