Queen Aminata injures knee during AEW Collision, continues travel

Queen Aminata said she injured her knee during AEW Collision tapings in Jacksonville on Wednesday, October 8, but completed a scheduled pretaped segment and continued with travel obligations despite increasing pain and swelling. In a vlog published after the tapings, the 29-year-old described hurting her knee while running drills in the ring and working through the remainder of the show's production.

Aminata said the injury occurred when she was "rolling around in the ring" and left her unable to run before a pretaped backstage segment. She described the segment as including an attack by Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue and said she went to the locker room to change and complete the recording. "I cant really run today because when I came in, I was rolling around in the ring, and I hurt my knee a little," she told viewers.

After the tapings, Aminata said the condition of her knee worsened. In video recorded during an early-morning trip to the airport she said the joint had swollen and become painful but that she was continuing to fulfill professional commitments. "It is 3:22 a.m. and Im heading to the airport. Im so tired. My knee is so friggin sore," she said. She later posted...