whitetop
11-29-2018, 07:57 PM
WWE producer Tyson Kidd recently spoke with SLAM! Wrestling for a lengthy interview about his career-ending neck injury and more. Here are the highlights.
Being injured while taking the Muscle Buster from Samoa Joe:
?The night of injury, it was just one of those days where the show was being changed ? up to the last minute ? but the show was being changed and the next thing I know it?s me against Joe in a dark match,? Kidd said. ?I?d never worked Joe before. I?d of course seen him. I?m a student of the game, I?ve seen everybody. But I?d never physically worked him. When we landed on the Muscle Buster, I saw the whitest light I?ve ever seen. I thought it was a concussion for a second. I remember thinking, ?Man, I did this whole match, completely on the fly, I pulled it off and then I get rocked at the end.'?
What caused the injury:
?I have a picture and I think my hands are in the wrong position compared to other ones I?ve seen. I wasn?t able to run through it with him (before the match),? Kidd explained. ?I drop, bang, and at first I saw this light and I was like, ?Ah, man.? And then my whole body went limp. It felt like it weighed a million pounds. I was completely paralyzed. I was paralyzed from the neck down.?
Vince McMahon approaching him about being a producer:
?That was his idea. He thought I?d be good at it or I could get good at it,? Kidd said. ?(McMahon) said to me, ?You?ll be like me.? I didn?t know if I?d be good at it and I didn?t know what all it entailed. I didn?t know if I would get any real fulfillment out of it. But right off the bat, maybe two weeks in, I was a part of a battle royal and I had an idea that Tye Dillinger would be one of the last three guys. I thought his ?10? stuff was getting over and I thought it would be good and he could have a good showing. I?ve been given those same things where maybe you?re not being super featured but they throw you a little something and then see what happens out of it. The audience was completely with (Dillinger),? Kidd said. ?When he came back, he was happy and I felt that fulfillment, which now I?ve felt a million times over. I love my job. I?ve been doing this now almost a year and a half and I haven?t taken a week off yet.?
Being injured while taking the Muscle Buster from Samoa Joe:
?The night of injury, it was just one of those days where the show was being changed ? up to the last minute ? but the show was being changed and the next thing I know it?s me against Joe in a dark match,? Kidd said. ?I?d never worked Joe before. I?d of course seen him. I?m a student of the game, I?ve seen everybody. But I?d never physically worked him. When we landed on the Muscle Buster, I saw the whitest light I?ve ever seen. I thought it was a concussion for a second. I remember thinking, ?Man, I did this whole match, completely on the fly, I pulled it off and then I get rocked at the end.'?
What caused the injury:
?I have a picture and I think my hands are in the wrong position compared to other ones I?ve seen. I wasn?t able to run through it with him (before the match),? Kidd explained. ?I drop, bang, and at first I saw this light and I was like, ?Ah, man.? And then my whole body went limp. It felt like it weighed a million pounds. I was completely paralyzed. I was paralyzed from the neck down.?
Vince McMahon approaching him about being a producer:
?That was his idea. He thought I?d be good at it or I could get good at it,? Kidd said. ?(McMahon) said to me, ?You?ll be like me.? I didn?t know if I?d be good at it and I didn?t know what all it entailed. I didn?t know if I would get any real fulfillment out of it. But right off the bat, maybe two weeks in, I was a part of a battle royal and I had an idea that Tye Dillinger would be one of the last three guys. I thought his ?10? stuff was getting over and I thought it would be good and he could have a good showing. I?ve been given those same things where maybe you?re not being super featured but they throw you a little something and then see what happens out of it. The audience was completely with (Dillinger),? Kidd said. ?When he came back, he was happy and I felt that fulfillment, which now I?ve felt a million times over. I love my job. I?ve been doing this now almost a year and a half and I haven?t taken a week off yet.?