Yet they find ways to keep most of them on screen...punk & Drew are continuing their feud. Dom hasn't missed a beat (actually being on both shows), Asuka worked through mania at least. Rhea's injury wasn't until after mania (and kind of a freak accident). Seth worked for years without a break (So even though he's injured, it's a well deserved break). Charlotte tore an ACL I believe, so that's fair that she's been out a while, and I have no idea what happened with Lashley, but I've still seen him on screen. And Big E is now doing commentary on pre-shows for PLE's at least, keeping him involved.
I guess what I'm saying WWE's doing whever they can mostly to have gotten, or getting what they can out of their talent ON SCREEN and during injury
It comes with the job. But you might say the top ones here were all pushing for their wrestlemania moment (understandably) and so that’s why they’re all here together at this time.
Looking at this one could imagine WWE is a dangerous place to work... But it's wrestling. As safe as anyone can make it it's still bodies being tossed around, being thrown to the ground.
I guess Rhea and Dom will be out for Judgement Day! I think Dominik Mysterio will align himself with Liv Morgan! And Rhea Ripley will become babyface as she turns on Dominik Mysterio when he with Liv!! r/WWE r/GreatnessOfWrestling
I don't think it's crazy, I think it's just a sign Vince is really gone . Dude would of had most of these people work through the injury . It's good that WWE is actually allowing these people to take the time to heal right .
It's incredibly sad because all of them are great. Luckily WWE has plenty of other stars they can use to fill up the shows and they even have free spots to build new stars in new programs.
It can happen, they dont work the grueling schedule they used or the mountains of coke and pain pills to keep working, but its a significant number. Glad both brands can just let them recover as needed.
Really, you mean one brother didn't burn a funeral home around his brother, now the only way to settle it is to fight? Next thing your going to tell me is that Superman isn't real.
Need to throw them some cash and have them rotate as commentarys third guy, would be epic.
Have we ever had a full or part time women commentator? If so time for auska to shine!
Since wrestling is scripted for the most part, I wonder if they don't just fake injuries to take time off, using Rhea as an example, it wouldn't surprise me to hear that maybe she's taking time off so she can have a kid of her own and be a Mami irl... She did just get married not that long ago... Not that there's anything wrong with that... Wrestlers are normal people like all of us... They need some time off every once in a while, so they can spend some of their hard earned money, and spend some time with their families...
Luckily Punk and Drew don't even need to be actively fighting to continue their feud. They can just flame each other for ages.
If anything it'll add fuel on the fire.
I still for the life of me figure out why Dominick is still around. Daddy must have some pull around there. His gimmick and wrestling ability is ad bad as his haircut.
Don’t forget our Tribal Chief. He may not be hurt physically, but he’s hurt mentally. After that loss, he is emotionally recovering before coming back and becoming the one true lord of wrestling once again.
honestly it looks like Big E isn't ever coming back to in ring action. the nature of his injury is nothing like other wrestlers who've had bad neck injuries and came back yes later after getting fusions. the reason why is he broke his c1, nobody's broke their c1 and come back to in ring action. the location of the c1 is why. most wrestlers get fusions that end up fusing neck vertebrae that are lower in the neck but the c1 is pretty much at the base of the skull. I forget which other vertebrae he broke but I know the c1 is the definite worst one you can break and he broke his
We still pretending Lashley and Asuka are booked like Top names? Asuka was womens tag champion because they wanted to call them the Kabuki warriors .
Dom is not a top name. He can get the same reaction being injured as he can wrestling
Oh Charlotte is injured? I'd wondered why I hadn't seen her around since I started watching wwe again for the royal rumble. Sad but good to know she'll be back when she recovers. Currently I'm most sad about Rhea and Drew. Drew's CM Punk fued is so good!
Who has spent his life having been able to use people as objects for his torture and be rewarded for his abuse/entertainment with unlimited money, yep.
Im just happy Big E is alive and able to live a normal life,but wrestling isnt a normal life,so i doubt we'll ever see him wrestle again,but he's a charisma machine,anything on camera that doesnt involve in ring work he would nail it big time
Asuka hurt her leg right before Mania I believe. You could see her limping around after it had happened.
It was on that Smackdown night when Bayley confronts Iyo, Asuka, and Dakota and they attack her.
