Report: Thunder Rosa Exiting Busted Open Amid SiriusXM Rebrand

Thunder Rosa is not expected to continue as a co-host of Busted Open on SiriusXM, according to a report from Fightful Select. The move comes as SiriusXM overhauls its wrestling programming, announcing on July 23 that its long-running Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7 channel will be replaced by a new, WWE-branded channel called WWE Radio.

Rosa, an AEW star and former AEW Women’s World Champion, had been part of the Busted Open lineup, a show that built its identity over the years by featuring voices from across the wrestling landscape rather than sticking to a single promotion’s roster. Her presence alongside hosts like Dave LaGreca and Mark Henry helped give the program a cross-promotional flavor that set it apart on satellite radio.

The timing here is the real story. SiriusXM scrapping the Pro Wrestling Nation branding in favor of a channel explicitly named WWE Radio strongly suggests a shift toward exclusive or heavily WWE-centric content, and it stands to reason that an AEW talent’s spot on the flagship talk show becomes harder to justify once the platform itself is stamped with WWE’s name. Whether that’s a contractual issue, a simple branding decision from WWE, or some combination of both isn’t confirmed, but the optics track: a WWE-branded channel featuring a rival promotion’s champion-level talent as a regular co-host would be an unusual arrangement.

For Rosa personally, this is a notable loss of a non-wrestling platform that had let her build a media presence outside the ring, something increasingly valuable for wrestlers looking to diversify their profile beyond match bookings. She’s dealt with a well-documented run of injuries during her AEW tenure, and outlets like Busted Open gave her a way to stay visible and engaged with the audience even when she wasn’t cleared to compete. Losing that seat, if it plays out as expected, removes one more avenue for that kind of visibility.

It also raises questions about what Busted Open looks like going forward under the WWE Radio umbrella. The show has thrived by not feeling like a company mouthpiece, and if the channel’s rebrand comes with tighter restrictions on who can sit behind the microphone, that could change the tenor of the program significantly. Fans of the show have long appreciated hearing perspectives from wrestlers regardless of which promotion currently employs them, and a stricter WWE-only lean would be a departure from that format.

No word yet on who, if anyone, steps into the void Rosa would leave, or how soon the new WWE Radio channel actually launches. PW Exclusive will continue to track how the SiriusXM shake-up affects the rest of the wrestling radio landscape as more details emerge.