Darby Allin On Getting Hit By A Bus: The Only Things That Got Broken Are My Nose And My Dignity

Darby Allin talks getting hit by a bus.

Darby Allin talks getting hit by a bus.

On April 27, Darby Allin revealed that he had been hit by a bus, and he sustained a broken nose. However, he went on to see a Broadway show.

Speaking on The Daly Migs Show, Darby Allin was asked to describe what getting hit by a bus felt like.

“So I was hanging out with Raymond Pettibon, which, if anybody knows who Raymond is, he’s one of the godfathers of punk rock art. He created the black flag logo, and he’s done so much work for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop. He’s really big in the art world. He’s an older guy, he’s like 64, he can’t walk that well. So we’re in New York, hanging out, and he’s jaywalking, and I see this bus, it’s taking a right turn. I was like, there’s no way they’re gonna see Raymond at night, walking. Like I said, he can’t walk that good. So as I’m pushing him, like, ‘Hurry up, hurry up, there’s a bus coming,’ and then as the bus was taking a right, it wasn’t going [fast], it might have been going eight to ten [miles per hour], so it wasn’t like 30 miles-an-hour. But as I was pushing him out of the way, the side of the bus window, my face bounced off of it. So you could say I saved Raymond Pettibon. [Migs says he took a bus for him] did take a bus for him. I didn’t take a bullet, but I took a bus,” Allin said.

Darby Allin was then asked whether he got checked out. He noted that he did not get checked out right away. Allin then quipped that the only things that were broken in the accident were his nose and his dignity.

“No. Not right then and there. I got checked out later, and definitely, the nose is broken. Everybody was like, ‘Yo, is everything else good?’ I’m like, ‘The only thing that got broken in the accident is my nose and my dignity.’ So I’m in bed right now. I’m here with the broken face and a broken foot. I can’t really breathe. I’m sitting here with a nose bandage on, my nose is completely numb. But I will live. I feel like I’ve been through worse,” Allin said.

Bedore Allin got hit by a bus, he suffered a broken foot on the March 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, and he continues to recover. There is no word on when he will return to the ring.

On behalf of Fightful, we wish Allin well in his recovery.

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