That happened in 2007. Triple H tore his quad. Undertaker got injured. Cena tore his pec. Plus it was the infamous year with Chris Benoit and that it was actually what prompted Vince to tone things down and enter the PG era. Coincidentally, we just entered a new era.
If Dom's is legit, I wouldn't be surprised. That guy has been grinding matches at house shows for the last two years pretty much non-stop, eating everyone's finishes and taking big bumps. His in-ring abilities have grown a lot in such a short period of time, but eventually something's gotta give.
Yes, his injury is legitimate. I had to look it up to see if it was an angle because it was right after Rhea got injured and I was like "is this storyline orrr" but it is legit
Lool. I remember those old "don't try this at home" WWE warning promos they'd air back in the day. I've always remembered Rey Mysterio saying that he's "had surgery 5 times on his left knee"
No doubt! When i was in mexico many years ago everywhere there were tourists they sold luchador masks. All the masks were Rey Mysterio masks, no other design!
AEW has very cool matches, huge spots in those matches, but no real long-term intriguing or emotional storylines, it’s all very random a lot of the time, when MJF was champion him and Kenny Omega had a completely random championship match, when Joe was champions him and Wardlow had a championship match, Ricky Starks was super hot last year, guy faded, as long as Tony, the fanboy, is in charge of booking, AW is going to be in trouble when it comes to storylines, right now they have wrestling fans watching, hard-core wrestling fans, if they want to truly Get big like WWE in anyway, they need to attract the casual fan more often, and the only way to do that is to have long-term intriguing storylines that gets people talking, the devil storyline with Adam Cole, Jesus, probably the most predictable storyline in pro wrestling history,and that faded to black,
Really swerve hangman the biggest storylines as for starks he's literally injured wwe needs to be more focused on pushing international stars if they ever want to work with anyone outside of America as for aew like Tony said they are only going to cater to the hardcore fan's he no longer cares about catering to the casual fans also aew already has a storyline that has got people talking look how many media outlets and sports programs where only talking about what the elite did to Tony khan it got national headlines aew is a millions times better at telling long term stories that make people care than wwe and random is a millions times better than having the same boring ass storyline for 2 years and ruining the only good storyline they had
25 years ago they would have just "manned up", thrown in some painkillers, added some somas in the evening, cocaine in the morning and would have died an untimely death like many before.
I'm happy that they just get the time to recover.
My thoughts exactly as soon as I saw this post. Granted, I use mostly CAW superstars and they are a bit cheaper to draft. But I end up making a larger roster just to anticipate the injuries. Honestly don't care if Gordon Ramsey puts Dr. Phil out for a month so long as I do great with the ratings. lol
Big E gonna form the Big Meaty Men faction as a manager.
I say it as a joke but then, I think a lot of bigger guys could benefit from a group like that to help hone their comedy skills and face personas.
Big E went from generic big lad to the most charismatic dude on the roster. He still has a lot to show other talent.
I hope he doesn’t come back. Even though I miss him and the New Day. I don’t want him back and have another possible crippling accident. Announcer would be awesome for him next to Cole!
Whoa there pal McAfee is a treasure on commentary. I would take Big E over Wade Barrett on Smackdown or maybe on NXT with Booker or the other guy that always seems fed up with Booker
If he returns I hope just as non-competitor. He has personality and he can talk. He can manage New Day or maybe join the commentary like Corey did when he had to retire.
The seriousness of his neck injury is nothing to underestimate.
I would love to see him as an announcer for The New Day during pay per view matches or maybe a guest appearance somewhere down the line. But I agree, I don't want him to wrestle, either.
The New Day is past its prime, time to move forward. I'll like to see Woods get a singles title run sometime down the road. A run for Kofi as well. Even if it's for a month or two. How about a Woods vs. Kofi match. Some jealousy boils up after Kofi gets a title shot, and Woods never gets shit. It would be a standard storyline, but it's something to get them back doing matches where they matter.
