As Andy reported earlier this morning here on eWrestlingNews.com, Dr. Jeffrey Dugas, said the following regarding Finn Balor’s shoulder surgery that took place on Sunday night at SummerSlam. Dugas said,
“Finn’s injury was pretty severe, more severe than normal. A really high energy injury, it did more damage than a standard shoulder dislocation where you simply tear the labrum. The prognosis is excellent, however. We were able to fix it all and put it back where it came from. I’m anticipating him getting back at full speed.”
In other backstage Finn Balor news, Dave Meltzer revealed on Wrestling Observer Radio earlier today that Balor was not originally scheduled to be put into the main event title picture during his main roster début on RAW several weeks ago, The original plans reportedly called for Balor to be involved in a program with Chris Jericho that would have featured a match between the two at SummerSlam and the feud would have then continued following the pay-per-view event. The two were also scheduled to face off at several live events following SummerSlam. Vince McMahon reportedly changed his mind and made the call to go all the way with Balor instead. Of course, the Balor injury and surgery has now forced WWE to make some major changes regarding the Universal title.
Also as noted last night here on eWN, Bayley was also not meant to be in the WWE Women’s title picture as soon as she was called up. It’s believed she was put into a program with Charlotte due to the absence and injury of Sasha Banks.
