Davey Richards Breaks His Silence On What Went Wrong in 2019
Nov 18, 2020 22:52:20 GMT -5
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Post by flame3169118 on Nov 18, 2020 22:52:20 GMT -5
In the early 2010s, Davey Richards was considered one of the best talents in the world. Richards had become one of the top stars of Impact Wrestling as one half of the Wolves with Eddie Edwards and found success in places like PWG, Ring of Honor, and even New Japan.
Richards stopped wrestling in 2017 after an appearance for EVOLVE, revealing he needed knee surgery. The following year, Richards said he was leaving wrestling to pursue his education, saying he would return in 2019. This never happened, and Richards hasn’t wrestled since those EVOLVE shows.
Earlier today, Richards took to his Twitter account and opened up about his status:
I don’t know if anyone has any interest in this but I wanted to share a side of the story for why I stopped wrestling and missed so many shows. I’ve struggled with knee injuries throughout my amateur and professional wrestling career. 14 surgeries in all on my right knee.
During my run In Impact wrestling my right knee began to deteriorate badly. I remember the Dr for Impact at the time telling me I had the knee of a 70 yo. I went through numerous treatments: PRP, scopes, Stem Cells, Synvisc, etc. Nothing worked.
I thought I found the answer in 2017: Biojoint. They told me my knee would be like new again. Only downside was 1 year layoff from anything physical. So I did it - they sawed of ends of my femur and tibia and took bone and cartilage from a cadaver and inserted it in me.
Months went by and nothing got better. At one year they said wait another year. Nothing got better. More and more time extensions- which is why I had to cancel so many shows. Then I had another surgery to correct that one. Then another to correct that one.
Finally I owned up to the truth - I needed a total knee replacement. I researched the entire world and found Nanoknee. They said I would walk out of surgery, they said I would recover rapidly. They said I would be “me” again. I didn’t believe them.
Then it worked. The surgery worked. Then I found Squat University to help rehab me. Help rebuild what I had lost. Little by little, day by day I felt more like me. Until Today , when I realized I can not only do everything I used to, I can do it better.
To every show I missed and every fan I let down - I am truly sorry, it is completely my fault. My ego would not let me admit that inside I was falling apart. I couldn’t admit to myself I couldn’t be the one thing I always identified myself as: wrestler.
I’ll make no excuses, I own all of it. It’s funny - in 2 years I will be a Dr. I’ll have more money than I know what to do with, and I couldn’t care less. It wasn’t then, and isn’t now about the money. It was about the wrestling.
I don’t know what will happen. But maybe, just maybe I will be fortunate to be able to again participate in the greatest sport on earth: wrestling. Thank you for reading.
Richards stopped wrestling in 2017 after an appearance for EVOLVE, revealing he needed knee surgery. The following year, Richards said he was leaving wrestling to pursue his education, saying he would return in 2019. This never happened, and Richards hasn’t wrestled since those EVOLVE shows.
Earlier today, Richards took to his Twitter account and opened up about his status:
I don’t know if anyone has any interest in this but I wanted to share a side of the story for why I stopped wrestling and missed so many shows. I’ve struggled with knee injuries throughout my amateur and professional wrestling career. 14 surgeries in all on my right knee.
During my run In Impact wrestling my right knee began to deteriorate badly. I remember the Dr for Impact at the time telling me I had the knee of a 70 yo. I went through numerous treatments: PRP, scopes, Stem Cells, Synvisc, etc. Nothing worked.
I thought I found the answer in 2017: Biojoint. They told me my knee would be like new again. Only downside was 1 year layoff from anything physical. So I did it - they sawed of ends of my femur and tibia and took bone and cartilage from a cadaver and inserted it in me.
Months went by and nothing got better. At one year they said wait another year. Nothing got better. More and more time extensions- which is why I had to cancel so many shows. Then I had another surgery to correct that one. Then another to correct that one.
Finally I owned up to the truth - I needed a total knee replacement. I researched the entire world and found Nanoknee. They said I would walk out of surgery, they said I would recover rapidly. They said I would be “me” again. I didn’t believe them.
Then it worked. The surgery worked. Then I found Squat University to help rehab me. Help rebuild what I had lost. Little by little, day by day I felt more like me. Until Today , when I realized I can not only do everything I used to, I can do it better.
To every show I missed and every fan I let down - I am truly sorry, it is completely my fault. My ego would not let me admit that inside I was falling apart. I couldn’t admit to myself I couldn’t be the one thing I always identified myself as: wrestler.
I’ll make no excuses, I own all of it. It’s funny - in 2 years I will be a Dr. I’ll have more money than I know what to do with, and I couldn’t care less. It wasn’t then, and isn’t now about the money. It was about the wrestling.
I don’t know what will happen. But maybe, just maybe I will be fortunate to be able to again participate in the greatest sport on earth: wrestling. Thank you for reading.
