At tonight’s WWE Smackville special, Shinsuke Nakamura was scheduled to defend his Intercontinental Title against Finn Balor.
However, prior to the match, it was announced that Balor could not compete due to an “injury.” Nakamura thought he would escape Nashville with a count out victory, but Ali stepped up in Balor’s place, challenging Nakamura for the IC strap.
Despite Ali’s best efforts, Nakamura walked away with the victory, finishing off the challenger with the Kinshasa.
As far as Balor is concerned, he doesn’t appear to be seriously “injured.” Fightful Select reports that Balor was hospitalized with the stomach flu. POST Wrestling’s John Pollock reports that WWE hopes that Balor will be available for SmackDown on Tuesday.
During the week, @FinnBalor suffered an undisclosed injury. @WWE Medical has unfortunately not cleared him for competition tonight at #SMACKVILLE. It is unknown who or if @ShinsukeN defends his title tonight. Stay tuned as we learn more.
— WWE (@WWE) July 28, 2019
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