Women’s World Heavyweight Champion Liv Morgan recently admitted that she lost faith during her lengthy 2025 injury absence, revealing the emotional toll of her five-month recovery.
The Judgment Day member opened up about the difficult period on Cody Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About podcast.
Morgan suffered a right shoulder injury during a match against Kairi Sane on RAW in June 2025. She vacated her tag team title, underwent surgery, and faced approximately five months of recovery.
Liv Morgan Questioned Her Beliefs During Recovery
The injury hit Morgan harder than any previous setback in her decade-long career. She described herself as someone who believes everything happens for a reason, but this injury tested that philosophy.
“Honestly, the injury was really hard for me. Like I took it really hard. I was very sad for a very long time. I’m like a very much like ‘everything happens for a reason’ type person. Even if something happens that’s terrible. I’m so, like, optimistically delusional that I’m like, ‘No, this happened for my greater good, and maybe I don’t see it now, but I know this happened for my greater good.’ My injury, I was like, ‘No, this happened just to f*ck me,’” Morgan said.
Missing major events like SummerSlam in her home state and WWE Evolution made the situation more frustrating. The uncertainty of what she would return to after six months away weighed heavily on her mind.
Raquel Rodriguez Provided Crucial Support
A FaceTime conversation with tag team partner Raquel Rodriguez became a turning point during Morgan’s recovery. While Morgan expressed her frustrations, Rodriguez offered a perspective that helped shift her mindset.
“I was just on FaceTime, just like being upset as I was always being. And I was just telling her like, ‘I just don’t believe in anything. I don’t have any faith right now on what this looks like on the other side.’ But she just was like, ‘Sister, I feel like when you feel like you have no faith is when you’re supposed to have the most.’ And it was just so simple. But I just was like, ‘Huh!’” Morgan recalled.
That simple message resonated with Morgan and helped her begin the mental and emotional recovery alongside her physical rehabilitation. She credited Rodriguez with helping her through some of her darkest days during the injury absence.
“I feel like that was when I was kind of able to stop feeling sorry for myself. And just pick myself up a little bit. But that was like the start of me feeling like, ‘Okay, I’m coming back like mentally, emotionally, and physically.’ And so Raquel definitely, definitely helped me out of some rainy days,” Morgan added.
Morgan returned at Survivor Series in November 2025, attacking John Cena during his match against Dominik Mysterio. She won the 2026 Royal Rumble and captured the Women’s World Championship by defeating Stephanie Vaquer at WrestleMania 42.