Eddie Kingston Updates His Recovery From Injury

Eddie Kingston of AEW has been out for several weeks due to an orbital bone injury, but he is expected to return soon. If the doctors showed him the green signal, Kingston would jump directly in the ring. It’s important for him to keep going and keep making money to deal with life.

Eddie Kingston, though, indicated in an interview with the WrestleTalk podcast that he could be back right now and is ready to go. He also mentioned that he has previously dealt with a comparable injury to the one he is dealing with now.

The injury’s great, I’m ready to go right now. If the doctors would clear me, I would go. I would just have to protect the whole time. But I’m also used to that. Like I’ve had this injury before. But out on the independents, you gotta go. I gotta make money, I gotta pay my rent. I had the match, things happen, it’s not ballet, plus we’re fighting. I like to keep it as realistic as possible. Blew my nose to my eye, swelled up. I said ‘oh it’s an orbital, without a doubt. I’ve had this before.’

I wanted to ask the AEW doctor ‘hey is it alright if I cut it again?’ And he was like ‘what are you talking about cut it again?’ ‘Well, I cut it and I just don’t do things for a little bit and I’ll be fine.’ He’s like, ‘no. Go to the doctor.’ I was like ‘okay.’ But that’s what I had to do on the independents. You know what I mean? Where I would cut it a little bit to get the blood or the air out and then tell the, you know, go work the next day.

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Eddie Kingston highlighted the difference between the independent wrestling circuits and companies like AEW. The indie circuit doesn’t have such strict regulations on injury and recovery but the scene is not same with renowned companies. For the latter, recovery clearance from the doctors is a must.

When asked if there was anything he could do to speed up his rehabilitation, Eddie Kingston said there wasn’t much he could do. Despite this, he believes he is improving emotionally and physically every day. Stay tuned to Ringside News to get an update on Eddie Kingston’s return to the ring.

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H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.