AEW: Queen Aminata Neck Injury Update, RJ City AEW Departure Rumor Killer, The Blade Makes In-Ring Return From Injury After Nearly Two Years at 12/13 Indie Event

Queen Aminata Neck Injury Update

As noted before, Queen Aminata has been out of action for AEW since this past November due to a neck-related injury.

Queen Aminata recently released a new vlog on her official YouTube channel. One of the topics discussed included Aminata providing an update on her recovery from her neck injury and revealed she is already able to get back into the ring for training.

“I was able to get in the ring on Saturday to run the ropes and I amazingly felt pretty good. So, well, pretty good that day. The next day I was sore, I’m like ‘this is painful.’ The ropes are hard, man. When you spend a few weeks without being drained, the ropes are really really hard.”

Aminata also gave her thoughts about how her current neck injury is something she does not want to gamble with in terms of her potentially rushing her recovery for an in-ring return.

“Yeah, my neck isn’t something I’m willing to gamble with, so when I come back, and I’m gonna come back better, stronger, juicier, sexier.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1 & 2

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RJ City AEW Departure Rumor Killer

As noted before, AEW held the final episode of their AEW Hey Ew! digital series earlier this month. The cancelation of this series quickly led to online speculation and rumors afterwards of RJ City’s future with the company and potential departure.

Fightful Select reported that their sources denied rumors of City leaving AEW and instead stated that his contract with AEW is not coming to an end.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that it was known for some time that City’s talk show comedy series would be ending and the comedy sketch about Eddie Kingston’s entrance mocking Triple H being filmed at WrestleDream this past October. It was reported that as many interviews as possible were filmed between then and the time it took to finish editing the final episode of the YouTube show.

City has been with AEW since 2023 and besides his on-screen personality, he also has been working in a backstage role with AEW’s creative team.

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The Blade Makes In-Ring Return From Injury After Nearly Two Years at Dec. 13th Indie Event

Buffalo-based metalcore band Better Lovers held a wrestling event called Blissmas 25 this past Saturday in Buffalo, New York.

This event was notable for The Blade making his in-ring return from injury after a lengthy time away from wrestling.

The Blade teamed up with The Butcher in a tag team match against two currently unknown opponents, which was won by The Blade & The Butcher.

THE BLADE IS BACK!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Fh3ilBQvr0

— Better Lovers (@betterlovers) December 13, 2025

The Blade made his in ring return this afternoon in Buffalo, NY during @betterlovers Blissmas 25 pic.twitter.com/F2Lqg59WPp

— Hrycych Photo (@HrycychPhoto) December 13, 2025

This was The Blade’s first match since February of 2024 due to a back injury and spinal fusion surgery.