Alex Riley is Returning Soon

Alex Riley has been injured since this past summer when he made his return to the NXT ring from NXT’s commentary table. His brief feud with Kevin Owens was quite intense until the injury stalled Riley’s career.

Luckily, Alex Riley is set to return to the ring soon, and he recently appeared on “The Wrestling Compadres Slamcast” to discuss his return to the ring.

The full interview can be heard right here. Below are some of the interview highlights:

On the status of his injured knee:

“The rehab [has] taken a little bit longer than I would have originally liked. When the doc got in there, he saw a couple of other things and tried to do this stem cell procedure. Basically, when he got in there [he noticed] I was missing a lot of cartilage kind of on the lateral side of my knee, so he kind of did this procedure that hasn’t really been approved yet, but it was Dr. Andrews down in Pensacola [Florida], who is a fantastic doctor and gets a lot of professional athletes. Like, he did a stem cell procedure, and unbeknownst to me and the WWE, it took a little bit longer for the recovery. But I’m glad he did it. My knee feels great.” Riley added, “until my knees completely give out, not one of them, but both of them, I will be in there fighting it out.”

He plans to “go for it” when he returns:

“When I come back, I promise you, I’m going for it. Now whether I become WWE [World Heavyweight] Champion or I’m in NXT for the next three years, regardless of where I am or where I’m placed, I’m swinging for the fence, so it’s going to make a loud noise and I’m sure you guys are going to hear it, but I have no more, I don’t want to say I have no more fear because I certainly fear things, but very little. Very little at this point.”