Elton Prince's Pro Wrestling Future Still Up In The Air Amid Recovery From Neck Injury
It's still unclear if Elton Prince will return to the ring
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May 8, 2026
Elton Prince has been out of action for one year and it is still unknown if the former NXT Tag Team Champion will ever be able to return to the squared circle.
Speaking with Shakiel Mahjouri of SHAK Wrestling, Prince's Pretty Deadly tag team partner Kit Wilson admitted there was "still a big question mark" about his future in professional wrestling.
"It's a way to elevate, the only issue is with Elton and the unfortunate injury, there's still a big question mark there. We've got a long road of recovery and it's still a bit of a question mark of whether he will return to the ring, it's a serious injury. So, I hope he does, I want him to come back. If he does, yeah, hopefully I've raised the profile enough that it'll be a bigger and better Pretty Deadly," Wilson said.
"The fun side of that is, I think it'll be a different Pretty Deadly. I don't think we fully know what that will be and I think it'll be a more mature Pretty Deadly. Again, starting off in NXT UK, I was 24. I think Elton was 22. I'm now 30, Elton is I think any day now turning 29. So, I think Pretty Deadly, by the time they come back and by the time they reform, we're just gonna be more mature I think. I think we're gonna be just a different animal. I don't even fully know what that is, we'll very much stand for a lot of similar things, but it's gonna be an evolution for real. We were Charmander before and now we’re about to become Charizard."
Elton Prince has been out of action since he suffered a serious neck injury while receiving a scorpion death drop on the May 2, 2025 episode of Friday Night SmackDown during Pretty Deadly's match against Fraxiom. Prince noted the bad landing on the move caused "burning hot electricity" to explode through his neck and arms, with Prince undergoing neck fusion surgery seven months later.
Kit Wilson has flourished in his tag team partner's absence with his toxic gimmick, and he has become a popular talent on Friday Night SmackDown.
H/T Fightful
