WWE’s Kofi Kingston provides update after ankle surgery
Kofi Kingston is starting his road to recovery after ankle surgery.
In an update posted to his Instagram account on Saturday, Kingston shared that his surgery went well. Kingston noted that he’s home now and starting the recovery process.
“Surgery went very well! Of course I had to FaceTime the boyzzz [Big E and Xavier Woods] upon regaining consciousness…Very little recollection of the conversation, lol,” Kingston wrote.
“Thanks to everybody who sent me a message! I appreciate it more than you know! I’m home now. Let the road to recovery begin!”
Kingston had surgery at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday.
The injury happened on the March 3 episode of SmackDown during a spot where Drew McIntyre hit a flip dive over the top rope onto a group of wrestlers. Dave Meltzer described Kingston’s injury as a “fluke deal.”
Kingston was supposed to compete in a fatal five-way match on SmackDown last week. Due to his injury, Xavier Woods replaced Kingston in the match.
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