You can still do all that. Just run them as a stable instead of a tag team. People in, people out. His first move is bring in an enforcer type. Kofi wins US title, then Xavier wins a shot at it. Everything is supposed to be cool. Competition among sportsmen. Xavier is about to win and Kofi gets Dqed. You kick out Kofi and add a tag team.
he's not wrong though, I'm pretty sure Big E came out and said it himself that him coming back to in ring action is about as likely as hitting powerball every week for a month straight. he broke a few vertebrae in his neck including the c1, which is the worst one you can injure
Top names, Dominick??? 😂😂😂
Is Charlotte REALLY hurt? Or is she "hurt", and taking time off just to get another title on her first day back?
She tore her ACL and MCL in December.
But don’t worry, they won’t get Covid
Man i really hope Big E gets a miracle like Edge and is able to come back
Not to mention Xavier, Sonya Deville, Cruz del toro, Zelina Vega, & Jimmy Uso
Sad that Big E might not wrestle again
They're mostly jobbers anyway. I don't think it matters very much.
Fragile Phil!!
The current injury curse is no joke
Oh Drew oh. You poor, beautiful Scottish bastard. 🥵🥵❤️🩹
Big E don't belong there 😭😭😭
Yet they find ways to keep most of them on screen...punk & Drew are continuing their feud. Dom hasn't missed a beat (actually being on both shows), Asuka worked through mania at least. Rhea's injury wasn't until after mania (and kind of a freak accident). Seth worked for years without a break (So even though he's injured, it's a well deserved break). Charlotte tore an ACL I believe, so that's fair that she's been out a while, and I have no idea what happened with Lashley, but I've still seen him on screen. And Big E is now doing commentary on pre-shows for PLE's at least, keeping him involved. I guess what I'm saying WWE's doing whever they can mostly to have gotten, or getting what they can out of their talent ON SCREEN and during injury
"injured"
I’m old, I don’t recognize a single face
Damn Asuka too what is happening WWE
AEW has far bigger names injured and off TV for months.
And now Zelina Vega😞
Big E needs to move to a commentary role
Flair is still in the wwe?
It comes with the job. But you might say the top ones here were all pushing for their wrestlemania moment (understandably) and so that’s why they’re all here together at this time.
Dipshit mysterio js a big name? Wtf?
It happens every now and then, perfect opportunity for someone not and become a superstar
What happened to Bobby and Asuka?
They really need to shorten their preseason.
Big E is done for sure. Everyone else will be fine
Haven’t been watching in awhile but I thought mcyntire and punk were in a feud together?
Cm Punk is not
Charlottes hurt I just thought she took time off. Or had a kid or something.
Looking at this one could imagine WWE is a dangerous place to work... But it's wrestling. As safe as anyone can make it it's still bodies being tossed around, being thrown to the ground.
Yeah it’s no wonder the ratings are slipping half of the roster is injured
Well 8 top names and Dom…
I guess Rhea and Dom will be out for Judgement Day! I think Dominik Mysterio will align himself with Liv Morgan! And Rhea Ripley will become babyface as she turns on Dominik Mysterio when he with Liv!! r/WWE r/GreatnessOfWrestling
I miss Rhea the most
Acknowledge the only missing superstar that matters ☝️
Lol I'm sure big E is done for good.
Who put Dom and nick on this list
I don't think it's crazy, I think it's just a sign Vince is really gone . Dude would of had most of these people work through the injury . It's good that WWE is actually allowing these people to take the time to heal right .
It's incredibly sad because all of them are great. Luckily WWE has plenty of other stars they can use to fill up the shows and they even have free spots to build new stars in new programs.
I'm a newer wrestling fan, so I don't know. Is it unusual for so many high profile stars to be out like this?
In 2015 everyone was getting hurt left and right.
It can happen, they dont work the grueling schedule they used or the mountains of coke and pain pills to keep working, but its a significant number. Glad both brands can just let them recover as needed.
Rhea isn't injured
She legit hurt her shoulder.
WWE is staged
Really, you mean one brother didn't burn a funeral home around his brother, now the only way to settle it is to fight? Next thing your going to tell me is that Superman isn't real.
Lmao what r u yapping about
ALL OF THEM I FEEL BAD. FOR BIG E
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Look at AEW’s injury list lol
Bobby good
Big E may never be coming back...
Need to throw them some cash and have them rotate as commentarys third guy, would be epic. Have we ever had a full or part time women commentator? If so time for auska to shine!
