Eddie Kingston has spoken out about his ongoing road to recovery and his mental health battles during his hiatus.
Back in May 2024, Kingston suffered a broken leg while wrestling Gabe Kidd at NJPW Strong Resurgence. As Kingston also suffered an ACL and meniscus tear on top of the fracture, the former Continental Champion is expected to be out of action until May 2025 at the earliest.
Kingston’s absence has been noticed in AEW, especially in the ongoing storyline featuring Jon Moxley and The Deathriders, many of which The Mad King has history with.
During an appearance on Wrestling with the Narrative, Kingston admitted that he does not feel great physically or mentally:
“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?”
Later in the interview, Kingston elaborated on his physical therapy and hoe he has also been battling stomach issues:
“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.”
Kingston also spoke about his extended absence from the ring, admitting that messed with his head and is thankful for those around him:
“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.”
Eddie Kingston Comments On AEW
During his time away from the promotion, Kingston has seen how All Elite Wrestling has progressed storylines in his absence. In a previous interview in September 2024, Eddie Kingston gave his thoughts on the state of AEW.
In other news, a member of the AEW roster is leaving the promotion imminently.
H/t to Fightful.