Original Plans For Darby Allin's AEW Return (AEW News)
AEW originally hoped to have Darby Allin back in action by now.
With AEW's Darby Allin currently somewhere on Mount Everest, there are now some details on when it was originally hoped that the former two-time TNT Champion would be back in action.
As per Fightful Select, AEW had initial hopes that Darby would be back in time for this year's Owen Hart Tournament, with him then tentatively planned to compete at Double or Nothing.
Of course, the men's Owen is now down to the final two, with Will Ospreay facing 'Hangman' Adam Page at Double or Nothing. As for Double or Nothing itself, that PPV takes place next weekend, which obviously rules out any Darby Allin involvement.
In terms of when Darby could be back in action, Fightful adds how it usually takes somewhere between six to ten weeks to climb Mount Everest. Allin's climb began on April 10, meaning he and his group recently entered the sixth week of their attempt to conquer the world's highest mountain.
Where in-ring action is concerned, Darby's most recent match came on the Christmas Day edition of AEW Dynamite, with the 32-year-old going to a time-limit draw with Ricochet in the Continental Classic. That same week's Rampage then saw Allin attacked by the Death Riders as a way to write him off TV.
Darby Allin's Mount Everest Climb
For those unaware, Darby Allin had initially planned to climb Mount Everest in 2024. Unfortunately for the AEW Original, those plans were put on hold after he broke his foot in a match against Jay White last March.
Still, while that injury caused Darby to spend a spell on the sidelines, it didn't derail his intent to scale Everest, with the hugely popular AEW star simply pushing those plans back to 2025. And not just that, but Allin has already set a world record as part of this quest, performing a skateboard kickflip at the height of 20,958 feet, because of course Darby Allin took his skateboard with him up Mount Everest.
It goes without saying, climbing Mount Everest is a monumental task. As well as the time it takes to scale Everest, there's also the time it takes to train for such an intense fear, with climbers having to battle weather conditions, altitude sickness, and be on the lookout for potential landslides. In fact, so dangerous is Everest, an online search shows that approximately 350 people have died while attempting to climb the mountain - including two people already this year - with over 200 dead bodies still stuck on Everest due to it being outright impossible to remove them.