Raquel Rodriguez, a professional wrestler, performs on the Raw brand of WWE. She holds the distinction of being a former NXT Women’s Champion and a record-breaking three-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion.
Notably, she is the daughter of the legendary WWE wrestler Ricky “Desperado” Gonzalez. Following her recovery from an injury in July 2023, Rodriguez achieved several Championship victories on WWE RAW. Recently, she revealed that she has been diagnosed with a new medical condition that may persist throughout her entire life.
What medical condition does Raquel Rodriguez have?
Today Raquel Rodriguez posted a video on her official Instagram account to shared the details of her condition saying, “Whats up guys Happy New Year. In the month of December it got worse and I am recently been diagnosed with a condition called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Basically I was red, swollen and there was a lot happening in this area.”
She also added, “Physically it kept me from doing the things I love like travelling, going to the gym and wrestling. Also I didn’t want be on camera and I didn’t wanna look into the mirror. I understand that all of those things can mess with someone with both emotionally and mentally.”
At last Rodriguez added, “And I know they are gonna last far ever, but i promise they are not. this is gonna pass. I will share more on my healing journey later on when I have a better understanding of what’s happening but for now I love y’all and Happy New Year.”
MCAS is a condition in which the patient experiences repeated episodes of the symptoms of anaphylaxis – allergic symptoms such as hives, swelling, low blood pressure, difficulty breathing and severe diarrhea. This is a shocking news to Rodriguez fans as she lost the WWE Tag Team Championship against Chelsea Green and recently recovered from a Knee Injury caused by the WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley on a back stage attack.
Natalya, Santos Escobar show support for Raquel
Many WWE superstars have shown their support for Raquel Rodriguez. The Global Ambassador and WWE Superstar, Titus O Neil said, “My sincere prayers and my utmost love and respect to you on this journey of healing!! You have my # use it anytime.”
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Former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion, Shotzi who is in Smackdown raised her support by commenting, “Love you so much! You are inspiring! “. Santos Escobar also added his support by adding, “Animo Chingona!!!”, means too aggressive.
Rodriguez made her debut to NXT in 2020 and teamed up with Dakota Kai, forming an unstoppable duo. In April 2022 Rodriguez made her highly anticipated debut on SmackDown as a singles superstar. She teamed up with Aliyah to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
In October 2023, Rodriguez was drafted to Raw and she partnered with Liv Morgan and captured the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. WWE universe have raised their support to Rodriguez and wishes her a speedy recovery from this soon.