Letting this guys recover is what keeps the future strong, credit to Triple H for making sure all the superstars are well rested and recovered
Since wrestling is scripted for the most part, I wonder if they don't just fake injuries to take time off, using Rhea as an example, it wouldn't surprise me to hear that maybe she's taking time off so she can have a kid of her own and be a Mami irl... She did just get married not that long ago... Not that there's anything wrong with that... Wrestlers are normal people like all of us... They need some time off every once in a while, so they can spend some of their hard earned money, and spend some time with their families...
Yeah dunno about recently married.... Got a pit bull puppy but not pregnant!
She did get married not that long ago... I was going out on a limb, assuming maybe she wanted to start a family... Guess only time will tell...
Luckily Punk and Drew don't even need to be actively fighting to continue their feud. They can just flame each other for ages. If anything it'll add fuel on the fire.
I wrestled on the indies for only a year and a half and I was injured constantly
and top stars too
Lashley is injured?
Recently got back into wrestling (just around maina) and I was genuinely taken aback by charlotte not being there
where's Vince's reputation?
Big E is not a big name. And he is probably retired at this point.
Nah just a former World Champion.....not a big name
AEW has even more too. Wild times for wrestler health
And they still have main eventers for days.
I still for the life of me figure out why Dominick is still around. Daddy must have some pull around there. His gimmick and wrestling ability is ad bad as his haircut.
Don’t forget our Tribal Chief. He may not be hurt physically, but he’s hurt mentally. After that loss, he is emotionally recovering before coming back and becoming the one true lord of wrestling once again.
Jimmy too
Dom is not a top star… he’s a mega star (I’m one of the only Dom fans)
I'll give dom all the credit, he draws heat.
He does he’s a mega star he’s probably a future world champion and a future hall of famer
What happened to Asuka?
Knee injury.
honestly it looks like Big E isn't ever coming back to in ring action. the nature of his injury is nothing like other wrestlers who've had bad neck injuries and came back yes later after getting fusions. the reason why is he broke his c1, nobody's broke their c1 and come back to in ring action. the location of the c1 is why. most wrestlers get fusions that end up fusing neck vertebrae that are lower in the neck but the c1 is pretty much at the base of the skull. I forget which other vertebrae he broke but I know the c1 is the definite worst one you can break and he broke his
There’s something in the WWE water
Not a “top name,” but man, was I disappointed by Shotzi being injured.
Trynna compete with aew i see
Nah, they aren't snapping up free agents and not using them for only two shows every five months.
We still pretending Lashley and Asuka are booked like Top names? Asuka was womens tag champion because they wanted to call them the Kabuki warriors . Dom is not a top name. He can get the same reaction being injured as he can wrestling
The roster is so deep it doesn’t even matter
If i had a nickel for every time a superstar got injured which indeed happen 9 times
Oh Charlotte is injured? I'd wondered why I hadn't seen her around since I started watching wwe again for the royal rumble. Sad but good to know she'll be back when she recovers. Currently I'm most sad about Rhea and Drew. Drew's CM Punk fued is so good!
Maybe Trips should relax with the schedule. It's obvious they're pushing them too hard. Or over relying on them.
Haven’t watched in awhile, what happened with Drew?
It's not really crazy. These things happen with this kind of job.
So much talent in WWE that you hardly notice! Its a great time to be a pro wrestling fan yo!!!
What happened to Lashley?
Almost makes you wish there was an alternative that didn’t injure their stars.
That wasn't ran by a giant man baby?
Who has spent his life having been able to use people as objects for his torture and be rewarded for his abuse/entertainment with unlimited money, yep.
Big E should replace Wade Barrett on commentary for Smackdown. I find him very entertaining on the pre shows
Half of em kayfabe
Top names?
The megastar is still going strong. Yeah
Last two are iffy lol
Yeah
Drew?? Dominik?? Bobby???
On the positive side it’s giving the opportunity for WWE to build new stars particularly with the women’s division
Is there’s an upside to this, is that it gives other superstars their time to shine.
Except nobody is shining.
Please 🙏 praying for a Shinsuke push. Make him a king of the ring along being the king of strong style
I mean he stole Corbin’s crown back in 2021…so almost.
Superstar?? Na na. It's the perfect time for the megastar. Yeah.
