The Blade Says He Underwent Spinal Surgery Last Year, AEW Paid For It

The Blade has been off of AEW TV since last year, and he explained it’s due to a spinal fusion surgery that AEW paid for. The AEW roster member recently appeared on Talk N’ Shop for a new interview and detailed his surgery, noting that it happened in September of last year. You can see some highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On the surgery: “I had a back fusion, spinal fusion, on September 10th of ’24. It’s been about a year now, and I’m getting close to going back to doctors, getting cleared, the whole thing… I’ve been wrestling 25 years, you know, I’ve had a bad back for a long time. Like, AEW f**king took care of my surgery, they took care of my physical therapy, like they’ve been taking care of me for like over a year now; I’m really, really grateful for that job.”

On worsening his back in a 2020 match: “It’s like embarrassing to say… Me and Butcher had a f**king killer Falls Count Anywhere with the Bucks. And I’m in my 40s, and I was thinking that I was Jeff Hardy… I went to do the exact same thing [front flip over a table], I mean, I can remember when I slid in the ring and I was hitting the ropes and I just, my legs weren’t there and I was like ‘I don’t have this. I remember my, just, felt the right side of my back just…going like completely numb… And just kept wrestling!”