AEW star Darby Allin has detailed the series of events that took place that led to an unfortunate accident.
On April 27th, Allin announced on his Instagram page that he was struck by a bus in New York City. The former Tag Team Champion appeared to be relatively unharmed from the incident as he went to a Broadway show after the incident occurred. Allin is also dealing with a broken foot and is off AEW TV.
Speaking on the Daly Migs Show on the rock station 99.9 KISW in Seattle Allin revealed that he was hit as he was coming to the aid of his friend Raymond Pettibon:
So we’re in New York hanging out and he’s jaywalking. And I see this bus, it’s taking a right turn. And I’m like, ‘There’s no way they’re going to see Raymond at night walking. Like at all.’ Because like I said, he can’t even really walk that good. So as I’m like pushing him, ‘All right, hurry up. Hurry up. Go, go, there’s a bus coming.’ And then as the bus is taking a right, it might have been going like 8-10 miles [per hour], so it wasn’t anything like 30 miles an hour. But as I was pushing him out of the way, the side of the bus window — my faced bounced off of it. So you could say I saved Raymond Pettibon’s life. [H/t to F4WOnline]
When Will Darby Allin Return To AEW?
Later in the show, the former TNT Champion was asked about a potential return date and if he would be at the May 15th show in his home state of Washington. Allin provided a recovery update, stating that a return in May is very unlikely:
“Unfortunately, my foot is not scheduled to heal until I’d say June. So if I did roll up, it would just be with a broken face and a broken foot waving to the crowd, which may not be the worst thing. I’ll see. I trained in Everett, Washington, so it would be like an ultimate homecoming of sorts. That’d be really cool. May 15, I gotta see….I think might be able to make it. As long as there’s no buses, I’m good,” [H/t to Fightful]
Features of Wrestling continues to wish Darby Allin a full and speedy recovery.
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