Former AEW TNT Champion Scorpio Sky has addressed his in-ring hiatus, after over nine months away from the ring.
Sky hasn’t wrestled since pinning Darius Martin at the October 7, 2023 ROH TV taping. This match aired on the October 12, 2023 show.
His most recent AEW match saw him lose to Andrade El Idolo on the September 16, 2023 Collision episode.
Sky confirmed that he had been out of action due to an injury during a video package in May, which teased his return to the ring.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Sky noted that his hiatus was down in part to an injury, and in part to bad luck.
Noting that it’s hard to get back into the rotation on AEW TV after a lengthy absence, Sky said:
“That’s been the question. I guess I’ve been in and out over the last couple of years. Some of it has been due to injury, some of it due to bad luck. One thing I will say is there’s a narrative out that I’m just this injury-prone guy, like he’s gone for a long time and he comes back and he gets hurt again. That’s actually not the case. So I’m actually glad I want to be able to address that.
“I did get hurt about two years ago but I was okay, and within like a couple of weeks. But the problem is when you fall out of the rotation, we have so much talent, that it’s hard to get back in the rotation. I always compare it to a Ferris Wheel. Right?
“You’re up at the top at one point. But you’re gonna go down and you’d kind of have to wait your turn to get back up there and that’s a little bit of what happens. So I have had a couple of injuries over the last few years but for the most part, I’ve been healthy for 80%.”
“I think it’s just like I was saying, it’s really tough to get back into the rotation. Because we have so much talent, there’s always talent coming in that it’s almost out of sight, out of mind, in a way, best way I can describe it. I’m eager to get back into the ring though and flex my muscles a little bit, I’m in really good shape I’m working out with Cesar and I’m excited.
“And not only in AEW, I want to get back on the indy scene, because I haven’t done the indies in a number of years. And so that would be a really fun thing for me to kind of go back to my roots and see who’s out there, see who are the hot names, and go and have some bangers with them.”
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