Tag: Tyson Kidd

Tyson Kidd Being Transitioned Into Non-Wrestling Role

Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Tyson Kidd, aka TJ Wilson, is making his return to wrestling, however, it won’t be in the ring, he’ll be working in a non-wrestling capacity.

According to sources, Kidd is currently being transitioned into a non-wrestling role. Since it’s still fresh, one source says it’s too early to define whether it’ll be behind the scenes, like a producer/agent, or if he’ll be used in some sort of on-air role that doesn’t require wrestling.

For those who don’t recall, Tyson was injured during a match with Samoa Joe in 2015 that ended his in-ring career. Kidd was kept from filming Total Divas last season because the company feared he’d open up about the night of his injury.

The 36-year-old recently revealed, however, that he’ll once again appear on the show next season.

 

Tyson Kidd Removed From Total Divas Cast To Keep Details Surrounding Injury Under Wraps

WWE Superstar Tyson Kidd says he’ll no longer appear on Total Divas … and Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned it’s because the company want details surrounding his injury to stay private.

Sources close to the situation tell us Kidd still hasn’t healed from the extremely serious neck injury he suffered last year and is still very much hurt, which led to WWE pulling him from the show.

Tyson tweeted last week saying he’d no longer be seen on Total Divas but didn’t explain why.

We’re told it appears as though the company is worried he’ll open up about the night of his injury — which Bruce Hart spoke about last year in an interview and accused WWE of treating the situation with negligence when it occurred.

Despite reports that stated otherwise, Tyson never denied what his family member said. He merely claimed to not have a close relationship with Bruce.

Now that so much time has passed though, sources with direct knowledge say Kidd wants to break his silence and talk about what went down … he just can’t due to his WWE contract.

WWE sources, however, say that the focus of Season 6 is on new cast members and their significant others who are currently on the roster — so the decision was made to not feature Tyson.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Tyson Kidd Injury Update, In-Ring Career Is Likely Over

Tyson Kidd noted on social media this week that he is still not able to feel or move his head like he used to but he is still focused on his recovery. Kidd was injured during a dark match with Samoa Joe on 6/1/15 and has not wrestled since then. He ended up getting C1-C2 spinal fusion surgery.

https://twitter.com/KiddWWE/status/783122083924602880

The injury was actually a lot worse than the public knew and doctors told him that he could have been killed and there was 95 percent chance of death. If he lived then he should have been paralyzed. In a sense, he’s incredibly lucky to be alive and not be paralyzed but his in-ring career is essentially over.

It’s still not known exactly what went wrong but Joe has done the muscle buster hundreds (maybe thousands) of times and, to my knowledge, never hurt anyone. Bret Hart did interviews saying that Kidd and Joe were rushed out to do a quick match without being able to warm up. Cesaro did an interview last month and flat out said that there are a couple of moves that should be outlawed in WWE and one of those moves is Joe’s muscle buster.

Source: WrestlingNews.Co

News On Severity Of Tyson Kidd’s Injury

It has been said that only 5% of people survive the type of injury that Tyson Kidd suffered in his match with Samoa Joe in early June. Kidd required 16 staples, 4 screws and a rod inserted.

Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that while only 5% of people survive that injury, the vast majority of those who do survive end up as quadriplegics. Meltzer said the odds that he is not in a wheelchair “are astronomical” and his injury – while it may not be exactly the same – is similar to Christopher Reeve, who became a quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse in 1995.

Meltzer said, “It is unbelievable that Tyson Kidd came through as well as he did.”

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Tyson Kidd Having Neck Surgery

Tyson Kidd will have neck surgery on Wednesday and should be out of action for more than a year. Kidd is having the same kind of neck surgery that Steve Austin, Edge and Chris Benoit had, usually with a turnaround time of 14 months or so. Kidd is not going with a temporary fix and is doing the right thing by having the full surgery.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

 

WWE Issues Statement On Tyson Kidd’s Injury

Tyson Kidd appeared to have suffered a spinal injury in his RAW dark match loss to Samoa Joe last Monday. WWE issued the following statement about Kidd’s injury on their website:

“Tyson Kidd sustained an injury competing in a non-televised match against Samoa Joe last Monday night, June 1, in San Antonio. As the former WWE Tag Team Champion continues to be evaluated, check back with WWE.com for the latest information on Kidd’s condition.”

Below is a fan video of the end of the match from last Monday:

WWE News: Christian’s Future, New Gimmick For Tyson Kidd, Undertaker Health Update

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The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there is people in WWE that want to hire Christian as a producer/agent when his wrestling contract expires. They note that there was talk that his in-ring career is expected to be phased down this year even before his most recent concussion.

There is reports that WWE is planning on giving Tyson Kidd a new gimmick as a masked wrestler. He’s reportedly already had a mask designed by a person who makes Lucha Libre mask. The reason for the change is they believe Kidd is a talented wrestler but they’ve marginalized the Tyson Kidd character for so long that they can’t do anything with him past the preliminary level.

The Undertaker is still real banged up from his WrestleMania XXX match with Brock Lesnar. There is no indication that he won’t be back for WrestleMania next year.

 

 

Ed’s Perspective: Punk Is A Coward

 

That was my original thought and comment last night and it’s still my thought today, and I’ve added the “Punk is a coward” from the headline to my original thought. I find it interesting that just as I was posting that tweet on our@DTRTWrestling twitter account, I got the following text from my partner, Trevor.

Think you should post something tomorrow talking about punks disrespect for a legend

I get that Punk is trying to make us all believe that he is a heel, and again to quote Trevor in a separate text “CM Punk is officially heel”.

Yep, I could tell that Punk was having a difficult time with the heel turn, but he’s all in now. Regardless of whether he was following orders or came up with it on his own, Punk “used” a retired legend and member of the WWE Hall of Fame to get his change over.

He had his chance to face John Cena, face-to-face, man-to-man -but no, he chose to be a coward.

Punk had just been schooled by Cena, and Punk took it out on “The King”.

 

I thought Lawler went above what was needed when he apologized to Punk for saying that Punk had turned his back on the WWE Universe. When Lawler wouldn’t, and shouldn’t have, said that Punk was the best in the world – well you can see what happened by clicking here.

I grew up watching Jerry “The King” Lawler or “Kingfish” as Jimmy “The Boogie Woogie Man” Valiant used to call him. He has been a great Ambassador for Professional Wrestling, both inside and outside of the ring. His work at the announce table has helped many people, including CM Punk, get their character over. Lawler literally carried Punk the night after Punk turn against the WWE Universe. As I said in the tweet at the very beginning, Punk couldn’t carry Lawler’s jock strap in Lawler’s prime, and obviously even now on the mic.

My late father, who started me watching Lawler, taught me most everything I know about the word “respect”. He taught me exactly what Tyson Kidd @KiddWWE said in this tweet:

And with that I repeat the headline: PUNK IS A COWARD!