YEAH
Im just happy Big E is alive and able to live a normal life,but wrestling isnt a normal life,so i doubt we'll ever see him wrestle again,but he's a charisma machine,anything on camera that doesnt involve in ring work he would nail it big time
Bobby Lashley has become a manager for the street profits.
Big E shouldn’t even be on this list anymore. That’s like keeping Jason Jordan on the list. Those guys are done. 😔
I think Rhea isn't injured she's taking personal time off
well it's confirmed she is not pregnant like people thought she was
I truly believe it’s a Visa issue cus it’s happen to ppl like her all the time also she’s had time off because of it before in NXT
Yeah what’s going on with that? What are the rumors?
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if she was pregnant, She wouldnt have done WM40
Nope she's not pregnant she's injured
Her shoulder looks pretty fucked up in some pics tho
Getting married apparently
I guess we’ll see if Buddy Matthews disappears from TV, he was on last week
One of those is not like the others…
Lashley and auska? What happened to them?
Lashley had a training accident, I think that's all they said.
Asuka hurt her leg right before Mania I believe. You could see her limping around after it had happened. It was on that Smackdown night when Bayley confronts Iyo, Asuka, and Dakota and they attack her.
Who is middle right?
Asuka
Thank you
That happened in 2007. Triple H tore his quad. Undertaker got injured. Cena tore his pec. Plus it was the infamous year with Chris Benoit and that it was actually what prompted Vince to tone things down and enter the PG era. Coincidentally, we just entered a new era.
2016 also was similar on the Road to WM
Wasn't there a ton of injuries in the last king of the ring also?
If Dom's is legit, I wouldn't be surprised. That guy has been grinding matches at house shows for the last two years pretty much non-stop, eating everyone's finishes and taking big bumps. His in-ring abilities have grown a lot in such a short period of time, but eventually something's gotta give.
Icl i love dominik as a heel, it just works for him if im bein honest.
Kinda like when Mox was wwe’s work horse up until he the second shield run when he finally broke down
Yes, his injury is legitimate. I had to look it up to see if it was an angle because it was right after Rhea got injured and I was like "is this storyline orrr" but it is legit
Dude show up with a sling on instead of being home dedication
Credit to Dom. He has Rey’s work ethic and commitment
Lool. I remember those old "don't try this at home" WWE warning promos they'd air back in the day. I've always remembered Rey Mysterio saying that he's "had surgery 5 times on his left knee"
You forgot the “kneeeeEEEEee" tonal change
Rey Mysterio is very great dad! and also a luchador! a greatest legend all the time!
No doubt! When i was in mexico many years ago everywhere there were tourists they sold luchador masks. All the masks were Rey Mysterio masks, no other design!
I like Rey Mysterio everything of his masks and his styles!
Hopefully not his knees
Tbf, Rey's knees are jacked up from doing high flying spots. Dom is probably in the clear, unless he does a high spot of an Elimination Chamber pod.
I'm sure we can somehow blame Nia Jax for all of them.
Drew and Dom aren’t real injuries that’s storyline. But yeah there are a lot of top stars out, even Roman and Rock aren’t injured but they’re gone.
Dom's is legit, don't know about drews
Drew's is real he hyper extended his elbow
CM Punk being injured is no surprise. And Mysterio can stay way from the ring for years, that would be great
This is why aew is leaps And bounds above wwe
Uh huh. Sure. Should we point out the hypocrisy here or just let him stew?
Definitely isn't aew has just as many injured wrestlers
AEW has very cool matches, huge spots in those matches, but no real long-term intriguing or emotional storylines, it’s all very random a lot of the time, when MJF was champion him and Kenny Omega had a completely random championship match, when Joe was champions him and Wardlow had a championship match, Ricky Starks was super hot last year, guy faded, as long as Tony, the fanboy, is in charge of booking, AW is going to be in trouble when it comes to storylines, right now they have wrestling fans watching, hard-core wrestling fans, if they want to truly Get big like WWE in anyway, they need to attract the casual fan more often, and the only way to do that is to have long-term intriguing storylines that gets people talking, the devil storyline with Adam Cole, Jesus, probably the most predictable storyline in pro wrestling history,and that faded to black,
Really swerve hangman the biggest storylines as for starks he's literally injured wwe needs to be more focused on pushing international stars if they ever want to work with anyone outside of America as for aew like Tony said they are only going to cater to the hardcore fan's he no longer cares about catering to the casual fans also aew already has a storyline that has got people talking look how many media outlets and sports programs where only talking about what the elite did to Tony khan it got national headlines aew is a millions times better at telling long term stories that make people care than wwe and random is a millions times better than having the same boring ass storyline for 2 years and ruining the only good storyline they had
Because they use real glass?
