Tom Lawlor gives injury update, doesn’t know if he’ll wrestle again

Tom Lawlor has provided an update on his health.

On Monday’s Wrestling Observer Live, Lawlor gave an update on his injury status as he hasn’t wrestled for the last six weeks.

“I had some scans done and unfortunately, its sounds as if I’m heading towards…what I’ve been told I need to have done is have a hip replacement in my left hip and some sort of spinal surgery,” he said. “The L5 S1 vertebrae in my back, down at the bottom, I have herniated discs, there’s no discs there anymore. And the spinal column, that portion is out of place and is pinching a nerve in my back and that’s why I’ve lost a lot of feeling in my left leg, some size was atrophied. And really, I have a hard time walking.”

“I don’t know how long I’m going to be on the shelf, I don’t know if I’ll ever wrestle again,” he added. “It really depends on that the neurosurgeon says.”

He told Bryan Alvarez that he will get “a few different looks” from doctors. He said he was also a potential candidate for disc replacement surgery. 

“Physically I’m feeling awful, Mentally, emotionally I’m fine,” he stated.

So far In 2025, Lawlor has made appearances for MLW, Jersey Championship Wrestling, GCW, and New Japan Strong.