“I’ve known Konnan forever, and man, he had my back in WCW in 1999. I’ll never forget that.

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The original statement from elplancitas on Twitter/X stated, “I can confirm that Carlos Santiago Espada (62 years old) had a leg amputated. For some time now, the Triple A star has been dealing with health problems that have left him in a delicate state in San Diego, United States.”

Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com stated the following about what he has heard…

“He’s been in rough shape for a while now, probably since the last time he was on AAA television, so it’s probably been six weeks. I don’t know all of the details. I believe that he will be probably addressing it soon. He’s been in and out of the hospital, mostly in, that much I know. That’s about it, really.”

Konnan has faced several health issues over the years, including a kidney transplant in 2007. In 2022, he underwent dialysis due to kidney complications stemming from a Covid-19 diagnosis in 2021.

Despite these challenges, Konnan has stayed active in the wrestling world through his podcast and his work with AAA, where he has also served as a commentator.

Konnan no murió, pero sufre amputación.

Puedo confirmar que a Carlos Santiago Espada (62 años) le amputaron una pierna. Desde hace tiempo la estrella de Triple A arrastra problemas de salud que lo tienen en un estado delicado en San Diego, Estados Unidos.@record_mexico pic.twitter.com/FVP7bbfeP7

— El Planchitas (@elplanchitas) March 7, 2026

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“Here’s the thing that I’ve been telling people but of course the fans are so passionate, and some of them are just to fanatical. Our problem in AAA isn’t our talent. It’s not our booking. It’s that we didn’t have any money. So, for example, they said in WWE that if you (AAA) put all our TVs together for one year, it’s not as much as they (WWE) spend on one TV in the United States. We’re working with WWE. It doesn’t get any better than that, and so our show will look a lot better, and we’re going to be be able to work with their talent, and now with money, you’ll see what we can fu**ing do.”

The reason they sold the company is because Dorian Roldan [long-time key executive in AAA] put his ego to the side, and he understood we could never grow if we didn’t have help and capital, and now we have it, but business was not bad. I’ve said this a million fu**ing times that if business was bad, and this is very well documented, okay, the last two years, all of our TVs have been from 85% to full.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)

Konnan added that he will be having a role with the creative team moving forward.

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In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com noted the following about Konnan’s health…

“Konnan has been hospitalized at this point for the last 26 days, after getting diverticulitis and then having other health issues stemming from it. He is hopeful to be home this weekend for the first time. I suspect he’ll go through it in detail when he’s able to do his podcast but the situation was very grave at one point, but he was able to make a turnaround that actually surprised doctors who feared the worst.”

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“Tony got really, really mad about this and I can’t even believe he got mad. I was thinking to myself, you’ve got so many girls but you’re going to use her.. okay. And then I said on the podcast, I go ‘some chick got (COVID)’ because I’m pretty sure he didn’t want me to say the name. And when he saw me, he goes, ‘What do you mean some chick?’ Like, oh give me a break, dude. So, would you rather have had me say the name?’ It’s not being disrespectful. If you say ‘chick’ I think they know what you mean. ‘Hey, that’s a hot chick,’ is that disrespectful?”

“We’ve been selling out everywhere. We don’t even need AEW, and they’re expensive and it’s hard to deal with them because they pull ’em out at the last minute. I see they haven’t had that problem with Arena Mexico. Whether he’s trying to stick it up… because I don’t put over his thing or he’s just having a good business relationship and it’s easier to work with them, I have no idea.”

“I’m going to be very vague with what I’m about to tell you and remember I said it today and very soon you’ll find out what I’m talking about, what comes around goes around. And when it happens, you’re going to go, ‘Okay, now I see what you’re talking about.’ So, have your little fun while you can.” (quotes courtesy of F4WOnline.com)

Konnan later wrote the following on Twitter/X…

“its funny dat a ? I answered on my podcast is being questioned by da AEW fanboys..I get it Tony can do no wrong & I can do no right in there eyes. I get along w/Tony texted him a msg like 3 weeks ago that I really enjoyed da show & on podcast said I liked last weeks but that will never be published..We just have different visions professionally.”

its funny dat a ? I answered on my podcast is being questioned by da AEW fanboys..I get it Tony can do no wrong & I can do no right in there eyes
I get along w/Tony texted him a msg like 3 weeks ago that I really enjoyed da show & on podcast said I liked last weeks but that…

