However, a horrifying injury to Edwards stuck out like a sore thumb in their rivalry. Callihan accidentally hit Edwards with a baseball bat on his face instead of slamming it on the chair laid across Edwards’s throat on an episode of IMPACT Wrestling.
In an interview with Fightful, the former IMPACT Wrestling World Champion admitted that the incident was a ‘pretty big mistake’. However, he’s thankful the injury didn’t create any long-term damage for his career and that he didn’t have to miss out on any tapings.
Eddie Edwards also confessed that the injury gave him more ‘confidence’ and made him more ‘comfortable’ to try his hand at hardcore wrestling. He said that the incident forced him to grow and evolve into the performer he has become today in IMPACT Wrestling.
Eddie Edwards seems to be eying Kenny Omega’s IMPACT Wrestling World Championship
Soon after AEW Champion Kenny Omega won the IMPACT Wrestling Championship at Rebellion 2021, Eddie Edwards sent out the below tweet.
It’s clear that Edwards is unhappy with Omega winning the IMPACT Wrestling Championship and might soon step up to bring the title back to his promotion.
Edwards was also in action at Rebellion 2021, where he teamed up with Chris Sabin, Willie Mack, and James Storm to take on Violent By Design in a losing cause.
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