WWE Star Injured, Shelton Benjamin WWE Return Update

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They might not be able to book babyfaces you can cheer, nor heels you can ever fully ‘boo’,
but credit where credit’s due: WWE can book big, sweaty men really well.
After deadlifting an ambulance on Roman Reigns last week, last night’s Monday Night Braun
had The Monster Among Men beat up R-Truth, throw Goldust through a gate and dump Kalisto
in a bin.
The night’s big set piece, however, came in the main event, where Strowman suplexed
Big Show off the middle rope, causing the ring to collapse.
I don’t know what they thought was going to happen.
Last time these two main evented Raw, the whole night was built around reinforcing the
ring fittings.
This time, no reinforcing.
Kurt Angle needs to read up on the health and safety requirements.
Strowman responded with his typical run of intimidating hashtags:
“#EveryoneWillFall #RawBelongsToBraun #MonsterAmongMen” Thankfully Strowman didn’t run into Finn
Balor during his backstage rampage.
Huh, that rhymes.
Oh god, Michael Cole’s going to make that their new awkward WWE phrase.
The Demon King reportedly suffered a concussion in his match against Jinder Mahal last week,
and was pulled from the weekend’s WWE live events.
PWInsider reported that Balor needed to pass the ImPACT test - that’s the thing that
makes sure you’ve recovered from a concussion.
Nothing to do with TNA - to be cleared to return to the ring in Columbus, Ohio yesterday.
It appears he passed, as Finn cautiously competed against Curt Hawkins, going over in a 30 second
squash match where he took zero bumps.
Unfortunately Dash Wilder hasn’t been so lucky.
Pro Wrestling Sheet were the first to report The Revival wrestler had been injured, which
an article on WWE’s website has since confirmed, revealing Dash broke his jaw at an NXT live
event in South Carolina on Friday night in a tag match against Shinsuke Nakamura and
Hideo Itami.
NXT doctor Jeff Westerfield is quoted saying: “The test came back showing a jaw fracture.
As a result, he will be getting his jaw wired [Friday at 9 a.m.] and we are looking forward
to him being back on the main roster in about eight weeks.”
This is frustrating timing for The Revival, who had some serious momentum after debuting
on Raw’s main roster the night after Wrestlemania, taking out Kofi Kingston with a storyline
injury, and - in their biggest heel move - kicking over an ice cream cart.
Shortly after the brand split last July, Smackdown started running videos promoting the return
of Shelton Benjamin.
But before his redebut, Benjamin had to undergo surgery for a torn rotator cuff, indefinitely
delaying his return.
So when The Gold Standard tweeted several days before Wrestlemania that he was “OFFICIALLY
CLEARED to return to action,” everyone understandably assumed: I can’t wait for his return to
be wasted in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
But then he didn’t show up.
And he wasn’t on the post-Wrestlemania Smackdown either, nor the Superstar Shake-Up the week
after: three perfect opportunities to stage Benjamin’s return.
Last week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that as Shelton never passed his
initial medical - he failed it, which was why he had to undergo surgery - WWE never
officially signed him, and as of right now, there’s “no word if the WWE will sign
him now that he’s ready to return.”
Shelton has since confirmed this on Twitter: “Let me clear this up now.
I am not signed to @WWE.
I never signed due to injury.
While that could change, as of 4-16-2017 I am a free agent”
Benjamin is instead promoting independent wrestling dates all over the world through
May and June.
Watch my review of this week’s episode of Raw - aka How I Learned To Stop Worrying and
Love The Strowman - and Mauro Ranallo is firing shots at WWE.
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WWE Star Injured, Shelton Benjamin WWE Return Update | WrestleTalk News April 2017

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