Tyson Kidd Rules Out Ever Returning To The Ring

Former WWE star Tyson Kidd (AKA TJ Wilson) has ruled out ever wrestling again. 

Wilson hasn't wrestled since suffering a serious spinal injury while taking a Muscle Buster from Samoa Joe in a dark match prior to Raw on June 1, 2015. 

The multi-time tag team champion has since worked for the company as a backstage producer, but often fields questions about a potential return to the ring wars after other stars thought to be retired (such as Edge, Bryan Danielson and Saraya) were cleared to compete. 

During a recent interview with McGuire on Wrestling, TJ addressed the prospect of him returning. 

On people misinterpreting his workout posts as evidence of him getting into ring shape, the 42-year-old said: 

"Here's what I don’t think people quite understand, but I wrestled close to exactly 20 years. I get where you see these things and think that it means I'm coming back, but the truth is, when you have something like that for such a long period of time, for me, wrestling was always a physical outlet...I feel like I needed to replace that physical outlet and I upped my time and intensity in the gym a little bit". 

Regarding why he won't wrestle again, Wilson added: 

"It's so funny, I answer this all the time and then people don’t believe it, and I understand why. We've seen so many other people say that they're retired or whatever and they come back, and that's great, that's cool. It's not in the cards for me. I have a different injury than most people".

Wilson was forced to take some time away from WWE in early 2022 due to his neck issues. 

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