Chris Bey shares in-ring return plans: ‘I’m in no rush’

Injured and currently recovering, Chris Bey has outlined his in-ring return plans.

Last year, Chris Bey suffered a devastating injury when one of his usual tag-team moves went wrong. Despite the practice and familiarity with the move, Bey sustained a severe neck injury, putting a halt to his in-ring duties. Now, over a year later, Bey appeared in an interview with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor of Wrestling Observer Live, where he opened up in detail about his return plans.

In no rush for a comeback, the 29-year-old stated, “I’m in no rush. I know when my body’s ready for it, I’ll be able to do it. I started coaching again at Future Stars of Wrestling. So, I do public classes again but I’m just coaching. I’m not rolling around or doing anything physical, when the time comes, my body will tell me if I can or if I should. I just wanna wake up and feel good.”

“That’s been my real focus,” he shared. “You know, just I wanna wake up one day and go, ‘OK, I feel good today,’ and not just I’m alive because that’s my mentality now.”

After undergoing surgery and now able to walk, Bey was once given a small 10-25% chance of walking, which the determined pro wrestler overcame. Returning to his usual self, the former Impact X-Division Champion still has a long way to go, but he is in no hurry to stop.

Chris Bey opens up on his injury and surgery

In the same interview, Chris Bey also opened up on the immediate response to his injury and the surgery that soon followed.

“This happened in Detroit and I was 5-10 minutes away from the hospital. They put me right in the ambulance and drove me right over,” he continued. “I had emergency surgery. I had a double fusion where they fused my C6 to my C7 in the front. I had 19 staples across the front and they went in the back and fused my C6 to my T1.”

Training and recovering, Bey needs to get to his best self before making an in-ring comeback.