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WWE is a professional wrestling company. Given their status as the top wrestling promotion in the world, they also have one of the biggest rosters of performers who perform throughout the year. They not only perform on television, but also on house shows. Given the pressure that they put themselves through, injuries are a part and parcel of the business.
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At any point in time, WWE has several wrestlers on the shelf who are either recovering from injuries or have been recently injured or are waiting on the sidelines waiting to return to the main stage.
WWE had a rough week when it came to injuries, with very few improvements to report, and more deteriorations in condition.
Keeping in mind that a lot of what happens in WWE is kayfabe, in this article we will be taking a look at those stars who have legitimately suffered some form of injury and are recovering or waiting to make a return to television.
Without any further ado, let's get into all the WWE wrestlers who were either injured or continued their process of rehabilitation from injury in the past week.
Recovering - #1 Goldust
Goldust had undergone surgery on both of his knees to deal with a chronic condition he had in his knees. At his age, he is still agile, but a surgery like that will take time to recover from. While he is up and about and was even made an honorary Sherrif's deputy at Williamson County, it will be a while before the Golden One can return to his duties full-time in WWE.
Deterioration - #2 Jason Jordan:
For a long time, it had been thought that Jordan's surgery had been successful and that he was one the way back to the ring. He was even reported to be backstage at a show of WWE's Monday Night Raw. However, it appears that it is no longer the case. Not only is Jordan not back in the ring at the moment, he may not be back for a long time.
Jordan reportedly experienced numbness in his fingers, and given that he had suffered a neck injury, this is extremely serious. The severity of his injury may be more than had been expected at first, so, Kurt Angle's kayfabe son has not been cleared by WWE's doctors to return to the ring as he had expected.
At the moment, it is not known when Jordan will return. There are rumours that he may return at SummerSlam, but if the rumours of the severity of his injury are true, then that may not be possible.
Recovering - #3 The Big Show:
Another WWE star who has been out for a while is Big Show. The World's Largest Athlete has been on the shelf for a while now, and his hip surgery developed complications which kept him from training.
Although he is yet to retire from his in-ring role, the Big Show is currently performing his ambassadorial and promotional duties for WWE. It is still unclear if the Giant will return to the ring again, and if so when that will be.
Recovering - #4 Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn suffered an injury while wrestling, and had been working in the ring with two torn rotator cuffs. He was taken off the television and underwent shoulder surgeries. While it is not yet clear when he will make it back, he did update that he was feeling good after his second surgery. It is expected he could return around WrestleMania season next year.
Recovering - #5 Fandango
Fandango underwent surgery for his shoulder after letting his fans know that he would see them in again in six months back in July. He had suffered a torn labrum, from which it would take time to recover.
Currently, one half of Fashion Police is not expected back in WWE anytime before the Royal Rumble.
New Injury - #6 Aleister Black
While on NXT, Black's injury was written off as an attack in the parking lot, Black did actually suffer an injury during an NXT Live Event earlier in August. He suffered a groin injury and will be out of the picture and even require surgery.
Almost recovered? - #7 Dean Ambrose
Dean Ambrose had suffered a triceps injury, although he continued to work with it. He had to be written off WWE television and was done following an attack by Samoa Joe and the Bar. However, since then it has almost been 9 months, which was the estimated period for which he would be out of action.
Given SummerSlam is right around the corner, there is speculation that Ambrose will return to action soon, and come back to help Seth Rollins, who will be facing Dolph Ziggler, who has Drew at his side. He could turn heel on Rollins upon his return, making it the first time that Ambrose has been a heel since his first run with the Shield.
Recovering - #8 Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss
Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss appeared to be primed for a push by WWE when the NXT tag team were split apart. Even when torn apart, however, the push did not come for the duo. On the one hand, Sabbatelli might be out of action for nine months following a torn pectoral muscle, while Moss injured himself a week later, putting himself on the shelf for any time between six to eight months with a torn Achilles tendon.
Waiting to return - #9 Epico Colon
One-half of the Colons, Epico has been out of action for quite some time. Even though the Colons have not really been prominent in WWE, Epico's injury has seen both of them sidelined even more. He underwent surgery for his shoulder back in January.
Almost recovered - #10 Ricochet
Ricochet suffered an injury during the European tour. According to an update by him on Wrestling Observer, Ricochet has not been on WWE television for the past few weeks, except on one occasion to recover from his injury. He is set to face Adam Cole for the North American Title at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4, and the time away from the ring is to help him recover from his injuries.
Recovering - #11 Bobby Fish
Bobby Fish found himself injured in an NXT Live Event where he injured his knee just prior to WrestleMania weekend. This meant that he could not do as much as he wanted to there.
He underwent surgery, although he appears with the Undisputed Era on a regular basis, he still does not wrestle. He might return before Survivor Series and Wargames, but recent rumours say it will be December before he comes back.
Recovering - #12 Tamina
Tamina is not yet back in WWE and after a soldier injury took time off to heal. She is currently on a hiatus and her return date is not known. Given that the first-ever Women's pay-per-view is scheduled for October, she may return before then.
Recovered and waiting to return - #13 Ariya Daivari
The 205 Live star appears to be set to return, and with a new gimmick. He shared a promo of his saying that he is coming back from injury.
Recovering - #14 Maria Kanellis
Maria Kanellis recently gave birth to her child and was training to come back to the ring, when she suffered an injury. She broke her wrist and will be wearing a cast for the next six weeks, but is determined to be back in time for Evolution in October.
Returns:
This week saw two returns of previously injured stars as well.
#1 Lince Dorado
He returned to team up with Kalisto on 205 Live.
#2 Ruby Riott
Ruby Riott returned on Raw to cause a distraction allowing Sarah Logan and Mandy Rose to defeat Bayley and Sasha Banks.
