WWE released the following video on their Performance Center channel with Kacy Catanzaro opening up on her decision to step away from the WWE NXT brand for several months before recently making her return to television.

“I was kind of just figuring out if this was the right path for me or not, I think that, it’s not something people usually talk about, because I know this is really difficult to get in to, this is people’s dream since they are born, but for me, it was not what I always knew I wanted to do, I had my own path, I had gymnastics, American Ninja Warrior, those were my forever dreams.

Coming into something new like this, it is fair to have moments when you’re not sure, physically, mentally, I didn’t know if this was the right place for me. Taking some time away, getting to rehab, taking care of myself physically, but also mentally, do some soul searching and looking into the future, where do I see myself, what’s important to me. Obviously, it brought me back here, which is nice. Now that I am back, I’ve got a new mindset, I’m excited. For me, I’m just excited to be back and see what the possibilities are with a brand new mindset.”