In June 2025, Kyle O'Reilly It is again settled as an active fighter at All Elite Wrestling shows As a member of the Paragon trio with his friends Roderick Strong and Adam Cole, the present TNT champion.
► Kyle O'Rilly's injury
On the other hand, in June 2022, “The Martial Artist” had to get away from rings Due to a serious neck injury (and subsequent complications of surgery) that would maintain it absent until March 2024.
«It was a crazy period, almost two years. He had been dealing with neck injuries for years. It is part of the business. I have a specific movement, which I know what caused everything over time, where I fall as heads three times while I make a supplement to an opponent. It was quite silly from me to continue doing it. There was an incident in a fight, I believe that in June 2022, where I made that movement and my arms and legs went out completely; I couldn't move for a second. He felt like an eternity. Seeing the repetition, it was just a second, but it was something serious. We thought it was my shoulder. I kept fighting for another four months with a broken neck. Over time, my arms began to get worse. They made me a magnetic resonance and found great compression in several nerves. 'We will have to operate if you want to fight again.' That practically made the decision for me. Otherwise, they would not authorize me to return to the ring unless I would fix it.
I have friends in whom I trust and I know that they have undergone this surgery. I talked to Adam Copeland, an incredible and inspiring person, he has gone through these injuries and surgeries. He reassured me. Many my friends have gone through this, so I knew I was in good hands and that everything would be fine. But in my case, there was a complication with surgery: I woke up with what they call nerve paralysis C5.
Due to the compression of that nerve, everything related to C5 was completely turned off: The biceps flexion and the shoulder stopped working. It was hard. I started working with Jesse three months later. I could hardly move my arm. And, surprise, with time improved. I knew that it would eventually improve, but having someone to guide my rehabilitation in a positive way was key. I remember the first time I could make a complete rotation of the shoulder after eight months without being able to move my arm. It was a great victory. You may never fight again, it's not much, my priorities have changed, but that was a huge emotional victory. 'Okay, I can come back. It may never be the same, but I have grown and evolved, 'explains O'Reilly to Andrew Dettelbach y Jesse Grund de Fellowship of the Gains.
