WWE Women's Champion Stratton back in training after two-week illness

WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton said she has been sidelined by an illness for the past two weeks but has returned to training, posting gym photos on Instagram on October 18 that she said showed her first workouts since falling sick. Stratton wrote on her Instagram Stories, "Havent been able to workout in 2 weeks because Ive been ill, but we back with a nasty leg day," and shared mirror selfies from a purple workout set as evidence of her return to the gym.

Stratton's disclosure comes days after she competed in WWE's Down Under tour, where she teamed with Stephanie Vaquer in tag-team action and later faced Vaquer for the WWE Crown Jewel Championship in Perth. She lost that Crown Jewel match but remains the WWE Women's Champion, a title she won on January 3 when she cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. There has been no official statement from WWE indicating the illness affected her in-ring performance at Crown Jewel.

Her Instagram update also helps explain a recent absence from television. Stratton did not appear on last week's SmackDown episode, and her statement that she had been too ill to work out aligns with reporting that she had been unwell during the buildup to...