EC3 Recalls Dealing With ‘Undiagnosable’ Injury Ahead Of NWA 75, Says Atrophy Began To Develop

EC3 details dealing with an undiagnosable injury.

EC3 details dealing with an undiagnosable injury.

EC3 made his NWA debut at NWA 74, and he later signed with the company. Following a successful run as the NWA National Heavyweight Champion, he relinquished the title in exchange for a shot at NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Tyrus. They will clash in the likely main event of NWA 75.

Speaking on Under The Ring, EC3 was asked to describe what challenging for the world title one year after his NWA debut meant to him. He first described how coming to the NWA gave him some stability.

“A lot can change in a year, and that was a tough year. Physically, mentally, spiritually, in all aspects. Coming into NWA, it gave me a little stability and something to kind of fight for while I was trying to build, and I still am building. What I’m building is what my intention was, CYN, to be a platform and an ideal and a mindset for, not only the aspiring professional wrestler but any person that finds inspiration and aspiration to become who they’re supposed to be,” EC3 said.

EC3 then revealed that he was dealing with an undiagnosable injury. He recalled how atrophy developed on his right side, but he worked through it and avoided surgery. EC3 then emphasized that dealing with this setback was necessary, as he came out on the other side and climbed into the world title picture.  He also called competing for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship a great honor.

“But through NWA, through one year, physically too, I went through it. Coming into NWA, I was in tip-top shape, but I had an injury that was undiagnosable. I had something that was wrong with me that couldn’t be cured. You could see it in my body. I had atrophy develop on my right side, and trained through that, worked through that. Fortunately I never had to have surgery, beaten that. That physical aspect took place. It was a hard year, but it was a necessary year because only through the hard, only through the suffering, can you become who you’re supposed to be, can you come out of it on the other side. To have the top spot at NWA 75, to have an opportunity to become the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, it’s a great honor I do not take lightly. It is a great honor to be the future NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. The title has a prestige, it has a legacy. You can look at any company and world champions, and they’re all champions in their own right. But the history and the linage of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, it’s the one,” he said.

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Tyrus recently stated that he will retire if he loses to EC3 at NWA 75. More information is available here.

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