Kingston has been sidelined for close to four months.
Since February of this year, Kofi Kingston has been sidelined with an ankle injury. He underwent surgery in March.
Kingston provided an update on how he’s coming along post-operation as he was being interviewed by the Battleground Podcast. He stated that he had bone chips removed. Kingston added that he had the same surgery on the same ankle years ago and he feels ahead of schedule recovery-wise. The injury occurred when Drew McIntyre landed on his ankle.
I’m actually in Orlando right now doing some rehab on my ankle. I had ankle surgery to remove a bone chip and fix some ligaments after the massive, Scottish behemoth of a man, Drew McIntyre, landed on my leg and my body went east and my leg went west and my ankle was completely sprained but they took out some bone chips and fixed the ligament and now, I’m on the mend, you know? Somewhere in between a robot and a zombie. Somewhere in between. I’m working my way back into the fold so, it’s all good, life is grand.
I’m doing really well. I actually had this same surgery on the same ankle about six years ago to have bone chips removed so I feel like this time around, I kind of know what to expect and I’ve been kind of ahead of schedule for the most part and I’m really able to do a lot of normal people things and live normal life. So now it’s just a matter of trying to go to the next level and do WWE superstar things, you know what I mean? In-ring, things like that. So I’ve been in Orlando for the past week just kind of seeing where I’m at and things are looking pretty good so hopefully sooner than later, you’ll see me in the ring, but you are gonna see me hosting the (Michigan) Panthers.
Since Kingston has been out of action, Xavier Woods has competed in singles competition. Kingston feels it’s only a matter of time before Woods becomes World Champion in WWE.
It’s coming, it’s coming (Xavier Woods winning a World Title). It’s just a matter of time, you know? I’ve been out now for almost 12 weeks and Woods has been doing his thing as a singles competitor. I don’t think a lot of people realize how talented he is and he’s just out there proving it every single week so, it’s just a matter of time.
In March, Woods and Kingston’s New Day stablemate, Big E, provided an update on his recovery from a broken neck and said his C1 was not ossifying. In April, E was named the official emcee for USFL Michigan Panthers home games.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit the Battleground Podcast with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.
