Taking bumps might be a normal part of pro wrestling, but there’s always a risk, no matter how safe the wrestlers are. As a 25-year veteran of the industry, The Blade has taken countless bumps throughout his career, but notes in 2020 he worsened his back by overestimating his abilities. “It’s like embarrassing to say… We had a f***king… Me and Butcher had a f**king killer Falls Count Anywhere with the Bucks,” he recalled. “And I’m in my 40s, and I was thinking that I was Jeff Hardy.”

The Blade explained that he tried to emulate Jeff Hardy’s front flip over a table spot from Royal Rumble 2000, where he was supposed to crash into tables against the guard rail. “I went to do the exact same thing, I mean, I remember [laughs] I can remember when I slid in the ring and I was hitting the ropes and I just, my legs weren’t there and I was like ‘I don’t have this,'” he recalled, adding that he missed the table and flopped on the floor. “I remember my, just, felt the right side of my back just…going like completely numb… And just kept wrestling!”

However, Blade admitted that over the past year, his back pains simply became too uncomfortable and he had to do something about it.

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