Darby Allin Recalls Scheduled Match Against GUNTHER Being Cancelled Because Allin Suffered Brain Bleed

The two talents ended up facing each other in EVOLVE.

The latest guest to sit down with Chris Van Vliet was AEW’s Darby Allin. As they were going over highlights from Allin’s career, his match against GUNTHER f.k.a. WALTER at EVOLVE 106 was brought up.

Allin stated that it is his favorite match from his time on the indies. He shared that he and GUNTHER were supposed to wrestle weeks before their June 2018 bout, but Allin ended up suffering a brain bleed. Allin said that had he not gone to get checked by a doctor after experiencing symptoms, he may have died in the June 2018 match against GUNTHER.

“Dude, it was my favorite on the independents. It was so fun. It was incredible. I remember that. I just remember I was supposed to originally wrestle him a month prior, but, I had this crazy, crazy injury where I was bleeding from the brain, and it was like a double shot where I wrestled in the morning and I was supposed to wrestle GUNTHER at night — WALTER at the time — wrestle him at night. Two shows in one day and then the morning show, I hit the concrete on my head so hard… Everything started to get quiet and felt like something was swelling and I could barely hear people. I was like, ‘Oh, this ain’t normal.’ Went to the hospital and like, ‘You’re bleeding from the brain. We had to put you under,’ and stuff like that. So, it’s pretty crazy. But imagine if I didn’t go to the hospital. I probably would have died that night against WALTER. But yeah, fast forward, I end up having the singles match with him and it was incredible. It was so fun. It was so fun because when I’m in there, I love being in the ring with guys where you can actually be lost in the moment. Guys like GUNTHER, Brody King. All these people where it feels like I’m in a real fight. It’s gnarly. That was incredible.”

Allin is signed to All Elite Wrestling, and GUNTHER is under contract to WWE. That match in 2018 was their only match, and Allin came out on top.

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