Kyle Fletcher Responds to Criticisms Over Rough Neck Spot During His Match Against Jon Moxley at AEW Worlds End 2025

As noted before, former WWE and WCW wrestler and current WWE Vice President of Global Talent Development William Regal made comments on Twitter this past December about his concerns with wrestlers getting dropped on their heads during their matches. Regal brought up his own past history with neck issues in his wrestling career as a warning to other wrestlers for the well-being of their future. While Regal did not specifically name anything, his comments were quickly speculated online to be in direct reference to a scary looking spot during the Kyle Fletcher vs. Jon Moxley at this past December’s AEW Worlds End 2025 that involved Fletcher landing rough on his neck after taking a top rope Dragon Suplex.

Wide World of Sports held a recent interview with Kyle Fletcher. One of the topics discussed included Fletcher’s thoughts about the criticisms over his neck spot during his match at AEW’s Worlds End 2025 event.

“Of course, I have to take it [criticism] on board. Obviously it didn’t go to plan, I understand all the points that everyone is making – it was very dangerous.In the moment, it’s hard for me because I’m not watching it happen, I’m the one actually experiencing it. I didn’t see how nasty the landing was, I was just going off how I felt and to me, it was just one of those ones where I didn’t feel anything out of the ordinary. It was a bit higher on the neck than I was intending, but it didn’t hurt and I felt fine.

The referee came over and usually they will check on you once and you’re like ‘yeah no worries, it’s all good’ but then he came over a second time and asked again, which makes me think that there was maybe someone in his ear saying ‘make sure he’s OK’. I didn’t get to see the replay that everyone else saw and it wasn’t until later that I looked back and thought that was a little bit silly, wasn’t it? But you live and you learn.

Coming out of it, maybe I’m a bit battered and bruised, but it’s nothing more than I’m used to dealing with as a pro wrestler. I’ve had a couple of weeks, a little bit of time off and time to reflect and set some resolutions … but rest assured, I will be back very soon.”