AEW’s The Blade out of action with lower back injury
The Blade revealed on Saturday that he’s been out of action with a lower back injury.
He hasn’t wrestled since a show for Ethan Page’s Alpha-1 promotion in February. Blade hasn’t appeared on AEW or ROH programming since an ROH taping from Jacksonville on January 10, 2024.
He posted to Instagram yesterday to reveal he’s been dealing with two bulging discs and two ruptured discs in his lower back. He thanked Tony Khan and AEW for allowing him time to recover.
The Blade wrote:
Hello Instagram My apologies, it’s been awhile. I’m currently off the road nursing a lower back injury. 2 bulging discs, L2 L3 and L4 L5. Plus two ruptured discs, L3 L4 and L5 S1. I’d like to thank @aew and @tonyrkhan for giving me this time off to heal. Plus, I’ve got the Buffalo,NY magic man pictured with me here, @anthony.albano.dpt . Time off can be a rough place for athletes mentally. Anthony’s physical therapy is helping me stay on track and I can’t sing praises high enough about the sweet science behind his training. I’m not sure where this journey I’m on is gonna lead. But, I have a lot of options and a great team around me and that’s a beautiful thing. Love ya everybody
The Blade has been with AEW since 2019, having debuted on the ninth edition of AEW Dynamite on November 27 that year. He holds a career record of 63-58 in the promotion according to AEW’s roster page.
