Injuries will vary with the type and severity of them as well as the person and how well they recover. While AEW has been without one of its stars, they won’t be without him for as long as some fans had originally thought due to a false rumor.
Injury
At WrestleDream, Rey Fenix worked just a few minutes in the AEW World Tag Team Fatal-Four Way Number One Contender Match. He was taken to the backstage area during the match and later noted he was dealing with “an old injury” but had planned to defend the AEW International Championship.
Fenix worked two matches, including losing the title to Orange Cassidy on October 10. He hasn’t worked since then, as he was later pulled from a January 5th independent show. In a recent interview, the AEW star called it the worst injury of his career but hopes to return soon.
Rumor
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted the rumor that Fenix was getting a hip replacement is not true.
“So the story that Rey Fenix was getting a hip replacement or had a hip replacement is inaccurate. Yes [ a double hip replacement], that’s inaccurate. I don’t know exactly what the whole story is. But I’m one of his friends who just said that he did not get a hip replacement.”
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