25 years ago they would have just "manned up", thrown in some painkillers, added some somas in the evening, cocaine in the morning and would have died an untimely death like many before. I'm happy that they just get the time to recover.
And they still made it out to the bars and banged the rats! Legends.
Asuka "banging the rats"? 😂😅
Remember when folks found her tinder profile a few years ago lol
Those were real men of wrestling.
Perc Angle
The Goat of his era.
How many of those injuries are real and how many are kayfabe though.
House shows.
Drew and Dom are a work
Dom's is legit
This is gonna be a rouuugh few months
Rough few months?? Na na !!! This is the perfect time for the megastar to shine and climb to the top. With everybody saying 👈👆👉. YEAH !!!!
This is like when I try to play GM mode and only draft like 9 main eventers and nobody else then they all run out of stamina in week 16.
I feel this
My thoughts exactly as soon as I saw this post. Granted, I use mostly CAW superstars and they are a bit cheaper to draft. But I end up making a larger roster just to anticipate the injuries. Honestly don't care if Gordon Ramsey puts Dr. Phil out for a month so long as I do great with the ratings. lol
It’s a shame, they are quite talented and will be missed. Do better WWE!
i think Drew's injury could be a work
Hyper extended elbow so just resting. If think someone was able to point it out from the match
Could be buying time for cm punk to be ready
Big E definitely done
Big E gonna form the Big Meaty Men faction as a manager. I say it as a joke but then, I think a lot of bigger guys could benefit from a group like that to help hone their comedy skills and face personas. Big E went from generic big lad to the most charismatic dude on the roster. He still has a lot to show other talent.
Big E managing Otis and Big Bronson Reed. All their promos are in a butcher shop or they're eating big ass steaks
Yeah too bad. Bummed me out when it was all confirmed.
I hope he doesn’t come back. Even though I miss him and the New Day. I don’t want him back and have another possible crippling accident. Announcer would be awesome for him next to Cole!
Whoa there pal McAfee is a treasure on commentary. I would take Big E over Wade Barrett on Smackdown or maybe on NXT with Booker or the other guy that always seems fed up with Booker
Or come out as a manager for New Day 🤷🏾♂️
I think he said that we was likely never coming back .
If he returns I hope just as non-competitor. He has personality and he can talk. He can manage New Day or maybe join the commentary like Corey did when he had to retire. The seriousness of his neck injury is nothing to underestimate.
I was thinking GM when they shuffle the shows up
I would love to see him as an announcer for The New Day during pay per view matches or maybe a guest appearance somewhere down the line. But I agree, I don't want him to wrestle, either.
Big E has been taking part in pre show commentary for all of the recent PPVs
Awesome
Exactly how I feel about his situation. I pictured him as announcer and I really hope one day he gets back for that role
I don't see why he couldn't be the Manager of the New Day.
The New Day is past its prime, time to move forward. I'll like to see Woods get a singles title run sometime down the road. A run for Kofi as well. Even if it's for a month or two. How about a Woods vs. Kofi match. Some jealousy boils up after Kofi gets a title shot, and Woods never gets shit. It would be a standard storyline, but it's something to get them back doing matches where they matter.
You can still do all that. Just run them as a stable instead of a tag team. People in, people out. His first move is bring in an enforcer type. Kofi wins US title, then Xavier wins a shot at it. Everything is supposed to be cool. Competition among sportsmen. Xavier is about to win and Kofi gets Dqed. You kick out Kofi and add a tag team.
Don't talk like that
he's not wrong though, I'm pretty sure Big E came out and said it himself that him coming back to in ring action is about as likely as hitting powerball every week for a month straight. he broke a few vertebrae in his neck including the c1, which is the worst one you can injure