AEW’s Eddie Kingston believed to have suffered broken leg

A broken leg is believed to be the injury that has forced Eddie Kingston out of action.

Kingston was injured during his no rope Last Man Standing match against Gabe Kidd at NJPW Strong Resurgence last weekend. Kidd defeated Kingston in the match to win the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship. At the end of the bout, there was a spot where Kingston got hurt when his leg hit the guardrail while being suplexed through a table. Kingston was still able to take part in a post-match angle where he was confronted by Jack Perry and laid out by The Young Bucks.

Kingston was supposed to be part of Team AEW at Double or Nothing, teaming with Bryan Danielson & FTR in an Anarchy in the Arena match against The Young Bucks, Perry & Kazuchika Okada. Because of his injury, Kingston has been removed from Double or Nothing and replaced by Darby Allin. The pay-per-view is taking place on Sunday, May 26.

In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reports that it’s believed Kingston suffered a broken leg at Resurgence:

The finish saw Kidd and Kingston handcuffed together when Kidd suplexed Kingston from the ring through a table bridging the guard rail and apron. In going over, Kingston’s legs hit the guard rail hard and he immediately grabbed his right leg. That was to be the finish as Kingston wasn’t supposed to beat the count. There was also supposed to be an angle after the match.

Kingston laid there for about five-and-a-half minutes on his back, in pain. Eventually he told the officials that he could get up, and slowly basically crawled his way into the ring for the angle but was able to stand on his feet. Jack Perry came out after Kingston. Then the Young Bucks, who were not booked on the show and hadn’t appeared in a New Japan ring since the 2019 Tokyo Dome show, came out and attacked Kingston and laid him out with the EVP trigger. It was a great angle to set up Anarchy in the Arena, but with Kingston suffering what was being talked about on Dynamite backstage as a broken leg although that was not confirmed it was the exact injury, obviously that changed things. He was limping badly after the match and they were hopeful the injury wasn’t bad enough to put him out. But on 5/13, they found out the leg was broken and had to change around Dynamite and the main event for Double or Nothing.

Kingston shared a photo on Instagram this week with his leg in a brace: