Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round as we delve into the tragic tale of AEW’s beloved quirky wrestler, Chuck Taylor, whose wrestling career might have just skidded into a painful pit stop! That’s right, after a brutal Parking Lot Fight—which sounds more like a Black Friday clearance brawl—Chuck’s ankle went from being merely “injured” to “I might need a new one.”
Let’s paint the picture: it was a cold, fateful night on “AEW Dynamite,” and there stood Orange Cassidy, breaking hearts faster than my latest diet, announcing that Chuck Taylor will “never wrestle again.” Cue the dramatic gasps! But hold your tears—this isn’t just some soap opera twist. No, dear readers, this ankle saga is as real as the hair on my head.
Chuck’s one and only match in 2024 turned into what might be his swan song, thanks to his former BFF turned ankle-smasher, Trent Beretta. Now, if this were a movie, we’d cue the dramatic flashback music and a montage of their happier days, but this is wrestling, folks—where friendships are as stable as my Wi-Fi connection.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter spilled the beans, saying Chuck’s ankle is more fragmented than my attempts at youth slang. With bone necrosis creeping in like a bad horror movie villain, it’s so serious that even “Superstar” Billy Graham is nodding sympathetically somewhere, remembering his own dance with skeletal doom.
Let’s not forget, the AEW locker room could start a “Medically Retired Club” with the likes of Adam Copeland and Bryan Danielson. They could swap stories about their glory days and what it’s like to have more metal in their bodies than my car.
Despite all this, our hero Chuck, a former two-time PWG World Champion and friend to stars like Drew McIntyre and Johnny Gargano, might still be considering surgery. Because, as we all know in the wrestling world, the phrase “never wrestle again” is about as final as my decision to stop watching reality TV.
So, will Chuck make a miraculous comeback, or is this the final bell? Stay tuned, because in wrestling, you never know when the next plot twist is coming!