Jamie Hayter: ‘I finally feel like myself again’ eight months after AEW return

Jamie Hayter says she’s just now finding herself again, eight and a half months after returning from a serious injury. The former AEW Women’s World Champion was out from May 2023 to August 2024 after suffering two herniated discs in her back. In a recent interview with Justin Barrasso, Hayter said she struggled with confidence after returning. “It was an incredibly difficult time,” Hayter said of the 15 months she missed. “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. The only thing I could do for long periods of time was sit on my stomach.” “When I got hurt, I didn’t know what it was. I was still training and wrestling at first. After a while, I couldn’t stand up straight. I was in excruciating pain. I couldn’t even get out of bed for PT.” “Wrestling would always be on the back of my mind, but I needed to focus on my every day and focus on me. I was going to need surgery, but then the pain massively subsided. Weirdly, I’m now glad it happened. Personally, on the inside, I feel a million times better.” “The injury,