AEW star Buddy Matthews has been one of the most agile stars in the company. Unfortunately, an injury has kept the beloved star off TV for a long time.
The former AEW World Trios Champion hasn’t been seen in the Jacksonville-based promotion for over eighteen months. He injured his foot at Grand Slam Australia last year in February when he challenged Kazuchika Okada for the Continental Championship. Buddy Matthews hasn’t been seen on TV since getting injured. Fortunately, a few weeks ago, the absent star announced that he will be ready to wrestle soon and is already scheduled to go on tour next month. Interestingly, his AEW return is yet to be announced.
Buddy Matthews took to Instagram and posted a cryptic message with a video of him working out.
“Everything on my end is handled. The rest belongs to whoever’s holding the phone,” he wrote.
Rhea Ripley talks about Buddy Matthews’ rehab
The Eradicator has helped her husband throughout his injury. While speaking on What’s Your Story? With Steph McMahon, Rhea Ripley revealed that she trained with Budd Matthews when the AEW star was trying to train in the ring during rehab.
“Every now and then (her & Buddy train in the ring together). He’s still starting to get back into the ring stuff because he got injured over a year ago in February when they (AEW) went to Australia. So he got injured then, so he’s just started getting back into the ring now, and he’s just trying to rehab it and see what he can do. So he’ll get in, and we’ll run the ropes. I’ve been teaching him some rolls, since the boys class didn’t do as many rolls as the girls class apparently… We’ve been getting in a little bit. Also, I get nervous about getting hurt, especially these days, because I’m always on the road, I’m always doing stuff. I want to stay sharp, but I also don’t want to get beat up more than I get beat up,” he said.
It will be interesting to see when the former AEW World Trios Champion will return to the company.
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Edited by Tejas Pagare