What’s the story?
David Boy Smith Jr., formerly known as David Hart Smith, recently spoke to Hannibal TV and provided an update on his former partner, Tyson Kidd’s neck injury. He opined that Kidd won’t be able to wrestle again and even if he insists, WWE won’t let him.
He also spoke about the nature of the injury that Kidd faced and claimed that he is a very lucky man as he can still walk.
In case you didn’t know...
Tyson Kidd suffered a brutal neck injury at the hands of Samoa Joe in a dark match before Raw in 2015. Since then, Kidd underwent multiple surgeries to recover from the injury, and in the process, he had sixteen staples, four screws and a rod inserted in his neck.
Many were surprised to see Kidd recover as well as he did because most people who survive this injury end up a quadriplegic. Only 5 percent of people survive the aforementioned injury.
The heart of the matter
David Boy Smith Jr. revealed that there is very little chance for a person to survive the injury that Kidd suffered.
He also credited Kidd’s neck muscles for saving his life and also explained how the rigorous training routines helped his case.
"One thing that saved him with this neck injury was that they said his neck muscles they said were so strong that literally when the break - not to say the explosion happened, the only thing that was holding his head - his spine, his head, and his neck together were his muscles that were so strong.
Smith further stated that Kidd’s condition has improved as he could move his neck much fluently now but he still feels that it isn’t strong enough to receive wrestling bumps.
"I actually introduced him to an awesome massage therapist named Jason Cairo. These guys are awesome massage guys and the range of motion in his neck has already - night and day compared to what it was before. Is that to say he's ever going to wrestle again? I don't know. I don't think so.”
"That's not because of him but there's a lot of risks if something happens or if he lands wrong and he becomes basically a vegetable. And WWE, to their credit, they're pretty good with keeping things with their rules nowadays, protecting talent and stuff like that. Daniel Bryan, or Bryan Danielson, he's another example of they won't let him back into the ring.”
Here’s a graphic photo of his neck if you haven’t seen it already:
The impact
After Kidd’s injury, WWE did allow Samoa Joe to use the Musclebuster – the move that caused the injury – on the NXT brand, however, they may have banned the move after Joe made the move to the main roster.
Author’s Take
I think that Kidd shouldn’t ever wrestle again as entertainment should never come at the cost of someone’s life. Kidd is one of the very few survivors who didn’t end up being paralysed which shows that he was in possession of great physical strength.
Many people have different views regarding the Musclebuster’s ban from WWE programming. I feel that the ban is justified as it caused an injury that could have been fatal.
