Adam Cole recently spoke with Rick Ucchino for an interview covering all things pro wrestling and AEW.
During the discussion, the AEW star spoke at length about his injury situation, and how it kept getting worse while he was on the sidelines for over a year.
On his ankle injury being worse than initially believed: “The first piece of news that I heard was, your ankle is way worse than we anticipated. You have to get another surgery in seven days. So, not only did I have to get double the amount of screws in my ankle, but also, I had to get someone else’s bone put into my ankle because the bone piece within my ankle just completely disintegrated.”
On his gratitude towards the donor and the family that provided the cadaver bone that was used in his second surgery instead of a metal plate: “Incredibly thankful to [the donor] and the family. It’s certainly a better option. I definitely notice a difference in my left ankle as opposed to my right one, but I think that comes with the territory. I still feel like I can be Adam Cole and do the things that I wanna do. And I’m certainly not even close to wanting to be done with wrestling.”
Check out the complete interview at SI.com.
