Allie resumes in-ring training after two-year hiatus

Allie, known to AEW fans as The Bunny and a two-time TNA Knockouts Champion, said in a social media video Tuesday that she has resumed in-ring training after roughly two years away from regular competition. The former AEW performer said she had not wrestled or trained in that time and described feeling a renewed desire to return to the ring following a period she called difficult and isolating.

In the Instagram post, Allie said, "I havent had an actual wrestling match in, shit, I think it might be two years," and described how, after a long absence, she began to miss wrestling in a way she had not expected. She told viewers she did not want to rush back until she was sure the desire was genuine, noting that being a wrestler requires "a lot of commitment." On restarting physical work, she said the first bump and hitting the ropes "hurt so bad" but added that it "felt so good."

Allie’s last widely reported match took place at an AEW Rampage taping on September 6, 2023, when she teamed with Anna Jay and Taya Valkyrie in a loss to Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida and Skye Blue. She was removed from AEW’s roster page in November 2023, and reports at the time said she and the company had...