WWE announced on Wednesday night that Ryback suffered an undisclosed injury while wrestling on Raw Monday night. His Intercontinental Championship defense against The Big Show and The Miz at this Sunday’s WWE Battleground PPV is off due to the injury.
The WWE Battleground pay-per-view event takes place on July 19, 2015, at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It will be the third event under the Battleground chronology. The event will be shown on the WWE Network and traditional pay-per-view outlets.
In an update, Ryback wrote the following on Twitter:
After Raw Monday I woke up Tuesday morning before some media appearances with a severe staff infection in my right knee. I was brought to a
— RYBACK (@Ryback) July 16, 2015
Hospital and put on strong antibiotics and had 90 cc of fluid drained out of knee in a 24 hour period. We caught it in time thanks to the
— RYBACK (@Ryback) July 16, 2015
Great WWE medical team and I will make a full recovery. Will be kept in the hospital for several days and I will not be able to defend my
— RYBACK (@Ryback) July 16, 2015
Intercontinental Championship this Sunday. I am sorry to all my fans and the WWE. I will be back shortly, but I have to get this corrected.
— RYBACK (@Ryback) July 16, 2015
