During his TNT Championship match against Christian Cage in the main event of AEW WrestleDream 2023, Darby Allin was bodyslammed on the steel steps with his right arm landing hard.
At the post-show media scrum, Allin was spotted sporting an arm sling. He said,
“I’m going to the hospital after this.”
Allin noted that he would be undergoing an X-ray scan to determine the severity of his arm injury, and also commented on his experience sharing the ring with Sting and Adam Copeland at last night’s pay-per-view event. He said,
“Being in the ring with those guys, it’s a moment where it’s like you can’t really stop and smell the roses that much because I’m like, ‘Woah. What a match that was.’ It really took a lot out of me. But being in there and sharing that — I remember being such a fan of Adam [Copeland]. I told him this Friday night, I was like, ‘The only wrestling shirt I felt cool wearing at school was the ‘Rated-R Superstar’ shirt. That’s my goal with wrestling, is to have people be like, ‘Yo, that guy. He’s different. He doesn’t embody what people think wrestling’s about.’ So it’s cool. And I think Sting’s the same exact way, so being in the ring with those guys and letting them share that moment with me is amazing. It’s cool. I’m grateful for it.”
AEW President Tony Khan further stated that the three men “have a thread that ties them together” as “darker, esoteric figures in the world of pro wrestling,” and that seeing them together felt “right.”
