Ridge Holland Discusses Foot and Neck Injuries in Detail

On his own video, Former WWE superstar Ridge Holland, a.k.a. Luke Menzies, recently touched on the injury that put him out of action for months before he was terminated.

Speaking to TMZ’s Inside the Ring, however, he went into a whole lot more detail about the specific physicality of it all. (Quotes lightly edited for clarity.)

On What His Foot Injury Actually Is:

Basically, it’s like a dislocation of the mid-foot, so the ligament that holds the mid=foot together got ruptured, so what they do is they go in and put two screws in there, and the foot back together, and it’s a tedious process because there’s not a lot of blood flow that gets to that area, and it’s weight-bearing as well, so it’s probably a seven-month recovery, if everything goes well. There could be complications, so right now I’m in a boot, I just started light weight-bearing, and then my PT starts. I’ve been doing a bit of the PT at the PC, but right now it’s been outsourced to somewhere close to my home. So we can start working her early.”

On How Recovery Is Going:

“I think I’m pushing it a bit more than what I should, or more than allowed. Obviously with three kids and a busy lifestyle and school runs to do, you can’t help but move. But the initial phase post-op I was laid up, I had to go 2-3 weeks where I was pretty immobile. We’re getting there now; it’s just nice to be a little bit more self-sufficient.”

On How Soon He Knew It Was Serious:

“I know what it feels like. I know what’s good and what’s bad and what’s able to work through, and as soon as this happened, I knew it was something a little more sinister that was going on. Then I got to the back, and, yeah, I couldn’t put any weight on it and it bloomed up, and I knew straight away that I’ve probably done something that’s serious. They were saying it was probably a strain, but I know my own body. I’ve had tons of injuries, tons of surgeries before playing rugby and in wrestling, so I knew maybe this one’s going to be a longer-term injury than what other people might have hoped.”

On His Recovery Time as of Now

“I’ve probably got 6 months left and I’m a quick healer, so I’ll try my damnedest. Wrestlers always want to get back as soon as we can, so I’m doing everything I can. But as soon as I found out, there’s a couple of opinions I got that said maybe 8-10 weeks, then it was like, actually, it’s more serious, you’re gonna be out 6, 7 months. I probably knew within a week of getting the injury that I was gonna be out for a substantial amount of time.”

On the Neck Injury He Also Has:

“I’ve been dealing with neck injuries for a while. It comes with the territory. I exacerbated the neck injury in the ring, and I was about to get imaging done before the foot injury happened. The neck went on the back burner. But with me being out I said I’d love to get the images of my neck and they came back and said you’re neck’s bad, you’re a good candidate for a fusion, so I’m just trying to get hooked up with a doctor here in Florida, because I don’t wat to travel, really. You obviously need to be chaperoned when you travel. Also, the less stress I can put my wife through with having to find child care and stuff like that and then go on a flight, the better.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Luke Menzies aka Ridge Holland with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.