Maria Kanellis-Bennett had cancerous mole removed, urges skin checks

Former WWE and AEW star Maria Kanellis-Bennett said on Friday that she underwent surgery this week to remove a cancerous mole from her leg, urging fans to get suspicious growths checked early. In a post on the social platform X, Kanellis-Bennett shared photos from a hospital bed and a bandaged leg, wrote that a prior biopsy had returned cancerous results and thanked medical staff for catching the condition early.

"PSA get your moles checked!!! I had type 0 skin cancer removed today after a previous biopsy came back cancerous," she wrote. "Feeling very blessed they caught it so early but definitely exhausted. I will have a beautiful 3 inch scar on my leg." She also noted that surgical staff had marked the area with an eye before the operation, a detail she said was intended to ward off bad spirits.

Kanellis-Bennett's post did not specify further medical details beyond the biopsy finding and the excision. In her message she both warned followers to be vigilant about skin checks and acknowledged the toll of consecutive health struggles. Some reports transcribed the condition as "type O" rather than "type 0." In her own post she used the character zero, and outlets vary in their...