Dr. Britt Baker Opens Up About Her Mini-Stroke

Having not wrestled since September 2023, Dr. Britt Baker delighted fans at Forbidden Door when she returned at the end of Mercedes Moné’s match, clearly setting up a future clash. And while it had been thought Baker had been on hiatus due to looking after her partner, Adam Cole, and dealing with her own injuries, she would reveal during the following episode of Dynamite she had actually suffered a mini-stroke, which left her hospitalized for a week. And now, while speaking to Renee Paquette , the AEW star has opened up about this traumatic experience.

“Something was off, and the room was spinning, nauseous, sweating. Something was not right [the hairdresser] could tell right away…and of course, first thing that came to mind was something with my neck … they tested some stuff, looked in my eyes, and reflexes, everying, and put me in a wheelchair. The next thing I know, I’m wheeled back, they’re sticking needles in me, putting all the stickers on me to go and get tests, it was very quick. And then the next thing I knew, I’m in my own little room with a pamphlet on being a stroke victim.”

33-year-old Baker was AEW’s first official female signing and soon established herself as the face of the women’s division thanks to her outstanding promo ability. Yet it would be her memorable rivalry with Thunder Rosa that took her career to the next level and proved she was deserving of a top spot. However, having been off AEW television for so long and thus losing much of her momentum, she does need to re-establish herself, which a feud with Moné should ultimately do.