{"id":12801,"date":"2016-03-08T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2016-03-08T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T16:40:00","slug":"big-update-on-davey-richardss-recovery-from-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/08\/big-update-on-davey-richardss-recovery-from-knee-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Big update on Davey Richards&#8217;s recovery from knee surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2550625251\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Current TNA tag champion Davey Richards says he expects to return sooner than 6-9 months from a major knee injury suffered at the end of TNA&#8217;s U.K. tour in January.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview, Richards established a timeline of blowing out his left ACL on January 31, having surgery on February 17, and now rehabbing\u00a0with his medical team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m recovering now and nobody can believe that I am recovering as fast as I am,&#8221; Richards told the <a href=\"http:\/\/tmptow.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-03-07T21_00_00-08_00\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling<\/em> podcast<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;I laugh when people say I may be out 6-9 months and I kind of say yeah we will see because if you understand the science of it you understand that the body is giving it the fuel to repair itself. 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