Thunder Rosa has finally explained a little more about why her four-year run on Busted Open Radio came to an end. Months after saying goodbye to the SiriusXM show, Rosa says she actually would have stayed if circumstances behind the scenes hadn’t changed.
During her appearance on the I Love Wrestling Podcast, Rosa looked back on her time with Busted Open and credited Dave LaGreca with giving her the opportunity to break into wrestling radio. She then revealed that management changes played a role in why she ultimately left.
“David LaGreca, there’s another one that gave me my breakthrough in radio. He gave me that opportunity. He believed in me, and I was on radio for four years, and I would have stayed on the radio, but, you know, management changes and things happen.”
Rosa made it clear there isn’t some giant grudge behind her departure. In fact, she admitted she still misses being on Busted Open and having that kind of platform to talk about professional wrestling.
“It’s not that I’m salty, but, you know, I mean, it was for me working in SiriusXM was very special, and it was a huge platform to again have a voice in professional wrestling, and I miss it. I miss it a lot.”
Her comments give a little more context to what happened back in July. At the time, Rosa announced she was leaving Busted Open after four years as WWE Radio prepared to take up a larger presence on SiriusXM. Rosa wasn’t included in the new lineup, which immediately raised questions about whether the changing relationship between SiriusXM and WWE had affected her spot. Rosa’s original farewell was much more focused on thanking everyone involved. She specifically thanked Tony Khan for allowing her to represent AEW on the show and made it clear she wasn’t disappearing from wrestling media completely.
“The microphone may be off for now, but my voice isn’t going anywhere. This isn’t goodbye. It’s simply the beginning of a new chapter. I’ll see you all very soon.”
That doesn’t mean she’s done talking wrestling either. Rosa already has an idea for getting back behind a microphone — except next time, she wants the microphone to belong to her.
“But one day I will start my own podcast and I can talk about whatever I want.”
So Rosa might miss Busted Open, but she’s already thinking about what comes after it. Whenever she finally launches that podcast, she won’t have to worry about somebody else’s management changes deciding when it’s time to turn the microphone off.
What would you want to hear Thunder Rosa talk about if she launches her own podcast? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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