Steven Borden Talks AEW All Out Injury, In-Ring Return At Blood & Guts

At AEW All Out, Steven Borden made his pay-per-view match debut alongside Darby Allin where they faced Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher. The winner would eventually get a shot at the tag titles. During the match, Borden and Knight would collide mid-air. After being checked on by Doc Sampson in the ring, the match was called off. Tony Schiavone later reported that Borden had been sent to a local hospital and Dave Meltzer reported that Borden was stretchered out. During the media scrum, Tony Khan revealed that Borden was awake and his tests and CT scan came back good. Borden returned last month to challenge the Don Callis Family to a Blood and Guts match.

During an interview with Going Ringside, he discussed more about what happened at All Out. He explained, "I guess it would be called an injury. Obviously the brain is pretty important. But physically it's a weird one because the moment I woke up, I felt okay. You know, I didn't hurt my back or my neck. So I feel fine. And I think for me, you don't want to run from difficult things or pressure."

Allin weighed in that when a wrestler makes a return from injury, you don't want to tiptoe in, but go full force like Borden did with Blood and Guts. Borden compared it to choking at public speaking and the only way to get over it is to get out there and do it again.

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