on june 7, 2015, it was announced that kidd suffered a severe neck and spinal injury in a dark match with samoa joe on raw. kidd announced that he would be out for over a year. kidd tweeted that 5% of people are able to survive his injury and that he had 16 staples, 4 screws and a rod inserted in his neck. dave meltzer of the "wrestling observer newsletter" said "it is unbelievable that tyson kidd came through as well as he did", and said that most people who survive the injury end up being a quadriplegic.