Following the once unlikely in-ring comebacks of previously retired stars such as Bryan Danielson, Adam Copeland (Edge) and Saraya, is there a chance former WWE star TJ Wilson (Tyson Kidd) could follow suit?
Someone with intimate knowledge of the situation is Wilson’s wife Natalya, who was asked about her husband’s chances of a return in an appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet.
Natalya revealed that unlike other stars who have managed to return, the severity and vulnerability of Wilson’s injury makes a return impossible.
Natalya explained:
“He can’t do anything that would require him to take a bump.
“He can show little techniques … And he’s just so gifted, and he’s so good (in training others), but he just can’t bump.
“That’s the thing when you have an injury, like what TJ had, where it’s a C1 injury, and not everybody’s familiar with what a C1 injury is, but it is, where TJ broke his neck, at the base of his brain. So it’s where like the brain and the spinal cord meet.
“It’s a very, very vulnerable area, and the actual medical term for that injury is called ‘The Hangman’ fracture, so when people say, ‘Oh, TJ, we want to see you get back in the ring,’ and they see that he is very healthy, and he is in very great shape.
“Because he had a C1 injury with a C1-C2 fusion, he just can’t take a bump. He has to be very careful, so he can’t ever come back to wrestling.”
Wilson’s in-ring career came to an abrupt end during a June 2015 non-televised bout with Samoa Joe.
Since his unfortunate retirement Wilson transitioned to become a full-time producer in WWE, a role he still does to this day.
One of the previously mentioned stars who managed to make a return to the ring, Adam Copeland recently posted a motivational photo alongside Danielson and Saraya, with all three now actively competing in AEW, despite being retired for significant amounts of time.
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