AEW Star ‘Wasn’t Feeling Anything’ After Brutal Injury

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Dante Martin has recalled suffering a brutal leg injury during the 2023 ROH Supercard of Honor pay-per-view.

During that show’s “Reach for the Sky” ladder match for the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship, Martin took a Canadian Destroyer through a stack of tables.

Fans immediately grew concerned for Martin, with the high-flyer’s foot visibly pointing in the wrong direction following the spot.

Speaking on Talk is Jericho, Dante Martin noted that because of the adrenaline, he didn’t feel his ankle dislocating or fibula breaking.

Discussing the spot, he said:

“Luckily, I had the adrenaline going. As soon as it happened, weirdly, I looked at it, and it felt like I was in a dream. I took a Canadian (destroyer) off the top rope through four stacked tables. My left leg hit the ground slightly before my right.

“I had a broken fibula and a dislocated ankle. Super weird because the first thing I did was look at it, and you can see me roll over to my butt and, I tried to put it back. Doc Sampson, luckily we had Doc come running over, ‘No, no. no, don’t touch it.’ It felt like I was in a dream because I wasn’t feeling anything, the adrenaline was going.

“Originally, I thought of the Anderson Silva leg break. I thought, ‘he did that and fought for another seven or eight years. I think I can wrestle again.’ I go to the hospital and they were super good there. I was out of the hospital in three hours. They put my ankle back in and they hadn’t seen the broken fibula yet, it was just a crack. It was in a compound fracture.

“I went back and was chilling with everyone, ‘Hey guys, I’m okay.’ I had to wait five days because my leg was in a splint in LA and I ended up flying back, getting another x-ray, ‘Yeah, your fibula is broken as well.’ ‘Ah man, am I going to need surgery?’ ‘Yeah.’ I have a plate and eight screws in there now.

“Now, I’m feeling 100% and feeling maybe 110% because th titanium is really stronger. It’s almost stronger than my bone. It’s going to be hard to break it again.”

Martin was out of action for eight months following this injury, returning to the ring on the November 29 edition of Dynamite.

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