Rosa Mendes didn't have the most memorable of runs in WWE but that can largely be blamed on the fact that she was around before the Divas Revolution completely changed the women's division.
After leaving WWE and seemingly fading into obscurity, it's now been revealed that she's coming out of retirement and Fandango's former dance partner has revealed in a touching new interview why she's decided to make her in-ring return and what she hopes to achieve now that she's back in action.
"I feel like when I retired, I had a little bit of regret that I wasn’t in the ring enough. Actually, a lot of regret. My father was in the ICU recently, and on his death bed and he was on life support. And, at the same time, Bobby [Schubenski] had a separation. So, it was one of those moments in my life where I looked at my father, and he was dying, and I thought to myself, I don’t ever want to have any regrets. I don’t ever want to be in a position where I’m laying here just like my dad, and that I never fulfilled my dream of having a five-star match in the ring. And I’ve never felt that. And I have a daughter now, and I never want her to have any regrets.
"So, I’m looking at her and raising her, and how could I tell her to do something that I didn’t do? How could I tell her, ‘Follow your dreams, do everything you’ve ever wanted and have no fear,’ when I didn’t do that in my life. So basically… that kind of snapped in my head, and I was like, I have to go back in the ring. I have to. What’s the match that I could back, and even if I won or lost, I gave it every."
It's hard to fault what Mendes is saying here and you have to give her credit for wanting to better herself as a wrestler and achieve the things she didn't when she was part of the WWE roster.
Whether or not she'll return to the company where she made a name for herself remains to be seen but it would be interesting seeing a repackaged Rosa Mendes make a comeback one day...