Eddie Kingston provides an update on his mental and physical state.
Kingston has been out of action for nearly a year at this point, as 'The Mad King' suffered a tibular fracture and tears to both his ACL and meniscus during a match with Gabe Kidd in May 2024.
Many fans have been vocal about missing Kingston, saying that his absence leaves a sizeable gap in the AEW roster.
While speaking with Will Turner of Wrestling With The Narrative for a new interview, Kingston was asked to provide an update on how he's doing both mentally and physically.
“Physically, I feel like shit. Mentally, I feel like shit. So everyday, I’m just working on getting better, you know what I’m saying?"
Kingston went on to detail his troubles with physical therapy, also touching on some of the stomach issues that he has faced.
"Physical therapy, it’s been tough just to get to physical therapy because of my insurance. I just got new insurance and then right when I was ready to start my new PT place, I started getting stomach issues. I had to wait a long time, they had to do a thing where they put a camera down my throat. Good that it’s happening now when I’m off, but I was in a lot of pain. As of right now, it was nothing serious because I’m still awaiting for results, but from the initial thing he was like no cancer, no ulcer, no nothing. My primary doctor was like, ‘How’s stress for you?’ [laughs] I said, ‘How long do you have, do we need a therapist to come in here?’ They’re trying to get me to not stress out, calm down.”
Kingston went on to chat about how much wrestling means to him before saying that being away from the sport has really messed with his head.
“Not having that has really messed with my head. Thank god I have a good lady and I got good friends around me, I’m not gonna mention who because some work at other companies [laughs] and I don’t want to ruin their stuff. I have good people around me, I really do and it just takes me a while to open up about it. As you can see, no haircut, no shave, going through my Brody era. Homicide and my mother said I look like Brody. She goes, ‘You look like that crazy guy you used to always watch.’ So, yeah, I’m doing okay. That was long just to say I’m doing okay.”
Fightful will continue to provide updates on Eddie Kingston as he continues to make his way back to the world of professional wrestling.
In the meantine, if you missed anything from the February 26 edition of AEW Dynamite, catch up on the show by clicking here.
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