Fuego Del Sol Says Recent Injury Was A ‘Freak Accident’, Comments On Return To The Ring

Fuego Del Sol recalls getting injured back in February.

‘The Master Of The Tornado DDT’ has been in the news recently for his departure from All Elite Wrestling, but before that news broke, Del Sol was on the shelf due to injury. 

In a new interview with Fightful, Del Sol recalled his injury and described it as a ‘freak accident’ 

“Yeah, it was insane. I would say. It was just a freak accident or a normal move. I’ve done some crazy stuff over My nine year career. But of course, it’s always the most simplest thing that would injure you. I jumped off the top rope to do a dropkick and come down on top of my foot, and it kind of folded over and it fractured in five spots. The main thing they wanted to fix was the Lisfranc joint areas. So they put a screw in my foot. I was in a cast for over a month and then had to do a lot of rehab for I had to screw eventually taken out. I injured myself on February 19th. I had surgery on March 7th, and I finally returned to the ring as of June 23rd.”

Del Sol’s return to the ring came at a VIP Wrestling event in a singles bout against Matt Sydal. Del Sol would go on to speak about his return bout, noting that he was extremely nervous beforehand.

“I’m not usually one to get nervous, man. I’ve been doing this so long. There’s those fun butterflies excitement, I feel like. But usually I’m not want to get nervous. But I was extremely nervous this past weekend getting back in there. It’s just a mental thing. This is not only my first injury in wrestling, but it’s the first time I’ve ever broke a bone in my life. So there’s a whole mental aspect that you have to overcome. And trying to get past that fear is something I’ve never experienced. It was a whole new struggle in a sense. But once I got back out there, I mean it when I say that the ring literally is my happy place. It’s my home. So as long as I’m in there, I will find a way and that’s what I’ve done my whole career. At the end of it, I said I was just incredibly relieved that it was the first one’s out of the way. We’ve got that one under the belt. Let’s get back at it. Let’s hit the ground running.”

Del Sol is currently accepting bookings around the world of independent wrestling. Promotors can learn more about booking Del Sol by visiting his Twitter profile.

Elsewhere in the interview, Del Sol talked about potentially appearing for AEW in the future. Fans can learn more here.