Tony Khan says Lance Archer is in good spirits despite a serious injury that put him on the sidelines for the time being.
Tony Khan took part in a post-show media scrum after AEW Full Gear on Saturday and he was asked about Lance Archer’s current status. Lance Archer was injured on the October 23 episode of AEW Dynamite, landing on his head while attempting a moonsault attempt in his match against Eddie Kingston. Archer believed he “under-rotated” on the move that he’s done hundreds of times by his estimation, and now Khan gave the media an update as well as confirmed it was a neck injury, and not a head injury as it was originally speculated.
“He’s here [in Minneapolis]. He’s good. He is good and thankfully he came out of it good. It was a neck injury, not a head injury, so he cleared all of the impact testing, concussion stuff,” Khan explained, “and over the last several weeks they determined he twisted his neck, but he’s good.”
Asked if there’s a timetable for Lance Archer’s return, Khan said he doesn’t know right now, but noted that they aren’t exactly rushing it either.
“I’m not exactly sure. I don’t want to rush it. We have so many great stars and Lance is a really important wrestler for us, he’s done so many great things for us like winning the IWGP US title in the Texas Deathmatch in his home state over Jon Moxley. It was a great, great match and he also had a great match in New Japan with [Hiroshi] Tanahashi. I’m a little surprised, speaking of New Japan, that you guys haven’t really asked me about New Japan, but I bet one of you might. But now, Lance has done so many great things, no I don’t have an exact date, but I don’t see any point in rushing it really,” Khan said. “It’s a neck injury, so you don’t want to rush it, but he was here today and the doc’s checking up on him and he’s doing great. He’s in great spirits and he’s had a great 2021.”
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