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Eddie Kingston Opens Up About Mental & Physical Challenges Of Rehabbing Leg Injury

The road to recovery for Eddie Kingston has been anything but easy. The former AEW Continental Champion has detailed his recent physical and mental struggles.
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Eddie Kingston opens up about mental and physical struggles
Eddie Kingston opens up about mental and physical struggles | Lee South - All Elite Wrestling

Eddie Kingston is still working his way back to full health after suffering a serious leg injury that's kept him out of action for months.

The Mad King broke his leg and tore both his ACL and meniscus during a match with Gabe Kidd at NJPW STRONG Resurgence last May.

Unfortunately, the rehabilitation process has not been without it's complications. Kingston was a guest this week on the Wrestling With The Narrative Podcast and said the last several months have been both mentally and physically challenging.

“Physically, I feel like s***. Mentally, I feel like s***. So everyday, I’m just working on getting better. You know what I’m saying?"

It turns out just getting into physical therapy was struggle for Kingston as he ran into insurance troubles. Around the time he was finally able to start PT, he had a completely different medical issue crop up.

"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," Kingston said as the issues were causing incredible pain. "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 also spoke about how much professional wrestling means to him and that not being able to have that in his life has taken it's toll on him mentally.

“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." h/t Fightful.

Kingston went on to say that his entire answer was just a longwinded way of saying he's doing okay. There's currently no timeline for his return to the ring.

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RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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