In June 2021, Trent Beretta revealed he underwent neck fusion surgery.
Trent had just returned after suffering a torn pectoral muscle, and was sidelined once again due to the neck surgery.
Speaking to Chris Jericho on Talk Is Jericho, Trent revealed the origin of his neck issues started with WWE 2K16 motion capture.
"It was on a crash pad, it didn't even have to be the move it was. They just needed a move where, we started on shoulders with a fireman's carry, did four moves where the guy on top slips behind, we did four different moves with reversals. Somebody said dragon suplex. Luckily, it was on a crash pad, but it was a guy, I don't think he did dragon suplexes, and he threw it how you would throw a german, with a high arc, but he had my neck instead of my waist, so I landed right on top of my head on a crash pad. It wasn't like 'oh no, I can't wrestle.' It just slow, over five or six years, got worse and worse," he said.
Beretta suffered a torn pec in December 2020 and was sidelined for three months. He returned in April 2021 for a handful of matches before opting for neck surgery.
"The pec was three months. As I'm getting ready to come back, I started noticing my neck really bothering me. I came back and it was one or two matches. My fingers were tingling all the time, but the main thing was a constant pain in my trap. A constant burning pain. Once it started affecting my sleep is when I said, 'Shit I have to get this checked out.' At the time, I was having trouble swallowing, just randomly, it'd be a struggle to swallow. I was waking up having dreams that I was drowning, wake up gasping for air. I thought it was sleep apnea. I never got it checked out. After surgery, I guess there was so much extra bone and shit, when they cleaned it up, it all went away," he said.
AEW doctor "Doc" Sampson said that guys used to be out for a year following neck surgery and the muscle healing.
Trent said the surgery was the easiest ever for him and that he never thought about not returning.
Trent has had a consistent presence on AEW television since the promotion started and will be part of Stadium Stampede at AEW All In. Fans can check out the current lineup for AEW All In by clicking here.
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