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WWE Superstars would never willingly hurt their adversaries in a match, that being said injuries are still a very recurrent phenomenon in the world of professional wrestling. Almost all of the WWE Superstars have suffered at least one crucial injury in their career.
Many of the WWE Superstars are currently sidelined having suffered a major injury in the ring. Today we look at a list of Superstars who are still injured or recovering from an extensive injury and are quite likely to miss out on this year's edition of WrestleMania.
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#5 Luke Harper
Luke Harper suffered a torn bicep muscle during his last SmackDown Live Tag Team title defence at SummerSlam. This had resulted in Luke Harper and Eric Rowan having to drop their titles on SmackDown the following Tuesday. That was his last television appearance for the WWE.
Luke Harper currently known as just ‘Harper’ is a former Intercontinental champion, one-time NXT Tag Team champion and a two-time SmackDown Tag Team champion once with Bray Wyatt and once with Randy Orton. Luke Harper is also a founding member of the group The Wyatt Family along with Bray Wyatt and Eric Rowan. Subsequently, after the split of The Wyatt Family, he and Eric Rowan reunited and formed The Bludgeon Brothers, and he changed his alias to Harper.
Last time, Harper was seen at a Brad Williams comedy show wearing a cast on his left hand. Also, he had posted on Twitter in March that he had been cleared, but is yet to be programmed back into television. There is no definitive news from WWE as to when Harper will make his return to WWE television. So considering all the actualities he is expected to miss this year’s edition of WrestleMania.
#4 Fandango
Fandango suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder in July of last year. He had to go through an immediate surgery to repair his cartilage. The initial recovery period was estimated to be around 6 months.
Fandango had begun his pro wrestling career back in 1999 and joined the WWE in the year 2006. He won the NXT competition in 2011 under the alias of Johnny Curtis, however, he is yet to win a WWE championship, and has not been in the forefront of WWE television for a while.
He is currently part of a duo-team with Tyler Breeze called Breezango.
Although Fandango made his return back to WWE Performance Centre 2 months ago, he is still on the road to recovery. Estimated date of his return is not yet decided and is most likely not going to feature in WrestleMania 35.
#3 Sin Cara
Sin Cara underwent surgery to repair his knee back in August 2018, after suffering a crazy in-ring accident last year when he awkwardly landed on his knee during a WWE live event in Madrid, Spain. Sin Cara had made the last post about his injury on social media in August after he underwent knee surgery at Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Centre in Birmingham.
Sin Cara is a 41 years old professional wrestler from El Paso, Texas. He started off his career at WWE back in 2019 under the ring-name Hunico. He is a two-time NXT Tag Team Champion with Kalisto.
Neither Sin Cara nor WWE has provided information regarding his on-screen comeback. However, in mid-February of this year, he posted a video on his official Twitter handle, which shows him exercising with his trainer, which had the caption “Getting ready for my comeback”. This gives us hope that his comeback is not too far away. Unfortunately, however, it won’t be soon enough for this week’s WrestleMania.
#2 Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn suffered a shoulder injury during his match with Bobby Lashley at Money In The Bank last year. The diagnosis revealed that his other shoulder needed repairing as well. It was later found out that Sami had been carrying one of the injuries for almost the past decade, without realizing it. He had to undergo immediate surgery on both of his shoulder rotator cuffs.
Sami Zayn is a 34-year-old pro-wrestler from Canada. He started his professional career in the year 2002. He, later on, joined the WWE in 2013. Till now he has won one NXT Championship and a Slammy Award at WWE.
WWE ran an advertisement last December promoting Sami Zayn’s return to the WWE. Sami Zayn was also spotted at the WWE Performance Centre at Orlando, Florida preparing for his return to the WWE. He hasn’t been in a match since June 17. The official date of his return has not been announced by the WWE yet, however, it's going to be post WestleMania 35.
#1 Rey Mysterio
Rey Mysterio suffered an ankle injury during his match against Baron Corbin in the main event of Monday Night Raw. Rey Mysterio had made an official announcement about his injury on his Twitter handle, along with the video of the exact move he suffered the injury from. This forced WWE to pull him out of his match on the following week against Andrade at SmackDown Live.
Rey Mysterio is one of the most successful and popular superstars of the WWE. He made his professional wrestling debut at Mexico in 1989 when he was only 14 years old. He joined the WCW in 1996 and later on in June 2002 his signed his first contract with the WWE.
From then till now he has been a two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, one-time WWE Champion, three-time Cruiserweight Champion, two-time Intercontinental Champion and a four-time WWE Tag Team Champion with Edge, Rob Van Dam, Eddie Guerrero and Batista.
He also won the Royal Rumble in 2006. With a plethora of trophies and a host of other accolades, he is definitely one of the most successful superstars currently competing in the ring.
He was scheduled to face-off against Samoa Joe for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 35. Till now the extent and severity of his injury is unknown. WWE had made an official announcement that Mysterio is scheduled for a re-examination by the doctor, before his title match at this year’s WrestleMania. Though it seems unlikely that he can recover in time for his match, the fans are still keeping their fingers crossed and hoping to see the high-flyer in action this Sunday night.
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