Adam Copeland discusses his recovery and says he still has some work to do.
AEW star Adam Copeland has been sidelined since May. He suffered a fractured tibia at AEW Double or Nothing, where he defended the TNT Championship against Malakai Black. Copeland finished the match, but he had to relinquish the title and undergo surgery.
Speaking with Steven Muelhausen for The Takedown on SI, Adam Copeland was asked to provide an update on his leg.
“It feels really good. I got the surgery,” Adam Copeland said. “I guess it was June 1, by the time I finally got the surgery done. So I guess yesterday was three months. I’ve never broken my leg before, so I didn’t know what that entails or what that entailed. With my Achilles, it was a process. This is not that which is good, because the Achilles, I was working eight hours a day on that thing. It became a full-time job and I got back in six months.
“But it was a lot of grinding of teeth. This isn’t that more than anything. It’s trying to get the power back and flexibility from bringing your toes to your knee. That’s the last area that doesn’t want to go yet because the plate goes down to the ankle because it was a lower fracture. It was a lower tibia fracture, so the plate butts up against that ankle bone. I think that’ll be what I need to get through in order to be able to get all of that power back.”
Adam Copeland On His Road To Recovery
Copeland continued by saying that he did not have a timeframe for his return. He noted that he could walk and move, but he was not where he needed to be yet.
“I don’t know what a timeframe is, I don’t know any of that,” he said. “I know that now I can walk, get in the ring, and move around a little bit, but I still feel the deficiency. So, I know I still have some work to do to return to where I need to be.”
As of this writing, there is no word on when Adam Copeland will return to the ring. WrestleZone will monitor the situation and provide more information as it becomes available.
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