Finn Balor underwent successful surgery on his torn labrum in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday. Balor was forced to relinquish the WWE Universal Championship on Monday Night Raw. Balor was injured at SummerSlam on Sunday night after taking a running powerbomb from Seth Rollins.
He is expected to be out of action for 4-6 months and he will now go home to begin his rehab. WWE announced that a new Universal Champion will be crowned at this coming Monday’s episode of Raw.
If he is out for 6 months then he will be back in time for WrestleMania season. Balor posted the following tweet after his surgery:
Sunday -Win the Title at #SummerSlam
Monday -Relinquish the Title at #Raw
Tuesday – Surgery
Wednesday – day 1 pic.twitter.com/hAUPqymdpR— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) August 24, 2016
Seth Rollins posted the following message for Finn on Tuesday afternoon:
Thank you, Finn.
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) August 23, 2016