Kofi Kingston has been on the sidelines since suffering an ankle injury on March 3rd.
The injury occurred in a segment on SmackDown which saw Kingston trying to stake his claim to a shot at Gunther’s Intercontinental Championship.
During the melee, Drew McIntyre launched himself over the top rope onto Kingston, Xavier Woods, and LA Knight. Kingston caught the brunt of the move and his leg twisted awkwardly, leading to him needing medical attention.
The star underwent surgery later the same month and has now provided a positive update on his recovery.
Former WWE Champion Kofi Kingston’s rehab is going “really well”
Kingston was a guest on the latest edition of the Battleground Podcast, where he gave some details on the surgery.
“I’m actually in Orlando right now doing some rehab on my ankle. I had ankle surgery to remove a bone chip and fix a ligament after the massive Scottish, behemoth of a man’s Drew McIntyre landed on my leg and my body went east and my leg went West and my ankle was completely sprained.
“They took out some bone chips and fixed the ligament. And now I’m on the mend. You know, somewhere in between a robot and a zombie. I’m working my way back to the fold. So it’s all good.”
Now 12 weeks into rehab, Kingston says he is ahead of schedule and already doing “normal people things.”
“I’m doing really well. I actually had this same surgery on the same ankle about six years ago to have bone chips removed. So I feel like this time around, like I kind of know what to expect.
“I’ve been kind of ahead of schedule for the most part, and I’m really able to do a lot of like normal people things and live a normal life.
“So now it’s just a matter of trying to, like go to the next level and do WWE Superstar things, you know what I mean in-ring, things like that. I’ve been in Orlando for the past week, just kind of seeing where I’m at and things are looking pretty good.
“So hopefully sooner than later you’ll see me in the ring, you know, but you are going to see me hosting the [Michigan] Panthers.”
H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the above transcription