Eric Young reflects on nearly losing an ear during a match with Frankie Kazarian.

Professional wrestling is in ballet. Even though that form of expression also has its dangers, losing an ear probably isn’t high on the list for ballet dancers.

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Recently, Eric Young was interviewed by Chris Van Vliet for the Insight podcast and reflected on a time when he had to have his ear reattached following a match with Frankie Kazarian.

“I’m not great on social media, but there was all this stuff, it had to be reattached and all this stuff. It was obviously very serious. I had a huge cut on the back of my ear from a table spot I did with Frankie [Kazarian]. Totally my fault. I’m doing the Spanish Fly. I know when he does it, he kind of goes sideways a bit, kind of turns to one side. In my head he went this way, but he actually doesn’t, he goes this way, and I’m going this way, and he’s going that way, and ended up busting the table with my head. I mean, really, I probably should be dead. As soon as I hit, you can just see the blood just stream down. So the internet does what the internet does, and [says] ‘His ear got ripped off.’ Man, that sounds awesome, that sounds cool. I’m not going to correct them. I’m just going to let them say whatever they want, because the truth is whatever they say is always going to be cooler than the truth. That’s the rule, I’m never going to let truth get in the way of a good story. The story wasn’t I had to have my ear reattached. I think it was eight stitches behind my ear, but it was just bleeding non-stop because of where it was.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Young spoke about plans for him to be paired with Bray, Wyatt and Bo Dallas before he left WWE. Learn more here.

Thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for sending the above quote.