{"id":874341,"date":"2026-08-28T08:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/874341\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T08:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:46:11","slug":"eddie-kingston-gives-health-update-after-little-bit-of-a-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/874341\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Kingston gives health update after &#8216;little bit of a scare&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eddie Kingston says he is cleared to return to the ring after suffering what he called \u201ca little bit of a scare with my health\u201d that saw him pulled from last Saturday\u2019s AEW Collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kingston was set to compete against rival Claudio Castagnoli in a Continental Challenge Cup quarterfinal, but was pulled by AEW head Tony Khan on Friday after he failed to be cleared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/eddie-kingston-challenging-cmll-title-on-friday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kingston is set to challenge Hechicero Friday<\/a> in Arena Mexico for the CMLL Heavyweight title. It\u2019s Kingston\u2019s first ever appearance for the promotion and in the famed venue and against his opponent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a Thursday media call, Kingston was asked about his health status and the veteran said that he feels \u201cvery good\u201d and that he feels \u201c1000 times better\u201d than he did last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a little bit of a scare with my health. I got checked. Everything is good and I got cleared. Once I was cleared, it was, \u2018Alright, let\u2019s get to work.\u2019 I\u2019ve been dying to get back to work,\u201d\u00a0he said, while not stating what the actual injury was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 44-year-old\u2019s last match was on August 8 in an AEW Continental Challenge Cup win over Jake Doyle. As of this point, he hasn\u2019t been announced for any participation at Sunday\u2019s AEW All In.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/joshnason\/\" title=\"Josh Nason\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787906771_29_13085cc953873ea5634775111cb499e3850643459a5eab1ac8d1e92ee8fecc39.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Josh Nason\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Josh Nason<\/p>\n<p>Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer\/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He&#8217;s a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/kyle-fletcher-admits-guilt-over-aew-singles-rise-remains-open-to-aussie-open-reunion\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Kingston says he is cleared to return to the ring after suffering what he called \u201ca little&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-874341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}