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WWE's Royal Rumble 2020 has come and gone and the standout moment from the whole show was the return of Edge after ten years of sitting on the side-lines due to a career-ending neck injury.
Unfortunately, whilst Edge was an injured Superstar who returned, there were others that picked up injuries during the Royal Rumble weekend. Alexander Wolfe was knocked out the day before at Worlds Collide and Beth Phoenix was busted open pretty badly during the Women's Royal Rumble match.
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But once the dust had settled on Royal Rumble, and we began the inevitable march on the 'Road to WrestleMania', there were several WWE Superstars currently sitting on the injuries list proving we absolutely shouldn't try this at home.
In fact, there are 13 WWE Superstars who are currently injured with various injuries and differing return dates, let's take a look at who those Superstars are.
#13. AJ Styles
'The Phenomenal One' AJ Styles was one of the Superstars who came face to face with Edge during the 'Rated R Superstar's return to WWE and, like the others, Styles was made to eat a particularly devastating spear.
However the former United States Champion landed on his shoulder following the spear and immediately it was clear that he'd picked up an injury. Edge and Styles were then forced to go off script to eliminate Styles from the Royal Rumble earlier than planned.
Following the match it was revealed that Styles had injured his shoulder and the WWE Superstar was quick to take to his Mixer channel to explain what happened and how the injury occurred.
Just so everything is clear, Edge did nothing, absolutely 100% nothing wrong. His move, his spear, everything was perfect the way he did it. If there is any blame put on anybody about what I'm dealing with with my shoulder. it's me. 100% me."
Essentially, Styles tried really hard to sell Edge's spear, but ended up doing himself some damage in the process.
#12. EC3
EC3 has been missing from WWE television for quite some time after appearing in several fun vignettes for the 24/7 Title.
However, it was revealed as per a report in the Wrestling Observer that EC3 is actually out of action due to a concussion which the Superstar is believed to have suffered around September, 2019.
"EC3 remains out of action with a concussion suffered at the end of September.”
Finger's crossed that when the former Impact World Champion returns to WWE he gets a bit more of a push and is used more!
#11. Jinder Mahal
Jinder Mahal hasn't quite lived up to the fact that he once was a WWE Champion, and since dropping the world title, any attempt of his to do so was cut short when the former 3MB member received an injury.
Mahal suffered a Ruptured Patella Tendon on June 15, 2019 and swiftly underwent knee surgery to repair it a month later on June 28th, 2019.
However, it probably won't be long until 'The Modern Day Maharajah' is back on our screens as internal WWE lists have him listed as returning in November 2019. Well, it's February 2020 now and he hasn't returned yet, but it'll be soon!
#10. Ruby Riott
Ruby Riott had a promising start to her main roster career as the Riott Squad and is certainly one of the more interesting and capable wrestlers in the WWE Women's Division, but she has yet to get anywhere near championship gold.
It'll be a little while longer to see her holding a title for fans, as she's currently dealing with two separate shoulder injuries, she received surgery on her right shoulder on May 22nd, 2019 and is believed to be scheduled for surgery for the other shoulder at some point.
With that in mind she was rumored to be returning around the Royal Rumble, even though it's unclear if her left shoulder has been repaired or not.
#9. Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe is someone who has had perhaps the worst luck when it comes to injury in WWE and he always seems to get injured in the lead up to WrestleMania having missed almost all of the 'Manias that have taken place during his time with the company.
Unfortunately 2020 is certainly no different as Joe picked up a suspected concussion during a suicide dive gone wrong on the Monday Night RAW after the Royal Rumble.
It was unclear if Joe's injury was legitimate or storyline at the time, as it left Kevin Owens in a handicap match which he lost, leading some to assume it was all part of the plan. However, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter confirmed it was a legit concussion.
#8. Xavier Woods
Xavier Woods has been injured since October 2019 after doing some damage to his achilles during a tag-team match where he teamed with Big E to take on The Revival at a WWE Live Event in Sydney, Australia.
Woods received surgery to repair his achilles swiftly after picking up the injury, but his downtime is said to be anywhere between six months to a year.
Woods is expected to be out until summer of this year, although his evaluation date has been moved up to May, which would still see him miss WrestleMania.
#7. Sasha Banks
It hasn't been 'Boss Time' for quite some time now as Sasha Banks has bizarrely been off WWE television for a few weeks. She even missed the Royal Rumble despite Bayley saying she'd be there, so what's going on?
Well it seems that Sasha Banks has an undisclosed injury and isn't cleared to compete in a WWE ring at the moment, which is why she missed the Women's Royal Rumble match that she clearly would've been part of.
The speculation was that she had an ankle injury although no-one has been able to confirm that. The other rumor is that Banks picked up a rib/chest injury when Dana Brooke fully landed on her when performing a Swanton Bomb on January 3rd. Coincidentally Banks hasn't wrestled since then.
#6. Ember Moon
Ember Moon is another Superstar, like Ruby Riott, who hasn't quite hit the heights that they should be hitting on the main roster, but sadly, Moon hasn't been hitting anything at all because she's been out of action since Fall 2019.
Moon actually injured her achilles and revealed that it happened when she was chasing the 24/7 Championship in one of the title's usually harmless skits.
"As I’m coming through, the curtain shuts, I open it, go through. Truth is dropping Carmella and I’m going full speed and I had to hit the brakes. I was just like, ‘whoah,’ BOOM, and I felt a pop.”
Ember has stated she doesn't want to rush back from this injury so it's unclear how long she will be out for.
#5. Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy has been off for a while now having undergone successful surgery in May to repair multiple lingering issues in his left knee, including a reported PCL tear that had occured four years prior.
He was supposed to return 6-9 months later but due to issues surrounding his personal life and a couple of alcohol related arrests WWE have put his return on hold indefinitely until he is able to overcome those issues.
#4. Jason Jordan
Jason Jordan was once thought to be one of the fastest rising and most promising Superstars on the main roster having been slingshotted into the main event scene via virtue of being Kurt Angle's storyline son.
However his career was cut short due to worrying numbness he was experiencing in his arms caused by a neck injury. This occurred in January 2018 and the RAW Superstar received surgery to fix this issue in February 2018.
We're now two years later and Jordan still hasn't fully recovered from these issues, meaning he isn't allowed to return to the ring and is instead acting as a backstage producer. However, his onscreen father Kurt Angle did reveal that Jordan is undergoing more surgery and is hopeful to return to the ring.
#3. Nia Jax
Nia Jax wrestled at Wrestlemania 2019 in the Fatal Fourway Women's Tag-Team Title match with two torn ACL's, purely so that her tag-team partner Tamina could have her WrestleMania moment. What a badass!
However Jax then immediately took time away from WWE and was expected to be out of action for 8-14 months. This puts her squarely in the region of returning any day between now and WrestleMania.
She has begun training at the Performance Center again so it's only a matter of time!
#2. Mickie James
Mickie James has been doing periodic work on the announce table for WWE over the last few months because she has been unable to compete in the ring after undergoing surgery for a torn ACL in July, 2019.
Her expected return was April 2020 which would put her squarely in line to return at WrestleMania provided her recovery is going well!
#1. Lars Sullivan
Admittedly, there might now be many obstacles stopping Lars Sullivan from returning to WWE's main roster given his struggles with mental health and the revelation of his past dalliances with the adult film industry.
With that in mind, it's easy to forget that the reason why Sullivan was taken off of television in the first place was because he picked up a knee injury that is said to keep him on the shelf until June 2020.
Don't be fooled by that late return date though, as Sullivan could absolutely be one of those Superstars that miraculously return a few months earlier, it would certainly be inkeeping with his character.
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