Liv Morgan's ESPYs Dress Goes Viral, Driving Online Chatter Around WWE Champion

Q: Lindsey Vonn’s father says her career is over. Will her legacy be her historic comeback or the crash that finally ended it?

Lindsey Vonn’s legacy is far more likely to be her comeback and career-long resilience than the crash itself. The crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics was severe: a torn ACL, broken ankle and fractured tibia, with multiple surgeries and a long recovery ahead. Her father, Alan Kildow, has said he believes it should be the end. But Vonn has not accepted that framing. She has publicly said only she will decide whether she races again, making clear that retirement is not for others to declare. That matters because Vonn’s career has never been defined by a single fall. It has been defined by what came before and after them. Before this latest injury, she had already built one of the greatest alpine skiing résumés in history: 82 World Cup wins before her comeback, three Olympic medals, and records in downhill and super-G. After retiring in 2019 because of accumulated injuries, she returned in 2024 following a partial knee replacement and reached the World Cup podium again in 2025 at age 40, an extraordinary feat in a sport that punishes age and injury. Even this latest crash has been described by Vonn and skiing officials as a racing accident, not evidence that her body simply failed her. She said she was too tight on her line and hooked a gate; FIS president Johan Eliasch called it a freak, “one in 1,000” incident. If this is the end, it will still read less as a collapse than as a final act of defiance from an athlete who kept coming back.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16

Social media clips and photos of Liv Morgan at Wednesday's ESPYs pushed the WWE Women's World Champion into viral conversation, with much of the attention centering on her dress rather than the awards show itself.
Search results and headlines amplified the moment with descriptions of a backless look, turning her red-carpet appearance at the David H. Koch Theater in New York into a broader online talking point.
Morgan arrived carrying her championship belt, underscoring why WWE sent her to the event and extending her visibility beyond wrestling audiences.
The buzz followed another recent crossover pop-culture appearance for Morgan, whose Stranger Things Season 5 red-carpet moment had already stirred online attention.