Eddie Kingston Gives Blunt Update On Injury Recovery
Eddie Kingston has opened up about his mental struggles as he tries to return to the ring.
Popular AEW star Eddie Kingston hasn’t wrestled since suffering a serious injury at NJPW Resurgence in May 2024.
During a match with Gabe Kidd, Kingston took a Suplex from the ring apron to the outside through a table. However, as he landed, his leg smashed off the steel barrier, doing an incredible amount of damage in an instant.
Although he finished the match and took part in an AEW angle in the minutes afterward, The Mad King broke his leg and suffered a torn ACL and meniscus.
During a new interview with Will Turner of Wrestling With The Narrative, Kingston gave a blunt assessment of his progress as he works toward a comeback.
“Physically, I feel like sh*t. Mentally, I feel like sh*t. So everyday, I’m just working on getting better, you know what I’m saying?”
The star then went into more detail about his recovery, revealing he’d been dealing with “stomach issues” that also slowed his progress.
“Physical therapy, it’s been tough just to get to physical therapy because of my insurance. I just got new insurance and then right when I was ready to start my new PT place, I started getting stomach issues. I had to wait a long time, they had to do a thing where they put a camera down my throat. Good that it’s happening now when I’m off, but I was in a lot of pain.
As of right now, it was nothing serious because I’m still awaiting for results, but from the initial thing he was like no cancer, no ulcer, no nothing. My primary doctor was like, ‘How’s stress for you?’ [laughs] I said, ‘How long do you have, do we need a therapist to come in here?’ They’re trying to get me to not stress out, calm down.”
Eddie Kingston Has Struggled With Life Away From Wrestling
Eddie Kingston went on to break down how much wrestling means to him and how much being away from the ring has impacted his mental health. However, he was quick to point out that a good lady and a group of close friends helped him adapt.
“Not having that has really messed with my head. Thank god I have a good lady and I got good friends around me, I’m not gonna mention who because some work at other companies [laughs] and I don’t want to ruin their stuff. I have good people around me, I really do and it just takes me a while to open up about it.
As you can see, no haircut, no shave, going through my Brody era. Homicide and my mother said I look like Brody. She goes, ‘You look like that crazy guy you used to always watch.’ So, yeah, I’m doing okay. That was long just to say I’m doing okay.”
While it’s been noted that the former ROH World Champion is “furiously pushing himself through physical therapy,” it’s unlikely he’ll be cleared to wrestle before June.
H/t to Fightful