AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, & Mia Yim vs. Finn Balor, Damian Priest, & Rhea Ripley ended shortly after Styles suffered an injury at Thursday’s house show in Hershey, PA.
The referee threw up the “X” sign during the match, and they went right to the finish. It appeared to be a leg/ankle injury after an over-the-top-rope spot. Post-match, Styles was helped up by Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and could not walk under his own power.
While speaking on today’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that the original finish would’ve seen Styles connect with a Phenomenal Forearm to Balor. Instead, they did a roll-up finish with Anderson and Balor.
“He hurt his ankle in Hersey last night, and no update as far as severity. We’ll probably know in the next couple of days, but yeah, they changed the finish. He was supposed to win with the Phenomenal Forearm on….It was supposed to be a forearm on Balor, and it was Karl who had cradled Balor to win the match in the impromptu finish. I was told it was a fall out of the ring, and he needed to be helped to the back.”
Pwinsider.com reports WWE sent Styles to Tampa to get his ankle checked out. Styles wasn’t at Friday’s house show in Toronto nor backstage at SmackDown, which was held in Tampa.
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