On a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, Mark Henry told a pretty incredible story about RAW Women’s Champion, Ronda Rousey. The story involves a painful stem cell procedure that both Henry and Rousey have had done.
This story proves how tough that Ronda really is.
Here is the what Mark said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“Maybe it’s not for me to tell this story, but I’ll let the cat out the bag. I heard, because I was talking about having stem cells to help my knee and hip flexor. So, I had the surgery when I had my knee done, and they drill into your hip bones and they pull out the marrow.
“They spin it, create a serum and inject it into wherever you need it to help. I was put under to get that done. When I woke up, I was in as much pain as any surgery or injury I ever had because of the sensitive area of your hips. I heard that Ronda Rousey had the stem cells before and they didn’t use anesthesia to put her under.
“They drilled into her hips and extracted the stem cells while she was awake. It hurt her but she was able to do it. And I’m going to tell you guys right now. I could not have done that. I woke up in so much pain that I was begging for medicine to put me back asleep.
“I said, ‘give me medicine. I don’t want to feel this, it hurts.’ And she did that awake? Golly that’s got to count for being one of the toughest humans alive – not [just] in wrestling, period.”
On a related note, here is the latest rumor on the original plans for Ronda Rousey at TLC.