Eddie Kingston shares update on AEW return

Eddie Kingston says he’s waiting for a fight.

Kingston shared details of his recovery during a recent appearance on Cezar Bononi’s podcast. He mentioned that he’s still not cleared to return, but feels like he’s ready.

Kingston said:

“My job, right now, is to be ready for when it’s time. You never know when that call is. I talked to my boss. I talked to him and everything is good.”

He continued:

“Everything takes time. I’m not cleared yet. I feel, because I’ve done practice, sparring matches, I feel like I can go right now, but again I’m not (medically cleared). Because when I went to PT, they said, ‘Oh, your strength went down,’ because I’ve been doing more agility stuff. They said, let’s get back to it. So, I started to do that. I still have six sessions of PT that I want to do.”

“Then the guy who books the show has to book a fight. People have to say yes. People have to say yes to all that stuff. It’s not just me being ready to rock and roll. It’s nobody’s fault; it’s a business. It happens. When it’s time, when I get cleared, when the fight is booked, when everything is good to go, you will know.”

“That’s it. Just for the people out there getting mad that think something’s deeper than what it is, it’s not.“

Kingston hasn’t wrestled since suffering a leg injury in a No Ropes Last Man Standing match against Gabe Kidd at NJPW Resurgence on May 11, 2024. He took a suplex from the ring onto to a stack of tables on the outside, but his leg hit the guardrail. Kingston suffered a broken leg, as well as a torn meniscus and torn ACL. He posted to social media earlier this month revealing that he has resumed in-ring training. In a separate video, also from Cezar Bononi’s podcast, Kingston expressed disappointment at missing AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door for the second year in a row.

Kingston’s appearance on Cezar Bononi’s YouTube channel is available below: