Why TJ Wilson Faces an Unlikely Return to Wrestling

TJ Wilson took a Muscle Buster from Samoa Joe and ended up injuring his neck in 2015. The injury turned out to be life-threatening and Wilson was forced to retire from pro wrestling. Now it has been explained why TJ Wilson simply won’t be able to take a bump ever again.

After retiring from in-ring competition, TJ Wilson found a new lease on his career after becoming a producer. In fact, he is now revered as one of the best producers WWE ever got, especially when it comes to women’s matches.

While speaking with Chris Van Vilet, Natalya talked about the kind of injury TJ Wilson suffered and why it prevents him from taking a bump, let alone ever competing inside the squared circle again. He suffered The Hangman fracture, which is a C1 injury and is closely connected to the brain, which is why he can’t take any risks.

”He can’t do anything that would require him to take a bump. So he can show little techniques, and TJ is like a wrestling savant. I think in the same way that Daniel Bryan did. He sees the industry in wrestling and everything, like he could ask him about a finish from a Bret Hart, match that’s very obscure, he’ll be able to tell you, he could tell you any single girl’s move set. He could, if you if you said, TJ, when did I have that match? Who was it against what arena what town, he’s like that with moves too. He just knows how to dissect it and pick it apart. He was working with Nia Jax on something and he was just helping her figure out exactly how to do it so that it was just perfect technique. And I was like, I didn’t even know TJ ever knew about that move. And he’s just so gifted, and he’s so good, but he just can’t bump.

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And that’s the thing when you have an injury, like what TJ had, where it’s a C1 injury, and not everybody’s familiar with what a C1 injury is. But it is where TJ broke his neck was at the base of his brain. So it’s where like the brain and the spinal cord meet. So it’s a very, very vulnerable area. And the actual medical term for that injury is called The Hangman fracture. So when people say, Oh, TJ, you know, we want to see you get back in the ring. And they see that he is very healthy, and he is in very great shape. Because he had a C1 injury with a C1 C2 fusion, he just can’t take a bump. And he has to be very careful. So he can’t ever come back to wrestling. I mean, he can do stuff, you know, he can do stuff, but he can’t take a bump. It would be really dangerous.”

TJ Wilson previously stated that working as a WWE producer helped him cope with retirement. Wilson is a highly respected figure backstage and the talents love working with him, which is what matters to Kidd the most right now.

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