Summary

Luchasaurus has shared more detail on the shoulder injury that has kept him out of the ring since December, saying the damage worsened during the Dynamite Diamond Ring battle royal after he had already been dealing with a partial tear.

While speaking on Talk Is Jericho, the AEW wrestler said his shoulder gave out during a spot with Shelton Benjamin and Ricochet. He added that he had originally suffered a partial tear while wrestling Jack Perry in 2022, then tried to work through it with a PRP injection before both shoulders eventually gave out.

Quote from Luchasaurus

"I was supposed to go maybe do a Santa Claus thing (at AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash), but you have to be ready to wrestle. When I got too excited because the Knicks won the (NBA) Cup, I was drinking on the plane and up all night. I didn’t sleep. They finally won something! I waited 40 years for this. We get there and Tony (Khan) is like, do you want to be in this battle royal? I’m not going to say no to the boss, who just flew me out here. ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ It was a fun spot with Shelton Benjamin, he threw Ricochet to me and I caught him in a chokeslam. Somehow, my shoulder went ‘pop, pop.’ I had a partial tear when I wrestled [Jack] in 2022, that’s how dangerous he is [sarcasm], because when he works his friends, they tell you to hit the big guys as hard as you can,"

Luchasaurus later went on to say:

"I partially tore the rotator cuff and worked through it. We did a PRP injection and band-aided it for a while. Four years (later), they both went. It happened. I got the first one done in February. The surgeon wanted to wait six months, but we’re trying to do a faster timeline because we want to get back. I’m going to do the next one three months after, which is a little scary, but I want to get back as soon as I can. I wanted to do them both at the same time, but as soon as I got one done, I realized it would have been insane. It would have been a disaster."

What It Means For Luchasaurus In AEW

Luchasaurus made it clear that his recovery is going to be tied to a second surgery, which gives AEW a firmer explanation for why his in-ring return is still uncertain. The company has kept him on television in a limited role alongside Jack Perry, and that may continue while he works through the rest of the rehab process.

His comments also show this was not a sudden one-off injury. Because Luchasaurus said he had been managing a partial tear for years before things worsened in December, AEW may need to be patient with the timeline even if he is pushing for a quicker return.

Sources

Luchasaurus on the Talk Is Jericho Podcast