Colby Corino to make in-ring return after long injury absence
After undergoing emergency neck and back surgery in July 2025, former NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Colby Corino has a return date to the ring.
Announced by the NWA on Sunday, Corino will be part of Hard Times 6 on Saturday, June 6 at Center Stage in Atlanta. He will take on Axton Ray in his first match since July 27 of last year when he and Shane Williams lost to AJ Francis and Bojack in an indie tag team match.
Corino was a free agent during his time away, choosing to re-sign a multi-year deal with the NWA in January despite rumored interest from both WWE and AEW as he felt he had more things to do and learn, both in the promotion and the indies.
The 29-year-old is the son of former ECW star Steve Corino who currently works behind the scenes in WWE NXT. He has wrestled once for WWE, losing to Mansoor on an episode of 205 Live in September 2020.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.