Zack Ryder injures his knee on ‘SmackDown Live.’ (WWE.com)
WWE superstar Zack Ryder legitimately injured his knee on SmackDown Live this week. How serious it it? Will he still be able to compete in a match against the Wyatt Family?
This injury occurred at the very end of the tag team battle royal on December 13th’s episode of SmackDown, with Ryder banging his knee onto the apron during his finisher. He is clearly in pain as match wraps up, apparently not able to even get up to celebrate his victory and later having to be helped backstage. Ryder also tries to fend off Mojo Rawley as his teammate comes out to celebrate.
The WWE later announced on its website that this injury was legitimate and that Ryder would be receiving an MRI on December 14th, at which point the seriousness of the injury will be made clear. The company’s medical professor say their early impression is that Ryder injury his kneecap or his patella.
“We think it popped out and then popped back in, so we’re just going to do an MRI to make sure that there is not cartilage damage or some tendon tearing, stuff like that,” Chris Robinson, one of the WWE’s doctors, told the company’s website. “Hopefully there’s not and it’ll be a shorter rehab period. If there is, there’s a different road we might have to go down that may take longer to get him to recover.”
It certainly seems, though, that the injury is serious enough that The Hype Bros may not be able to face off against Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton after all. On Talking Smack immediately after the show, the WWE already began making moves to put another number one contender in place, with The Usos coming on the program and telling Daniel Bryan that they should get The Hype Bros’ spot now that Ryder is injured.
Daniel Bryan resisted, though, saying that he wasn’t going to just make The Usos the number one contenders. Other tag teams who could potentially become the number one contenders include Breezango and The Ascension, though it’s not yet clear how this would be determined.
On Twitter, Zack Ryder said that Tuesday was a bittersweet night for him.
Bittersweet night. Won a battle royal on #SDLive for the #HypeBros to become No. 1 contenders…Injured my knee in the process. MRI tomorrow
— Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) December 14, 2016
Ryder’s fellow hype bro, Mojo Rawley, responded by saying that Ryder is extremely tough and will get through this.
Stay tuned for information about Zack Ryder’s MRI.
Brendan Morrow is a Heavy contributor who focuses on entertainment and politics. He has previously written about film for Bloody Disgusting, We Got This Covered, What Culture, and The Celebrity Cafe. Follow him on twitter @brendanmorrow.December 14, 2016 1:32 pm
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