Thunder Rosa Addresses Hateful Message from Fan After Her In-Ring Return at 2/21 AEW Collision Show

Feb 22, 2026

Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Oceanside, California featured Thunder Rosa defeating Julia Hart in a singles match. This was Rosa’s first match since this past July’s All In Texas event due to undisclosed injuries.

Rosa reflected earlier today on Twitter about a hateful message she received from a fan following the show and how this message attacked “who I am, and where I came from.”

“I want to address something real. I received a hateful message, the kind that doesn’t critique my work, but it really attacks who I am and where I came from.
I’m not going to repeat it, and I’m not going to give this guy more oxygen, but I will say this, in the United States right now, a lot of people are being treated as suspects. Not because of what they’ve done, but because of their names, their accents, or the place that they came from.
If you don’t like my matches, my promos, my style, that’s your right. Wrestling is a passionate sport. Debate is part of it. But dehumanizing people, threatening them, turning immigration into a punchline, that’s not fandom, that’s hate.
So here’s my message to the locker room, to the audience, and to everyone listening. We can keep wrestling tough without being cruel. We can be loud without being dangerous, and we can protect this community by refusing to normalize intimidation.”

I have a message to share #Wrestlingforeveryone #ThunderRosa pic.twitter.com/QFj6Goznzx
— Thunder Rosa (@thunderrosa22) February 22, 2026

Rosa’s statement was in response to a poncho she wore during her ring entrance that had the words “Mujer Mexicana Migrante,” which translates to “Mexican Migrant Woman.”

In a follow-up tweet, Rosa stated “Mexican Migrant Woman
Here we are and we’re not leaving!”