{"id":89418,"date":"2021-04-06T16:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T21:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=89418"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:51:37","slug":"john-skyler-on-suffering-a-major-knee-injury-while-working-for-aew-what-tony-khan-told-him-and-how-the-company-has-treated-him-looks-back-on-doing-enhancement-and-extra-work-for-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2021\/04\/06\/john-skyler-on-suffering-a-major-knee-injury-while-working-for-aew-what-tony-khan-told-him-and-how-the-company-has-treated-him-looks-back-on-doing-enhancement-and-extra-work-for-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"John Skyler on suffering a major knee injury while working for AEW, what Tony Khan told him and how the company has treated him, looks back on doing enhancement and extra work for WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1233144198\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Andrew Thompson Interviews&#8221; with guest John Skyler<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Host: Andrew Thompson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Full interview available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSHi1PHEx7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube.com<\/a> <\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postwrestling.com\/2021\/04\/06\/interview-john-skyler-talks-aew-taking-care-of-him-during-injury-njpw-tour-wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PostWrestling.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>John on tearing his ACL, PCL and MCL while working an AEW Dark match, and AEW continuing to pay him while injured:<\/b> And right out of the get-go, the injury that happened was nobody\u2019s fault whatsoever. It was absolutely a freak accident that I don\u2019t even think could be replicated if we tried. That\u2019s how crazy it was. Getting injured on a roll of all things out of all the things I\u2019ve done in my career, doing a roll under a clothesline is what did me in so that\u2019s \u2014 it\u2019s just one of those freak things but, I was very, very blessed it happened when it happened and it\u2019s tough to see it as you\u2019re going through it but in hindsight, I could\u2019ve blew my knee out at an independent show somewhere and then you know, I\u2019m kinda up the creek without a paddle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s nothing that anybody can do for me except me at that point and as soon as I got hurt and I was being taken away to the trainers room to get checked out, one of the first people that was there in the training room to check on me was Tony Khan, and he rest assured me right away, &#8216;You have nothing to worry about. We\u2019re gonna bring you back, make sure you\u2019re taken care of.&#8217; And right away, my mind was kind of put at ease, as much as it could be at the time. I\u2019m still thinking about this eight-month recovery I have ahead of me so, for them to be as gracious as they were, just inviting me back and to give me [a paycheck] every week I was there even though I couldn\u2019t wrestle, that was, I mean, a huge blessing in disguise because especially during a pandemic where an independent wrestler doesn\u2019t have the independents to rely on and in my case, I was a part-time teacher at one point and there\u2019s no need for part-time teachers when everything goes virtual online in terms of classrooms. So, it was just a huge, huge blessing for me. It\u2019s something I\u2019ll never forget. The way that they\u2019ve treated me and the way they\u2019ve taken care of me especially during that injury. I mean that should speak volumes of Tony, his heart and really the way the entire company operates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>John on his experiences as an extra\/enhancement talent for WWE having worked with them since 2012:<\/b> &#8220;It\u2019s always been kind of a whirlwind. For the longest time, I was just trying to get booked as an extra talent. I would call the office and probably annoy the hell out of them on a regular basis. Finally got an opportunity. First time I ever go to TV, as an extra, I had a tryout with Ricardo Rodriguez who used to be the personal ring announcer for Alberto Del Rio. We had a tryout match and as soon as it was over \u2014 it went really well. As soon as it was over, they kinda told me, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re gonna be wrestling Ryback tonight\u2019 and that was \u2014 the cool thing about that is that was my first time there, I\u2019m doing something on television and it\u2019s in my hometown, and so, because it actually took place in Columbia, South Carolina where I grew up so, it was pretty surreal, fun experience, and from there, they would call here and there to bring me back to do things so sometimes I wouldn\u2019t do anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes I\u2019d be in a dark match, sometimes I would be doing whatever and really when NXT became super popular there when it was taking off, that is when I started to get used more consistently because I think it was right at the time of the Cruiserweight Classic, so I think they were taking a look at a lot of different smaller guys or cruiserweights. So that\u2019s when I started popping up more often and then I would dare say it kind of comes back around to Columbia, South Carolina, my hometown. It was the week of WrestleMania in Dallas. I had just gotten home from doing a couple things \u2014 more extra work during WrestleMania week. I had a match at [WrestleMania] Axxess with The Vaudevillians [Simon Gotch &amp; Aiden English] and just things like that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I got home from the week, I got a call from Matt Bloom, booking me on the live event loop in the Carolinas that week so I got to wrestle on the non-televised shows for NXT against Elias and Riddick Moss. I got to do it in Columbia, my hometown in the building that I first saw wrestling as a kid. Literally the first \u2014 went to my first show at. The Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina is where I got to wrestle for NXT of all places. So it was just kind of, in a way, that was one of the nights where I could feel like, \u2018If this ends tomorrow, I can stamp right here and say alright, I did good,\u2019 and thankfully it didn\u2019t end there. It\u2019s been plenty more since. I could\u2019ve died a happy man right then and there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On the mental struggles he faced while out with his knee injury:<\/b> &#8220;For me, it was especially difficult because it was my first injury that I\u2019ve had in my 13-year career. Yeah, I\u2019ve wrestled hurt. I had little minor dings here and there in terms of getting hurt but this is my first actual injury and serious injury so, it was a tough pill to swallow, especially hearing that you\u2019re not gonna be able to do anything upwards to eight months. 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