Bayley Suffers (Potentially Serious) Shoulder Injury, WWE Says

WWE.com is reporting that Bayley suffered a shoulder injury during her match against Nia Jax on Raw last night.

Here’s what they say:

Bayley suffers a shoulder injury Monday night on Raw

During her match with Nia Jax on the July 31 edition of Raw, Bayley suffered an injury to her right shoulder.

The former Raw Women’s Champion was evaluated by medical personnel, but the official diagnosis was inconclusive due to the amount of swelling involved. Bayley has been told to rest the shoulder until next week, at which point doctors are hopeful that the swelling will have sufficiently gone down so that she may be reevaluated and a firm verdict can be reached.

“Everything just tensed up around it,” Bayley told WWE.com shortly after her match on Monday night. “I’ve never had an injury like this before, so I can’t really know what it is. I guess we’re gonna see.”

Dr. Chris Amann told WWE.com, “We’ve determined the injury is shoulder-related, and she will be going under further diagnostic testing later this week to determine the extent of the injury and also establish a timetable for recovery.”

Check back with WWE.com for more details on Bayley’s injury as they become available.

This sounds like a legit injury to me, since it would seem nonsensical to do a fake injury angle right now in my opinion, but who knows.

Bayley did seem to hurt her shoulder during the match after she was thrown around by Nia Jax and at one point went outside for several seconds as the ref checked on her. On Wrestling Observer Radio last night, before WWE’s report came out, Bryan Alvarez speculated that it looked like Bayley legitimately injured her shoulder.

If it is legit, it obviously sounds like it has the potential to be serious. If it was likely just a minor injury, WWE would probably not mention it, I feel. I guess we’ll hear some hopefully good news soon.

WWE posted this video of a frustrated and emotional Bayley after her injury: