Rey Mysterio Sidelined with Groin Injury – Rey Mysterio was pulled from in-ring competition at WrestleMania 41 due to an injury suffered during Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown. As a result, the WWE Hall of Famer was replaced by Rey Fenix in the match of Night One. Fenix faced off against El Grande Americano, who ultimately secured the win.
According to Wrestling Observer, Mysterio is currently dealing with a groin injury. Dave Meltzer confirmed the nature of the injury during a post-show discussion with Bryan Alvarez. “It was a groin. You were right,” Meltzer said. Alvarez replied, “I was right,” to which Meltzer added, “Yeah, he initially tore his groin. He thought he was going to be able to make the match, and then when they examined him, it was like, you just can’t…….”
Meltzer continued, “Yeah, like, is he going to be able to go? Is he going to be able to go in the end? Because the first thing I heard was that he was going to be able to go, and then I heard this morning that, no, he’s not going to be able to go. So it was one of those things where he was like, I’m going to be able to make it. I’m going to be able to make it.”
Alvarez further explained how the injury occurred, stating, “So what happened with Rey is we got the report that he got hurt at SmackDown, and he was helped to the back, so everyone immediately thought it had to be a knee injury. So I went and watched SmackDown, because I was like, Okay, where did he get hurt? And I could not figure out where the hell he got hurt, and so there was nothing.”
He added, “And so I went back to the last time we saw him do anything, and he had gotten yanked out of the ring by Julius, and it was everyone you’ve ever seen. No one did anything wrong. Julius just pulled him and Rey, like, kind of turned, he didn’t want to land on his stomach, and he landed flat on his back, but as soon as he landed, he like, grabbed, like, towards his groin, and they immediately, like, cut to the next thing. And he never got up, and his knees and his feet never touched the ground. So I knew it couldn’t have been his legs, and I figured it was his groin, and that’s what it was.”
As of this writing, there is no official timetable for Mysterio’s return. WWE has yet to issue an update on the severity of the injury or how long he is expected to be sidelined.
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Rey Mysterio Sidelined with Groin Injury
