For those wondering where Johnny Gargano has been and why he’s disappeared from WWE television, it’s due to an injury.
Gargano hasn’t been seen since NXT Stand and Deliver, where he went over Grayson Waller in an unsanctioned match during WrestleMania weekend.
Gargano had suffered a grade two AC sprain. The injury happened at a December WWE house show in Toronto, Canada. He would return and work a dozen matches after March 4.
Fightful Select reports that Gargano re-aggravated the shoulder injury that had previously sidelined him.
Per the report, the injury got worse after returning at the Royal Rumble, and by the time he got to the NXT match with Waller, he was “severely hampered and using one arm.”
The hope among those in WWE is that he can heal up with physical therapy instead of getting surgery.
Also, it was noted that despite speculation that Vince McMahon may have been one of the reasons for Gargano leaving WWE and returning when Triple H took over creative last summer, that’s not the case, as McMahon was reportedly “directly involved with communicating to Gargano in late 2021” that he wanted the former NXT star to stay with the company.
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