You Might’ve Forgotten She Was There, But This WWE Star Just Retired

So long and farewell. After last night’s unprecedented three women’s matches on a single pay per view, the WWE has lost a female talent. While she wasn’t exactly a top star and hadn’t appeared in a match in the better part of two years, Rosa Mendes, 37, has announced her retirement from in-ring competition and the WWE as a whole.

Mendes’ retirement comes on her daughter’s first birthday and her daughter seems to have played a big role in her decision. Here is Mendes’ retirement statement from her Instagram account:

“Today is Jordan’s first birthday and it’s also the day that I am announcing my retirement from the WWE. As I write these words I have tears in my eyes because of the love I have for my WWE family, and especially for the WWE universe. For the last 10 years, WWE was my life, my world and my family. I was Rosa Mendes. Now I am Milena Roucka, Jordan’s mother, a soon to be wife and a hard working entrepreneur.

“For years I have been fortunate to put smiles on people’s faces worldwide, performed for hundreds of thousands of fans and lived off of the adrenaline from the WWE audience. Today, I have this beautiful baby girl, @realjordanschubenski, who looks at me with so much love, the purest of love. There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do for her. I’m with the man of my dreams, who supports me and loves me unconditionally, @bobbyschubenski, and I’m running a successful business, @totallyfitmama with my best friend, @fitmamacourt.

“I once dreamed of becoming a WWE Champion. Now my dream is to be the best mother I can be, to make the man I love happy and proud, and to really change people’s lives with @totallyfitmama. I have finally found happiness but it took years and many tears to find the life I have now. It took courage and strength to make the positive changes that I have made to get to where I am. I know in my heart that everyone can find happiness the way I did. I finally took care of myself which gave me the strength to take care of the people I love the most. @bobbyschubenski you are my love, my inspiration.

“Thank you for giving me the strength to be the best woman I can be. @chantic, thank you for always being there for me. You’re more than just my sister, you’re my other half. Mom and Tata, thank you for listening and giving me the best advice. You were always there 24/7 and I thank you for supporting me throughout my career in the WWE, and not telling me to quit when I was hurt or down. Terri and Bob, thank you for being the best future in-laws a woman could ever have. You have treated me like a daughter from day one and I love you both so much. @renapaulos, we are soul sisters for life.”

The interesting thing about Mendes is that, unless I’m missing it, she won a total of one televised singles match from her debut in November 2008 to her last match in April 2015. That one win, which was a DQ over Layla that didn’t even last ninety seconds, doesn’t exactly make Mendes’ career sound all that impressive but to be fair she was much more a manager than a wrestler.

What did you think of Mendes’ career? Was she better as a manager or a wrestler? Let us know in the comments below.