Kit Wilson Details How Elton Prince Got Injured, Says Prince Has Very Been Supportive Of His Solo Run

Kit Wilson speaks about his partner’s injury.

Elton Prince of the tag team Pretty Deadly has been out of action since May 2025. Prince has since undergone neck fusion surgery, and that was discussed by his partner Kit Wilson on the newest episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet.

Wilson detailed how the injury happened:

“He (Elton Prince) took a reverse DDT, and I think I was in it as well… maybe a reverse DDT and a flatliner. It was obviously an accident; things happen. We know what we’re getting into, but I think he just landed wrong, and he says he felt a certain kind of shock, and then he didn’t feel anything and then it’s quite…” Wilson got choked up and then continued, “It’s alright. I’ll get there… It’s crazy because you watch it back and his fingers kind of curl up and it’s really a bit horrible to rewatch knowing what it was. He got injured, he got hurt. It was a reverse DDT, and then when he’s trying to figure out in the ring what’s going on, he took another thing which cut him open, so he was bleeding a fair amount, and I think initially, everyone, including myself and other people, thought that was like a big injury, because it was a lot of blood. I remember I was on the floor and he makes his way to the corner, and I’m kind of looking up at him thinking something’s up. Obviously, I didn’t know how serious it was. So I’m starting to shout at him and say things, and I can’t remember what he was saying but he was kind of saying, ‘I’m fine. I’m good, I’m good, I’m good,’ and then I think they maybe make their way to the top rope and I get on the apron and again, I’m kind of just assessing, and then I just realized, oh, I’m getting in… I’m kind of still trying to figure out what happened, and then it’s some point in there, I’m just screaming, ‘Get down! Get down! Get down!’ Because we were in a position, I think I was gonna electric chair him, and I assumed we would have gone for our old independent finish which I used to have electric chair. He used to jump off and do a European uppercut. The O.G. Split Milk. But then I just realized something was up so I said, ‘Get down, get down, get down,’ and then I think I powerbombed Nathan Frazer at the time, and then he was out for the rest of the match. I remember the doctors were with him, and then I was in there for maybe like a minute and a half more, kind of just trying to survive, and that was it. It was all the next few days just kind of trying to figure out what it was and then we had some phone calls, and it was this and it was that and it was tears, and he’s going through it. It’s his thing. It’s his challenge, it’s his battle. He’s doing great, but it’s such a hard thing. So horrible to see him go through it, especially because I love him so much.”

Wilson went on to state that he was nervous about being at SmackDown without his partner. He added that Prince has been very supportive.

“Oh my goodness-God, yeah. The first day I went to SmackDown without Elton (Prince), I felt like I was five years old going to school for the first time. Because again, we are best friends, we met on the independents, we signed together, we’ve done everything together. When we moved over to America, we lived together. We talk every day. I love him, and we viewed each other as one person. We never talk to anyone, and tried to talk as individuals. It was always about the team, so to do it on my own, I’ve never been more nervous in my life. But he’s been really supportive, we talk all the time. He’s always saying, ‘What have you got? What are you doing? You’re gonna smash it.’ He always says, ‘Good job.’ So it was nice to have his support but it was so nerve-racking going in, and now I feel like I’m finding my footing, and I feel comfortable. It’s kind of fulfilling doing this whole new part of it, but it is scary and I miss him.”

Wilson is featured on the SmackDown brand.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Insight with Chris Van Vliet with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.