Eddie Kingston has opened up on his impending AEW return.
Last year, on May 11, Eddie Kingston broke his leg in NJPW during his bout against Gabe Kidd. Absent since then, Kingston is currently nursing his injury and preparing for his return to the Jacksonville-based promotion.
Recently, in a training video with Cezar Bononi, Kingston shared an update on his recovery and possible return timeline. Feeling good and hopeful for a comeback, ‘The Mad King’ said,
Good. It feels fine… They’re trying to rush me back in the ring — training — which is fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ve been running and stuff like that in the ring. It’s fine. It’s just that it’s business stuff, that I need to get done before I even think about doing anything in the ring for the company, you know what I mean? It’s a lot of business stuff.”
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Continuing his absence for over a year, Kingston has also undergone surgery for a torn meniscus and ACL, and is hoping to come back stronger than ever.
Last month, ahead of Double or Nothing, Kingston was heavily rumored to come back after Gabe Kidd’s involvement in the Anarchy in the Arena Match.
Eddie Kingston Addresses Mental Health Battle While Nursing Leg Injury
This will probably get clipped or f*cking whatever. I don’t care… I haven’t really watched AEW. I watched the — not Dynasty. The pay-per-view before that, Revolution, and just, you know, I’m at a place right now where I’m trying to — my mind is like a minefield right now, with this injury and trying to get back, that I’m just trying to maneuver my way around these minefields, and watching that pay-per-view made me just go, ‘I can’t hang with these guys.’ Made me doubt myself.
So I’m more focused on breaking that doubt than somebody I can feud with… And here comes the egotistical side of me. No one can hang with me if they wanna feud. A lot of guys are pro wrestling-tough, are pro wrestling-crazy. I’ve done it outside.
I’ve done s**t that it’s real life. I’m not saying I’m from the ghetto and all that. No. I grew up in a good neighborhood but chose to be an as**ole. I chose to go down a certain path, because I didn’t want people to f**k with me. It’s a whole psychology thing. I didn’t want people to f**k with me so I wanted to show everyone I was tough. Let me go hang out in the tough neighborhoods. That was my mental at eight, nine years old.
So I don’t think anyone — if they wanna go, I don’t think they can, to be honest. But… see, the Yin and Yang, the duality of Eddie is that I gotta first feel like I can hang with them and as of right now, as of today, Yankees lose, April 8th, 2025. Right now, my body is telling me I can’t hang with nobody right now. I need time. So I can’t even think about feuding with anybody right now. First, I gotta get myself physically and mentally ready… I’ll get there. Trust me, I’ll get there.”
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