AEW: Kyle O’Reilly on “Getting His Stride Again” After 2022 Neck Fusion Surgery, Toa Liona Participating in Fundraiser on 11/2 to Help Find Cure for Type 1 Diabetes, Wardlow’s Torn Pectoral Injury & Return Plans Update

Oct 31, 2025

Kyle O’Reilly Comments on Him “Kind of Getting His Stride Again” After 2022 Neck Fusion Surgery

A recent episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast featured Kyle O’Reilly as the guest. One of the topics discussed included O’Reilly’s thoughts about him feeling that he is starting to get his stride again in the ring following his neck fusion surgery in 2022.

“It’s funny you mention that and talk about a full-circle moment because the last match that I had, before being injured for two years, was with Jon Moxley… Yeah, it was in Kansas City. It was with Jon Moxley — my most recent match now — so yeah, I feel like I actually have finally kind of reached as close as back to normal as possible. Does that make sense? Because the first few months of just getting back in the ring — and I’ve been wrestling back over a year now again. I think it’s been coming up on almost two years since I’ve been back wrestling, and I feel like I’m just kind of getting my stride again, and as wrestlers, we’re always pursuing the best versions of ourselves and it’s always gonna be a work in progress but I feel like I’m kind of getting closer to how I felt pre-injury.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Toa Liona Participating in Fundraiser on November 2nd to Help Find A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

The Demand and The Gates of Agony’s Toa Liona recently announced on Twitter that he will be participating in a fundraiser event for BreakthroughT1D Walk on Sunday, November 2nd to raise funds to help find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

Liona revealed that he has a daughter who currently deals with type 1 diabetes.

“Y’all may know me as @AEW Star Toa Liona, but I am also a father to a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes. This Sunday @BreakthroughT1D Walk Fundraiser is happening so we can find a cure to this disease. Donate whatever you can, any amount will go a long way.”

Y’all may know me as @AEW Star Toa Liona, but I am also a father to a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes. This Sunday @BreakthroughT1D Walk Fundraiser is happening so we can find a cure to this disease. Donate whatever you can, any amount will go along way 🙏🏽 https://t.co/7WCf4XTQBR pic.twitter.com/YPW4nePpJd
— Toa Liona (@ToaLiona) October 30, 2025

Wardlow’s Torn Pectoral Injury & Return Plans Status Update

As noted before, Wardlow has been out of action for AEW since this past August’s Forbidden Door 2025 due to an injury believed to be a torn pectoral injury.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources within AEW stated that Wardlow is currently not expected to be back before the end of this year.

Sapp reported that many people within AEW had felt bummed out when Wardlow suffered his injury due to he had just returned after being away for so much time from a previous injury.