Thunder Rosa revealed that changes in management were the real reason she is no longer part of Busted Open Radio on SiriusXM. She said she would still be on the show if not for the changes.
In a recent interview with the I Love Wrestling Podcast, Rosa credited Dave LaGreca as the person who gave her a shot in radio, where she ended up spending four years. She said:
“David LaGreca, there’s another one that gave me my breakthrough in radio. He gave me that opportunity. He believed in me, and I was on radio for four years, and I would have stayed on the radio, but, you know, management changes and things happen.”
But Rosa said there is no bad blood over her leaving. She admitted that her time with SiriusXM meant a lot to her.
“It’s not that I’m salty, but, you know, I mean, it was for me working in SiriusXM was very special, and it was a huge platform to again have a voice in professional wrestling, and I miss it,” Rosa said. “I miss it a lot.”
Rosa discussed her plans for a return to talking about wrestling, this time with a project of her own.
“But one day I will start my own podcast and I can talk about whatever I want,” Rosa said.
Rosa confirmed that she was leaving Busted Open on July 24, which was a day after WWE and SiriusXM announced the launch of WWE Radio. WWE Radio took over SiriusXM channel 156 from Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7 on July 27.
Rosa wasn’t included in the WWE Radio press release, which listed LaGreca, Bully Ray, Mark Henry, and Nic Nemeth as the hosts of Busted Open. Of the hosts on the channel, she was the only AEW wrestler. At that time, Fightful Select reported that Busted Open wasn’t expected to cover AEW moving forward.