(Photo by Josh Brasted/WireImage)

Tyson Kidd Talks Career Ending Injury, His Current Physical Shape, And Being A Producer

SLAM! (via The Kingston Whig-Standard) recently did a fantastic feature story on Tyson Kidd. The piece touched on his life since his career ending injury, his photographic memory as a kid, and much more. Check out some excerpts below to get an update on his physical condition, his work as a producer, and more.

If he blames Samoa Joe for the injury:

Joe did come to the hospital that night. We spoke that night. We would text throughout the time I was hurt, but I only saw him face to face when I got hurt and when I did see him that night, things were still up in the air with the severity of my injury.

He was definitely remorseful and I think we all are when we hurt somebody and when somebody gets hurt under our watch. Stuff happens. We perform at such a high level so many days a week that things are going to happen. We just have to do the best we can to take care of each other and to let a person know that we’re there for them when they do get hurt.

My first day back as a producer after two years, once I was out of meetings, he was the first guy who I Terminator-style sought out and found. And we had a very good talk and we’re friends. We get along great.

His current health:

I do feel great. I train every day and I try to eat right as many days a week as possible. But at the same time, I also know that I feel great right now due to staying in shape.

It put a lot of things into perspective. Even though I do feel great right now, there is a chance that if I were to try to wrestle that I might reinjure myself. It might not be in that first match back and may not be in that second match back, but there is a chance.

On tagging with Cesaro:

That last year of my in-ring work, I think I got to show a lot of people a lot of versatility, from my stuff in NXT to my stuff with Cesaro. I did a lot of cool stuff before that too, but a lot of times it’d be on Superstars or Main Event or even NXT prior to the move to Full Sail (University).

Vince McMahon suggesting he become a producer:

That was his idea. He thought I’d be good at it or I could get good at it.(McMahon) said to me, ‘You’ll be like me.’

I didn’t know if I’d be good at it and I didn’t know what all it entailed. I didn’t know if I would get any real fulfillment out of it. But right off the bat, maybe two weeks in, I was a part of a battle royal and I had an idea that Tye Dillinger would be one of the last three guys. I thought his ’10’ stuff was getting over and I thought it would be good and he could have a good showing. I’ve been given those same things where maybe you’re not being super featured but they throw you a little something and then see what happens out of it.

The audience was completely with (Dillinger). When he came back, he was happy and I felt that fulfilment (McMahon referred to), which now I’ve felt a million times over. I love my job. I’ve been doing this now almost a year and a half and I haven’t taken a week off yet.

On his legacy:

I do wish my career had kept going. I think sometimes people think that we know everything in advance. We don’t. As I was living it, I was curious to see where Cesaro and I were going. I’d kind of made more of a blip than I’d made the first time I was tag team champions with Harry (Smith).

I don’t know if it breaks my heart to say it or not, but I feel like my legacy might be more behind the scenes than it ever was in the ring. That feels kind of funny for me to say because I spent so much time in the ring and trying to perfect every movement that I ever did. But I think when it’s all said and done, my legacy might be more behind the scenes than in the ring.

Make sure to check out the full piece for much more.

TRENDING

X