Tyson Kidd Reiterates That He’ll Never Wrestle Again, Explains How His Neck Surgery Was Different

Tyson Kidd once again states he’ll never wrestle again. 

Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson) has not wrestled since 2015 when he suffered a freak and unfortunate injury while taking a muscle buster from Samoa Joe. Kidd has since transitioned to working as a producer for WWE. 

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Kidd reiterated that he will not wrestle again. 

“I mean, I know they say never say never. But I’ve said never for the last eight years. No, the truth is I can do probably in some things I can do like 99% of the move. I just can’t do the actual bump, or you know, and I’m sure maybe I could take a couple but at what cost? I don’t know, I haven’t taken one. So there is no point to me,” he said. 

Adam Copeland, Steve Austin, Saraya, and more have returned from neck injuries to get back in the ring. 

However, Kidd’s neck injury is different from his peers. 

“I get those messages a lot and I get that mindset. I understand where that comes from. I believe Steve Austin has the second highest, at least in terms of WWE wrestlers, in terms of how high their fusion is. His was, I think a C three and C four. Most of the normal one is like C five and six, or six and seven, mine C one and C two, the very top two vertebrae in your body minor fused. That’s the difference. That’s why even when it happened when I posted the picture of the scar, the staples in the back. One of the benefits of joining the broken neck club is, as I refer to it, Steve Austin becomes a friend of yours and he reaches out to you and your text and phone call all the time. But I posted that picture and within like 20 minutes, Austin was either calling me or texting me. And he’s like, Kid why did they go through the back? Why not through the front? And I explained what Steve it’s the equivalent of where they went is the equipment in my mouth. That’s when my fusion is adjacent to my mouth,” he said. 

Kidd largely produces matches from the women’s division and he is credited by many of the female superstars for lifting the division. 

Fans can watch the full interview with Kidd in the video above. 

Thanks to Chris Van Vliet for sending in the quotes.