Beer City Bruiser is recovering.
Beer City Bruiser appeared on Ring of Honor television as part of The Bouncers with Brian Milonas. Since Tony Khan bought ROH in March 2022 and the company went on hiatus, Bruiser has continued to be active on the independent circuit.
In an interview with Nick Hausman of Haus of Wrestling, Bruiser disclosed that he recently undergone hip surgery and provided an update on his recovery.
“The best way to describe it is everything in my right hip was completely dead. The bone, the labrum was gone, the cartilage was gone. My femoral head was actually being absorbed into my pelvis bone,” he described. “The doctor had said I had bone spurs on the head of the femoral, which is normal for any type of breaks or stuff. When he went in there, the reason it took the extra hour is because I had two particular bone spurs that were the size of his fist that were encapsulating the femoral head, and he had to take a chisel and chisel them out because they couldn’t move my leg to get the fake hip in. And he came out and told my wife, ‘I’m surprised the way that hip was when we went in there; I’m surprised he walked in here this morning.’”
Beer City Bruiser Via Haus of Wrestling
Doctors told Bruiser nearly a decade ago, when he originally joined with ROH, that he would need hip replacement surgery. Doctors predict that “it will take about three to six months for him to recover from the surgery, and after about a year, it will be ‘completely a part of my body.'”
It is unknown whether Bruiser will be able to continue his in-ring career, but he says he is content to serve in a backstage role for the time being, and potentially indefinitely. He is currently employed by AML in North Carolina as a trainer and producer.
BodySlam wishes Beer City Bruiser a speedy recovery.
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