TJ Wilson talks candidly about his inability to wrestle again.
After sustaining a neck injury in 2015, the former multiple-time tag champion has not participated in competitions. He did, however, decide to become a producer for the WWE, and he has since garnered enormous praise for his work producing matches, particularly those in the women’s division. In a recent interview, Wilson discussed his inability to compete with Chris Van Vilet.
I mean, I know they say never say never. But I ve said never for the last eight years. No, the truth is I can do probably in some things I can do like 99% of the move. I just can t do the actual bump, or you know, and I m sure maybe I could take a couple but at what cost? I don t know, I haven t taken one. So there is no point to me.
Wilson goes on to say that following his neck surgery, Steve Austin got in touch with him a lot because the Rattlesnake is well-versed in neck issues.
I get those messages a lot and I get that mindset. I understand where that comes from. I believe Steve Austin has the second highest, at least in terms of WWE wrestlers, in terms of how high their fusion is. His was, I think a C three and C four. Most of the normal one is like C five and six, or six and seven, mine C one and C two, the very top two vertebrae in your body minor fused. That s the difference. That s why even when it happened when I posted the picture of the scar, the staples in the back. One of the benefits of joining the broken neck club is, as I refer to it, Steve Austin becomes a friend of yours and he reaches out to you and your text and phone call all the time. But I posted that picture and within like 20 minutes, Austin was either calling me or texting me. And he s like, Kid why did they go through the back? Why not through the front? And I explained what Steve it s the equivalent of where they went is the equipment in my mouth. That s when my fusion is adjacent to my mouth.
Wilson mentioned his time spent working with Bryan Danielson in NJPW during an interview back in September. That is covered in this article.
