Kyle O’Reilly: “I Would Love To Wrestle Into My 50s”

O’Reilly got himself a strength and conditioning coach.

After recovering from an arm fracture and a bulging disc in his neck, Kyle O’Reilly returned at AEW’s Dynasty pay-per-view in his home province of British Columbia, Canada.

Before his return, O’Reilly guest appeared on This is VANCOLOUR, and during the chat, he stated that he would love to wrestle into his 50s. He hired a strength and conditioning coach to help him navigate things.

O’Reilly said it’s inspiring to see Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, and Chris Jericho putting on quality matches at their ages. He went on to state that there are other ways for him to stay involved in wrestling without being an in-ring performer.

“It’s hard to say,” O’Reilly initially responded when asked if he’s looking to wrestle into his 50s. “I think the most important things is that wrestlers, we look at ourselves as professional athletes now. It wasn’t always like that in a bygone era, and so, we put a lot more into our recovery, into our rehab. I work with a strength and conditioning coach now who does all my programming and all my rehab… I don’t have to think about that now so, I can just think about my rehab and things like that. So I think that does add years to your career. It is a grind, the travel’s hard. Being away from your family is hard. I’m a Type 1 diabetic as well so that puts a lot of stress on my body as well. Lifelong diabetic on top of being a wrestler. That said, I would love to wrestle into my 50s. I’ll be 40 next year. I’ve been in the business since 2005, so 21 years this year which blows my mind to even say. But yeah, it’s an inspiration seeing guys like Edge — or (Adam) Copeland and Christian (Cage) and (Chris) Jericho still going and still putting out amazing matches. That’s awesome to see and so yeah, and the thing about wrestling, you’re involved. Doesn’t mean that I would always have to remain a wrestler. There’s producing jobs, there’s coaching jobs, I could open a school. I think in some way, I’ll always be involved in the business, whether it’s as a wrestler or in another capacity.”

At Dynasty, O’Reilly teamed with Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong to defeat The Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Clark Connors) to become the new AEW World Trios Champions.

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