Eddie Kingston is still rehabbing a torn ACL, but recently opened up about doubts he’s having about where he fits with the current state of All Elite Wrestling’s roster.
Speaking during a recent appearance on the Way of the Blade podcast (via Post Wrestling), Kingston revealed he hasn’t been watching much of AEW. Kingston said that after watching AEW Revolution, he felt like he couldn’t “hang” with the current roster. As a result, he’s trying to keep his spirits up, and work on what he can do to get back into the ring.
“This will probably get clipped or f*cking whatever. I don’t care…I haven’t really watched AEW,” said Kingston. “I watched the — not Dynasty. The pay-per-view before that, Revolution, and just, you know, I’m at a place right now where I’m trying to — my mind is like a minefield right now, with this injury and trying to get back, that I’m just trying to maneuver my way around these minefields, and watching that pay-per-view made me just go, ‘I can’t hang with these guys.’ Made me doubt myself. So I’m more focused on breaking that doubt than somebody I can feud with.”
Eddie Kingston knows he has to get his mind and body right
The AEW star went on to say that, just when doubt creeps in, so does his egotistical side. He said that he knows deep down no one can hang with him, but he knows he has to get his body and mind right first.
“A lot of guys are pro wrestling-tough, are pro wrestling-crazy. I’ve done it outside,” Kingston said. “I’ve done sht that it’s real life. I’m not saying I’m from the ghetto and all that. No. I grew up in a good neighborhood but chose to be an asshole. I chose to go down a certain path, because I didn’t want people to f**k with me. It’s a whole psychology thing. I didn’t want people to f*ck with me so I wanted to show everyone I was tough. Let me go hang out in the tough neighborhoods. That was my mental at eight, nine years old.
“So I don’t think anyone — if they wanna go, I don’t think they can, to be honest. But… see, the yin and yang, the duality of Eddie is that I gotta first feel like I can hang with them and as of right now, as of today, Yankees lose, April 8th, 2025. Right now, my body is telling me I can’t hang with nobody right now. I need time. So I can’t even think about feuding with anybody right now. First, I gotta get myself physically and mentally ready… I’ll get there.”
Kingston has been out of action since he suffered a leg injury at NJPW Resurgence in May 2024. He underwent surgery to repair a tibial fracture, ACL and meniscus tear.
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