{"id":22589,"date":"2018-07-22T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2018-08-11T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T16:30:47","slug":"mexican-star-pagano-okay-after-nasty-bump-at-last-nights-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/07\/22\/mexican-star-pagano-okay-after-nasty-bump-at-last-nights-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Star Pagano &#8220;Okay&#8221; After Nasty Bump at Last Night&#8217;s Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at <em><strong>AAA vs. The Elite: World of Warcraft<\/strong> <\/em>event (<strong>Lucha Libre Elite<\/strong>, not the <strong>Bullet Club<\/strong> subfaction), there was a hellaciously brutal tag team match that saw the reformation of <strong>Hart Foundation 2.0<\/strong> (<strong>Teddy Hart &amp; Jack Evans<\/strong>) versus the tag team of <strong>Pagano<\/strong> and <strong>Joe Lider<\/strong>. It was a hard hitting affair, with lots of insane spots, but near the matches completion, a move set went sour when a Canadian Destroyer on the ring apron between Hart and Pagano, set off by an enziguri from Lider, caused both men to miss the apron and crash to the floor.<\/p>\n<h1>Mexican Star Pagano &#8220;Okay&#8221; After Nasty Bump at Last Night&#8217;s Event<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">here&#39;s Pagano&#39;s bad fall from tonight. AAA usually doesn&#39;t give medical updates. Hope he&#39;s OK. Wish there were fewer &quot;here&#39;s something that went very badly wrong&quot; tweets of late. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEQqyvKxYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dEQqyvKxYw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; luchablog (@luchablog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luchablog\/status\/1020917739022684160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">reverse angle isn&#39;t any prettier <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vf8SajVETm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Vf8SajVETm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; luchablog (@luchablog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luchablog\/status\/1020918811208318976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Initial reports (though unconfirmed by AAA) stated that Pagano had broken his neck in the incident, as he was stretchered from ringside immediately following the match&#8217;s conclusion. Joe Lider also appeared injured, but fans in attendance felt he may have been just selling as a distraction to afford Pagano more time to recover in the match.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22593\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22593\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/DiriVZ7V4AEhnic-e1532280514951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AAA Worldwide on Twitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hart Foundation 2.0 ultimately picked up the win, but fans around the world were more concerned for the health and safety of Pagano overnight. <strong>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/strong> reached out to <strong>Konnan<\/strong>, the returning booker for AAA, via Twitter this morning, where he stated simply that Pagano &#8220;was okay&#8221; following the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s okay<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Konnan (@Konnan5150) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Konnan5150\/status\/1020999602479042560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later on this morning, a representative for Pagano, through Pagano&#8217;s own Twitter account confirmed that he was resting but doing well after the spot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Pagano se encuentra estable, ya recuper\u00e1ndose de la lesi\u00f3n sufrida ayer durante su participaci\u00f3n en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LuchaWoW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LuchaWoW<\/a> en el Juan de la Barrera. Gracias a todos por preguntar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m75P9EBgLd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/m75P9EBgLd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pagano (@Pagano656) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pagano656\/status\/1021081077023166466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Translated, it said &#8220;Pagano is stable, already recovering from the injury suffered yesterday during his participation in <span class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>LuchaWoW<\/b><\/span>\u00a0in Juan de la Barrera. Thank you all for asking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The spot came with the wrestling world still recovering from the Phoenix Plex incident involving IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi and Dragon Lee at this year&#8217;s G1 Special in San Francisco that left Hiromu with a serious neck injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/07\/14\/hiromu-takahashi-speaks-im-fine-thank-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">although he&#8217;s updated his fans he&#8217;s doing well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JF7qGxEiC9Y<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at AAA vs. The Elite: World of Warcraft event (Lucha Libre Elite, not the Bullet Club subfaction), there was a hellaciously brutal tag team match that saw the reformation of Hart Foundation 2.0 (Teddy Hart &amp; Jack Evans) versus the tag team of Pagano and Joe Lider. 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