Tony Khan Stepped In To Help Eddie Kingston During Injury Nightmare
Tony Khan saved the day for Eddie Kingston.
AEW star Eddie Kingston has been out of action since suffering a broken leg and torn ACL and torn meniscus during a match with Gabe Kidd back in May 2024.
During the match at NJPW Strong Resurgence, Kingston took a suplex through a table at ringside, but his leg crashed against the steel guard rail.
Thankfully, for Kingston, he’s now closing on a return to the ring, but his comeback has been far from straightforward.
In a new video with now-regular training partner Cezar Bononi, Kingston explained that he experienced several problems with his insurance while injured. This included being told on the day of his knee surgery that his insurance company wouldn’t be covering the cost.
Thankfully for Kingston, his surgeon contacted Tony Khan, who helped straighten everything out.
“Working out in the gym, I didn’t know what to do. It’s just squats, deadlifts, and walking for half an hour. That two and a half months of no PT [Physical Therapy] really just [shakes head]. It had nothing to do with the place I was going to, it was all insurance. They all had to wait for my insurance. That’s why in January I switched. It’s expensive, but I don’t want to go through any of that ever again.
When I had hernia surgery three years ago, my insurance at the time said they would cover it. The day of the surgery, they said they couldn’t cover it. Thank God other people took care of that one. I’m still paying for the anesthesia. I get a pop-up on my credit card, ‘This amount out for anesthesia.’ It happened again, same insurance, with the knee surgery.
The day of the knee surgery, they said, ‘No, we’re not covering it.’ The surgeon knew, because he’d seen this before with this insurance, he was like, ‘Let me make a couple of calls.’ Tony took care of it, thank God. That was it.
After that, I was like doing my insurance, but they would give six days of PT and then wait two weeks for my insurance to kick back in to cover the next six. Wait two weeks, sometimes three weeks, and then it would kick back in. I’m doing stuff at home, but it’s not the same stuff as I’m getting there. All it was were squats and deadlifts with a sandbag. That’s all I knew to do.
At one point, it became two months. That was it. Arguing with them on email, my exact words were, ‘Do I pay every month? Yes. Do I ever disturb or do anything to f*ck up this company? No, I don’t. If I’m paying and I’m not doing anything wrong, why the f*ck are you bothering me?’ They never answered back. I just waited and then got the insurance finally in place.”
Eddie Kingston Confirms AEW Comeback
On the September 6 episode of Collision, Big Bill laid down a surprising challenge to Kingston. The former World Tag Team Champion said he was looking to fight another proud New Yorker who loves to run his mouth.
Just days later, Eddie Kingston delivered a typically blunt response, telling Bill that the contract has been signed and he’s on his way back. The former ROH World Champion told Bill to send the location and he’ll be there.
There’s no word on when the match will take place.
H/t to Fightful