{"id":40286,"date":"2019-03-08T19:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T00:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=40286"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:58:17","slug":"report-dan-matha-out-due-to-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/08\/report-dan-matha-out-due-to-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Dan Matha Out Due to Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NXT fans have recently noticed the absence of <strong>Dan Matha<\/strong> from TV and Live events.\u00a0 His last appearance was on December 9th at a Live Event in a loss to <strong>Kassius Ohno<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Last Word On Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>has learned that his absence has been due to surgery.\u00a0 Any fears of the developmental star being released can be put to rest and we hope Matha recovers well and can return to the ring as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h1>Dan Matha Out Due to Surgery<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samoa Joe ruins Dan Matha&#039;s debut: WWE NXT, Oct. 5, 2016\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M85Y1KpqDms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Matha is a former football player who played on the Offensive Line for the University of Pittsburgh and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After a failed tryout with the NFL&#8217;s Cincinnati\u00a0Bengals, he briefly competed in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes.\u00a0 He is most known to WWE fans as an entrant in the Greatest Royal Rumble.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40291\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40291\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/GRR_04272018mm_4387-b01de50b7d196ef1eae74611422abd82-e1552091917944.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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