Rey Mysterio is unfortunately on the sidelines with another knee injury that resulted in him undergoing surgery as he had the operation earlier this week, putting over the total count of knee surgeries he has had in his career over ten.
At Crown Jewel, Mysterio lost the United States Titles to Logan Paul in Saudi Arabia before being written off television last week on SmackDown. Santos Escobar turned heel and attacked him because Escobar felt Mysterio was siding with Carlito.
Return timeframe
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Mysterio dealt with the injury for three months and will be out of action for at least a month and a half.
“So the deal with Rey is going to be out for 6 to 8 weeks. He had a torn meniscus for three months,” Meltzer stated. “But the idea was that because of the Logan Paul match and also the angle, but mainly the Logan Paul match being in Saudi, he wanted to stay. Basically, the deal was that he was going to stay for Saudi to lose to Logan Paul and then immediately do the angle with Santos.”
Future plans
Many fans felt the heel turn was rushed, and Meltzer pointed out that they could’ve started doing teases before then. The plan is for there to be a group vs. group feud when Mysterio returns. Mysterio and Carlito will take on Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro. It’s unclear who will get the LWO name or if WWE will continue with it.
“But it’s going to be a group versus group thing. Carlito will be with Rey, and Santos will be with, at least right now, Cruz and Joaquin. I don’t know where Zelina’s going. And so that’s the situation there,” Meltzer stated.
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