Torrie Wilson discussed the back injury that led to her departure from WWE during an interview with Kevin Eck of the Baltimore Sun. "It got to a point where, when I had matches I was really, really scared that it would lock up while I was wrestling and I wouldn’t be able to move in front of a crowd. The last straw was when I had a match, I think it was on Smackdown, and I actually went to Vince [McMahon] and Johnny Ace and said, 'Look, I don’t think I can wrestle. My back’s been hurting me and I’m afraid it’s going to lock up and I’ll look like an idiot out there.'

And so they sent me home and I went to a specialist, who couldn’t find anything at first. And then I was going to a chiropractor for about nine months. I was getting epidural shots. You name it, I tried it. It got to the point where I couldn’t even bend over to pick my dogs up or tie my shoes. I ended up finally meeting this new surgeon who has this new surgery where they go through your side, and they realized that one of my discs was completely collapsed.

"So no matter what I was doing to try to ease the pain, nothing was going to help it unless I replaced the disc. So that’s eventually what I did in May. It was shortly after that where I was getting so tired of traveling. At that point I had already opened my clothing store. I knew I wasn’t going to be wrestling any more. There was no way I was going to risk hurting myself again knowing how it felt to be so crippled. I just sat back and really thought long and hard and said, “You know what, I don’t think I want to do this anymore.” And they completely understood. They were great about it." To read the full interview, visit BaltimoreSun.com's Ring Posts blog.

Powell's POV: There's much more to the interview, as Wilson discusses whether she can take bumps again, and whether she was uncomfortable with some of the racy scenes she shot with Vince McMahon's character. Yes, the legendary Al Wilson is discussed too. It's a good read and the longest interview I've seen from Torrie since she left the company.

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