Willow Nightingale Reveals She Has Been Battling Depression For The Past Year

Willow Nightingale has shared that she has been battling depression for the past year and how it’s been difficult to keep a smile on her face.

At AEW Redemption later tonight, Willow Nightingale is set to challenge Thekla for the AEW Women’s World Championship after returning from a shoulder injury on a recent AEW Dynamite to earn her shot.

While speaking to AEW’s Countdown show ahead of AEW Redemption later tonight, Willow shared that she has been dealing with depression over the course of the past year.

“I think there are a lot of expectations that come with being Willow Nightingale and being like the smiley happy person. It’s been hard. I think I’ve been depressed for about a year, and I’ve just had to find a way to strap a smile on, put my twinkly boots on, and find a way to keep going, and, um… I could sit here right now and tell you I’m on all these flights and I’m doing this so often. I’m missing my family’s birthday party. I’m missing weddings. But we all do it. What makes me more deserving than anybody else? It’s not even a matter about deserving. It’s just, I’m in this position. The opportunities are there. I’m taking them and I’m excelling, and at the end of the day, that’s what makes you a champion.”

Elsewhere in the same countdown show, Tommaso Ciampa heaped praise on the AEW roster. You can read more about that here.

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