AEW’s Luchasaurus returned to the promotion back in August 2025 after being hospitalized in September the previous 12 months. The previous AEW TNT Champion rekindled his friendship with Jack Perry to reform The Jurassic Express; nevertheless he’s since been sidelined with a shoulder injury. Looking back on the bout with pneumonia he suffered that almost cost him his life, Luchasaurus expressed how his touch with death modified his outlook on life during an interview on “Talk Is Jericho.”
“We thought it was perhaps a pulmonary embolism,” he said. “It was so scary to think that, so then they [were] like, ‘No, you might have actually pneumonia, however it’s spread to each lungs, so we will provide you with these meds and just pray.'” Luchasaurus then added that he originally used to simply shrug off sickness. “For those who’re sick, who cares? Like, I’ll get well; it’s advantageous. But then I noticed – I began learning about actually how fragile your lungs are, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that is so much!”
Although he says he was cleared just a few months after the incident, Luchasaurus spent a substantial period of time at home even after he felt ready, and it caused him to re-evaluate the way in which he views pro wrestling. While there have been some voices in his ear encouraging him to push to turn out to be a singles star, the person behind the Luchasaurus mask doesn’t see his profession that way.
“I’m like, ‘Not every character must be focused on that.’ I just like the character that I’m playing as Luchasaurus, and I believe there is a place for that.”
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