“I Hope This Isn’t It” – Naomi Breaks Character To Address WWE Future

Naomi announced her pregnancy on the August 18 episode of Monday Night RAW.

She appeared emotional in front of the jam-packed crowd in Philadelphia, holding the WWE Women’s World Championship belt before relinquishing the title. She warned the women’s division to “proceed with caution” during her absence, promising to return stronger.

After this week’s RAW episode, a special edition of What’s Your Story? with Stephanie McMahon was released, where Naomi opened up emotionally about her pregnancy. Though happy, she expressed sadness at stepping away while thriving in WWE. The wrestler in her felt she was leaving fans and her momentum behind.

She also addressed her WWE future and vowed to return better and stronger after her maternity leave.

She said, “I gotta (come back better and stronger) because again, it ain’t.. It wasn’t my choice right now to go, so now I gotta. I hope this isn’t it.” (From 9:07)

Naomi Details Medical Struggles As She Opens Up About Pregnancy

In the same podcast episode, Naomi revealed the medical struggles she had to go through before her pregnancy. She shared that she discovered her pregnancy just before her scheduled match with IYO SKY on Monday Night RAW. She explained that in her hotel room, feeling slightly different and unsure, she decided to take a pregnancy test, not expecting a positive result due to her long struggle with fertility issues.

Naomi also mentioned that her baby was seven weeks along and she had already heard the heartbeat. She described her pregnancy as “high-risk” because she had her right ovary removed before joining the WWE main roster. In 2020, she had surgery to remove fibroids from her uterus. These medical procedures made her question whether pregnancy would ever happen for her.

It’s been a long journey with fertility issues that I’ve had. So yeah, I really just didn’t think it was possible. It was more intense and severe than they thought it was initially, and just the healing and also a lot of scar tissue so that also affected…the ability, on top of being older, I’m 37 now, and on top of only having one ovary, we thought for sure that naturally, I couldn’t anymore.

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