AEW World Heavyweight Champion MJF suffered real injuries during the main event of AEW Full Gear 2023 pay-per-view event, where he worked two matches from Los Angeles at the Kia Forum.
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MJF and Samoa Joe beat The Gunns in the ROH Tag Team Title match on the pre-show before retaining the World Heavyweight Title against Jay White in the main event.
The top AEW star suffered a real hip injury in the main event and needed it to be popped back in after the show. He also suffered a real shoulder injury.
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The good news is he won’t be missing any TV time nor plans to get surgery to fix the torn labrum, something he announced on Monday. He’s still slated to defend the World Heavyweight Title against Samoa Joe at Worlds End next month. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted MJF is also still in a lot of pain with his hip.
“The swelling is down on his hip, but the pain is not down,” Meltzer stated. “He’s hurting on the hip. The shoulder is, I guess, the more serious of the two.”
Meltzer pointed out that MJF had this exact same tear when wrestling Jack Perry at Double or Nothing in 2020.
“But this tear is worse than that one, so it’s a pretty big tear,” Meltzer stated. “But guys work on torn labrums all the time.”
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