Eddie Kingston Says He’s Still Not Cleared And Is Waiting For A Fight To Be Booked
Eddie Kingston gave the latest update on his road to recovery, revealing that he’s still not yet cleared.
“I know people are asking, ‘When? When? When?’ It’s not up to me,” Kingston said on Cezar Bononi’s YouTube channel.
“There is a lot of business and backstage stuff that I don’t like to talk about because that’s not my job. My job, right now, is to be ready for when it’s time. You never know when that call is. I talked to my boss [Tony Khan]. Everything is good. He has to book a fight. Some people don’t want to fight me. I don’t know who, but when they happen and they don’t want to fight me, Tony is like, ‘Okay. I can’t force nobody to do it.’
“There is something else behind everything. Not with me. I don’t give a fuck. You’re going to get what you get with me, straightforward. Everything takes time. I’m not cleared yet. I feel, because I’ve done practice and sparring matches, I feel like I can go right now, but I’m not medical. When I went to PT, they said, ‘Oh, your strength went down.’ I’ve been doing more agility. I start six sessions of PT that I want to do. The guy who books the show has to book a fight. People have to say yes. People have to say yes to that sutff. It’s not just me being ready to rock and roll. It’s nobody’s fault. It’s a business. It happens. When it’s time, when I get cleared, when the fight is booked and everything is good to go, you will know.”
“Be patient. Things are moving. I have no control, neither do any of you guys, over who signs the contract to fight me or who says okay to what has to be done. I’m willing and able. I talked to the boss. He said, ‘I know you’re willing and able.’ When it’s signed to go, it’s signed to go. Just be patient. It’s no one’s fault, just timing. People are in different parts of their careers. Me, I’m at the part where I want to fight everybody before it’s said and done. Others are more calculating on who they fight because of the rankings they have backstage. Too much inside baseball, my apologies. I just want to fight because I get paid more when I’m there. I get paid a salary, plus I get paid when I sign a contract to fight, then I get paid to show up, then I get paid to win or I leave with what I got. It happens when it happens. All I want to do is get in the ring, fight, win, get paid, work my way towards a title because you get paid more.”
Eddie Kingston has been out of action for over a year, suffering a leg injury against Gabe Kidd at NJPW STRONG Resurgence on May 11, 2024.
He previously said that he would miss AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, but was hoping he would be wrong.
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