Colby Corino Provides Health Update on His Neck & Back and His Reasons for Re-Signing with NWA

As noted before, Colby Cornio has been out of action for the National Wrestling Alliance since this past August due to emergency neck and back surgery. Corino’s contract with the NWA had expired at the end of this past December and had signed a new contract with the company earlier this month.

Fightful held a recent interview with Corino. One of the topics discussed included Corino providing an update on his recovery from his neck and back surgery.

“Every day it gets a little bit better. I’ve been trying to go back to the gym. I’m still not 100% full strength yet, but I’m not limited from doing anything in the gym. I could do all the exercises that I did before. So we’re making good steps

It was pretty crazy, going from such a sudden grind to a sudden nothing. It kind of drove me a little crazy, a little bit at first, just sitting around the house all day and not having nothing to do. But then I started to really start being able to do this stuff that I haven’t been able to do for the past few years and watch a bunch of movies, catch up on video games, spend time with my family. I’ve just been trying to make the most out of this time that I have off and trying to live it up, have a little fun.”

Corino also gave his thoughts about his reasons for wanting to stay in the NWA for why he signed a new contract with the company.

“Sometimes the negotiations, you gotta be able to walk away from the table, to know your worth. At the end of the day, I’ve never said in an interview that my goals aren’t to main event WrestleMania or any of that—just to feed my family with wrestling and I’m able to do that right now. So anything else that I achieve now is just house money. So as we went, we were able to talk and come to an agreement that works with everybody. Honestly, I just feel like my work in NWA isn’t done. I still have way more to do, there’s more for me to do on the indies and there’s more for me to do with my wrestling school and the promotion I help run. I just don’t feel done yet. The NWA gives me a place that I’m able to grow or with the, with the people around me and also be able to support my family.”

Corino also gave his thoughts about how he had felt terrified as he headed into free agency after the end of 2025.

“When rolling in the midnight, like and not having a job in the New Year, it’s kind of scary. Especially when you have a injury like mine. It’s like, ‘Oh, is anyone going to want me?’ and then the day at like New Year’s day, I don’t know. I just kind of start feeling a little bit different. I was like, ‘Wait, I had my phone ringing a little bit more than I thought it did.’ It made me feel a little bit more confident about myself.”