— Konnan (@Konnan5150) July 9, 2024

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“I never thought it was Hulk Hogan. I always thought it was [Scott] Hall and [Kevin] Nash. As a matter of fact, I said Eric [Bischoff] hitched his wagon to Hogan instead of the other guys ’cause they were the ones coming up with the cool ideas. They were the cool factor. He’s [Hogan] the one that said, ‘Bro, I’m getting booed. I’ve got to do something to resurrect my career.’ Kevin Sullivan and Eric were the ones that convinced him [to turn heel]. They had to sequester him to make sure he didn’t change his mind or somebody got in his ear, whatever was going on.”

“To me, when they fired X-Pac — ’cause I was there, I was friends with them — and they were sitting in the arena, and they were hot as a motherfu**er. They had shirts on, like button-down shirts, and they opened up their shirts and they had WWE shirts. They were willing to go up in the fu**ing ring, open up their shirts show WWE, and support X-Pac. When Eric fired X-Pac, they took their ball and went home — meaning, they were not giving any more ideas, they weren’t coming in on time, they weren’t playing anymore, and just the jealousy and everybody cutting each other’s throats. And Hogan always looking up for himself, that was part of the reason.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingInc.com)

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“What’s the majority of their [Cole and MJF] fans — nerds, geeks, not disparaging, not demeaning, it is what it is, right? That gets over with that fanbase, the trampoline-jumping, and the best friend s***t and all that, they are eating that up. MJF has decided, because I’m sure MJF writes his own s**t, I can not see Tony [Khan] writing this, well I kind of can, but I’m sure that MJF writes his own s**t and Cole is there participating because they know it’ll get over with their fans. What happened when they got in the ring? They had the fans eating out of the palm of their hands because there are only real two good storylines right now — Chris Jericho and them.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingInc.com)

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“I had written my speech like three days before because I was really, really busy. The way I work is I can talk right off the top of my head, because that’s what we do on the podcast, but when I do a promo, usually I’ve gone over it in my head a couple of times. I like to memorize it so I can own it because that’s something that I learned from actors, that when you memorize your lines, you’re not thinking about them so you can do other stuff and you’re not just like, trying to remember the lines and you’re kinda like one dimensional.”

“They actually gave me a speech writer, and I want to shout out this guy, Brian Yang. He was fu**ing incredible. He was very professional. He was very accommodating. I had written out three days before what I wanted to say. They were like, ‘Oh, we need to see whatever it is you’re gonna say’. I had like a seven minute thing, and they were like, ‘Oh, you only have three minutes’, and I go, ‘Bro, there’s no way I can properly represent this fu**ing legend in three fu**ing minutes.’ So the guy goes, ‘Well, let me see if I can get you five’, and I was thinking to myself, ‘Alright, give me five because I’m gonna take seven.’ Here’s my thing. If I was gonna get heat, I get heat. I don’t give a sh*t. I’m gonna properly introduce my boy.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)

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“Well, I would be very disappointed if it wasn’t me (inducting Rey Mysterio into the WWE Hall of Fame). But, Rey has asked me and so we’re still negotiating and until they put it out there, till they officially announce it, I really can’t say anything on it. But I have been contacted.”

Konnan also said the following about Rey vs. his son Dominik…

“I would put Dominik (Mysterio) over (at WrestleMania 39 if he faces Rey). Rey’s already over. That would get mega heat.” (quotes courtesy of PostWrestling.com)

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“Konnan will be inducting Rey into the Hall of Fame. Rey asked for him and the company approved it. As noted last night, to me it was the only choice.”

Rey and Konnan’s friendship goes back to the start of Rey’s wrestling career and the two were paired together in WCW. In 2018, Rey said the following to Bill Apter about how Konnan helped him…

“It doesn’t matter how good you are at what you do, sometimes if you don’t have the right person with that right connection to open up doors for you, it’ll be hard for you to succeed, and Konnan, what he did, I owe him my life for opening doors for me.”

Konnan will be inducting Rey into the Hall of Fame. Rey asked for him and the company approved it. As noted last night, to me it was the only choice.

— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) March 11, 2023

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