Mike Santana Comments On AEW Return

After over a year out of action with a serious knee injury, Santana (now going by Mike Santana) made his return to All Elite Wrestling on Wednesday night's edition of Dynamite alongside tag team partner Ortiz. The team were added to the Stadium Stampede Match at All In on the side of Blackpool Combat Club's Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta. They will take on Eddie Kingston, Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor, and Penta El Zero Miedo. 

Following his return on Dynamite, Santana issued a statement on social media, reflecting on the past three-and-a-half years of his career. 

"To say that I knew what the road ahead of me was going to be like when I got hurt, would be totally false. The struggles and battles I've overcome to get back to what I love and have dedicated my life to is unimaginable. But the most important thing was that it taught me so much about myself and made me a 10x better person than who I was. I'm thankful that everything from the last 3 and half years happened the way they did. It needed to. Everything from losing my father, to unhappiness at work, to personal struggles, and everything in between. I'm thankful for all those things. They forced me to face me. To look in the mirror and learn to love/appreciate the person looking back. My story will be told eventually. I just want to enjoy this moment that I've worked so damn hard to get to. Thanks to EVERYONE who ever reached out. Every message from the fans. All the support from my family. Those who were there during my darkest days. I'II forever be grateful for all of you. NOW LETS GET TO WORK!" Santana wrote.

Santana suffered the serious knee injury in last year's Blood & Guts Match. He and Ortiz have been a part of AEW since 2019 and were members of The Inner Circle until Chris Jericho split the faction to form the Jericho Appreciation Society. 

H/T to Fightful