AEW Star Reveals They Require Surgery

This AEW star is hopeful of an eventual return to the ring, but they'll need surgery first.

by Andrew Pollard
Chuck Taylor
AEW

While AEW storylines are playing up how Trent Beretta has ended the career of Chuck Taylor, Chuckie T himself has now revealed that he does indeed require surgery, but that he's hopeful of being able to eventually resume his in-ring career once that surgery takes place.

Taylor addressed his injury status to Renee Paquette during an appearance on AEW Close Up (via f4wonline), explaining:

"I can get surgery, and once I heal from that, I can hopefully reassess. Maybe it's me hoping, but a lot of guys and gals have come back from career-ending injuries."

The 38-year-old added how he's yet to schedule this surgery, with him first wanting to spend the summer learning about the production side of AEW TV.

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"It's not really an emergency, they said. I can't do anything athletic. Eventually, they said, I'll get terrible arthritis and then all they can do is fuse it. But that's years down the line, so I'm hoping maybe [I'll] take the summer to really feel comfortable in the job. I don't want to learn half of it and then piss off for a while, so hopefully after summer is my hope [for surgery]."

The injury itself is a knee issue that first came to the fore back in October, with Chuck Taylor believed to have suffered ligament damage and a bruised talus. Initially, it was hoped that rehab would solve these issues, but once that proved not to be the case, it was recommended for Taylor to undergo surgery.

In terms of AEW programming, Chuck was written off TV in April following a parking lot brawl loss to former tag team partner Trent Barretta. A post-match attack with a wrench to the foot of Taylor was played up as causing the end of the Kentucky native's career, with this tying into the recent heel turn of Trent and his rivalry with Orange Cassidy.

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