TJ Wilson Says Steve Austin Reached Out To Him After He Suffered Neck Injury, Talks Never Wrestling Again

TJ Wilson opens up about never being able to wrestle again.

The former multi-time tag champion suffered a neck injury back in 2015 and has not competed since. However, he would join WWE as a producer and has received a ton of acclaim for his producing work, especially matches in the women’s division. Wilson spoke about not being able to compete during his recent interview with Chris Van Vilet.

I mean, I know they say never say never. But I’ve said never for the last eight years. No, the truth is I can do probably in some things I can do like 99% of the move. I just can’t do the actual bump, or you know, and I’m sure maybe I could take a couple but at what cost? I don’t know, I haven’t taken one. So there is no point to me.

Later, Wilson reveals that Steve Austin reached out to him a ton after he had his neck surgery, as the Rattlesnake is someone who knows a thing or two about neck injuries.

I get those messages a lot and I get that mindset. I understand where that comes from. I believe Steve Austin has the second highest, at least in terms of WWE wrestlers, in terms of how high their fusion is. His was, I think a C three and C four. Most of the normal one is like C five and six, or six and seven, mine C one and C two, the very top two vertebrae in your body minor fused. That’s the difference. That’s why even when it happened when I posted the picture of the scar, the staples in the back. One of the benefits of joining the broken neck club is, as I refer to it, Steve Austin becomes a friend of yours and he reaches out to you and your text and phone call all the time. But I posted that picture and within like 20 minutes, Austin was either calling me or texting me. And he’s like, Kid why did they go through the back? Why not through the front? And I explained what Steve it’s the equivalent of where they went is the equipment in my mouth. That’s when my fusion is adjacent to my mouth.

Back in September, Wilson did an interview where he recalled working with Bryan Danielson in NJPW. You can read about that here.