Pro wrestling is a physical sport. It features daily grinding, workouts, training and full contact matches – injuries are bound to happen, either from daily wear and tear or from accidents inside or outside the ring. But so far this year has seen some of the industry’s top names go down from serious injuries or health issues – from IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi‘s broken neck to Joey Janela‘s destroyed knee, from Roman Reigns‘ leukemia return to Triple H‘s torn pectoral muscles, a lot of names have gone down. Last week, “The King of Dong Style” Joey Ryan announced he too may have suffered a torn pec. But that wasn’t the last of them. This past weekend, Cody Rhodes – who is touring as part of Ring of Honor‘s Global Wars series with NJPW – announced he’d tweaked his knee.
Going from one side of the crowd to the other last night, teasing a t-shirt toss of all things…heard a loud POP in my knee. Terryfing.
Hoping it was just a lil’ meniscus and Sunday I can still deliver. 🤞
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) November 10, 2018
Unfortunately, the issue got worse, and Cody ultimately had to pull out of his Sunday night match in Toronto, Ontario against Trent Beretta.
Sadly folks I will not be able to wrestle tomorrow in Toronto. I will still be at the pre-show meet/greet to say hello to everybody
ROH & I will find a suitable replacement for the match. I’m extremely sorry. I’ll be able to confirm the extent of the issue after an MRI this week
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) November 10, 2018
On Monday, Cody Rhodes met with his doctors and it appears it’s better news than feared. Luckily there was no structural damage in his knee area – no tears in the MCL, PCL or ACL – but there is damage to the meniscus and he’ll need a scope to assess further.
GOOD news is my doctor is fairly confident that my mcl/pcl/acl are structurally sound.
BAD news is the meniscus is fairly damaged, gonna’ require a scope. No dates will be adjusted at the moment, and I’ll definitely still compete in the final battle main event & at WK. pic.twitter.com/PtyK1wpoiz
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) November 12, 2018
The good news is, that Cody Rhodes and his doctor appear confident he won’t miss his upcoming big bouts at ROH Final Battle on December 14 and at Wrestle Kingdom 13 on January 4, 2019 (although neither matches have been officially announced yet).
