Kevin Owens provides positive update on neck surgery, when he hopes to return
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While WWE star Kevin Owens needing to undergo neck fusion surgery in July wasn’t anything he wanted to do, he did get some positive news from his surgeon when he went under the knife.
Speaking following last weekend’s appearance at a NASCAR race in Daytona, Florida, Owens spoke to the media (seen below) where he was asked about the surgery and his recovery.
“It was very stressful going into it because we weren’t really sure how severe the fusion was going to be, how many levels, all this stuff. Thankfully, it ended up being only one level which was the best case scenario for something like this,” he explained.
“Levels” is a reference to neck levels (vertebrae) and how many “levels” need to be fused which can range from one in Owens’ case to more than three depending on the severity of the injury. The surgery sees the affected discs removed, replaced by a bone graft and plate to fuse the affected vertebrae to relieve the pressure and prevent movement.
Owens went on to say that while the surgery was successful, “there’s no guarantee that it’s going to work” as the recovery is about seeing how his bones fuse post-surgery and how his body heals with time.
“Fingers crossed, I get to come back to wrestling in the next year. I really don’t know. My goal is to come back, so hopefully that happens,” he said.
He also put over how much the WWE schedule has changed since he started in 2014 as wrestlers can be at home more often. However, as much as he has enjoyed spending extended time with his family, he is “jonesing to be back out on the road and back doing what I love.”