Raquel Rodriguez Wrestled Through An MCAS Flare Up At WWE Elimination Chamber

Fans with close attention to detail will have noticed that when competing at the Elimination Chamber PLE yesterday in Perth, Australia, Raquel Rodriguez was not sporting her usual make-up and her face appeared to be slightly swollen. There is an explanation for this, and it is one which makes Rodriguez look hard as nails.

During her flight to Perth for the show, Rodriguez’s face began swelling in a flare up of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). However, she competed through this and managed to wrestle. She spoke glowingly of her time in Australia despite this in a post on social media.

“If you had told me that on the long flight to Perth Australia for the first time it was gonna blow my face up and turn me the same color as my pink satin pillow case (might have been the makeup on Monday too) I would have still jumped on that flight! Maybe my trip didn’t go as planned but I’m still learning this new body of mine. A big part of being a female Wrestler for WWE is getting to sit in that makeup chair with our amazing makeup team who I love so much and getting to get dolled up. It’s part of being a girl. It’s part of feeling fully the part. At the end of the night, I’m proud I went out there Alicia Keys style. Even if this trip didn’t go as planned I am still grateful that I was blessed to be in Elimination Chamber in Perth Australia with 5 other talented women! And I got to hug a koala bear so it was a win for me thank you so much to the lovely Vanessa of @lymphaticmassageperth for seeing me last minute 3 times to help me feel my best for the chamber. Your grace, kindness and knowledge was a Godsend

Thank you to @westozwildlife for the hugs and animal love! A big thank you to the entire WWE medical team! And so much love to my family & friends for the late and early phone calls, prayers and constantly checking on me los amo! On to a long flight home.”

This is something which has kept Rodriguez on the shelf before, but this time she managed to fight through it to complete the match.