JD McDonagh Suffered Broken Ribs & Punctured Lung Injury on 1/27 WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show in Atlanta, Georgia featured the War Raiders defeating Judgement Day’s JD McDonagh & Dominik Mysterio to retain the WWE World Tag Team Championship. This match was notable for McDonagh suffering an apparent head-related injury following a springboard moonsault spot to the outside that resulted in him smacking the back of his head and neck onto the announcer’s table. Despite the incident, McDonagh was able to continue the match.

JD’s head just bounced off the table…#RawOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/fHorpjvV9B

— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) January 28, 2025

Bryan Alvarez reported on Monday’s Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources stated that McDonagh was sent to the hospital after his match over fears by WWE officials that he had suffered a serious ribs-related.

McDonagh provided an update on Twitter confirming that he had broken a couple of ribs and had also suffered a punctured lung injury. McDonagh also stated that he is currently expected to be out of action for the next couple months as a result.

First off, thanks to everyone for the messages and the concern. I’m good.

I’ve got a couple of broken ribs and a punctured lung, so I’m going to be out for a couple months. All things considered, it could have been a lot worse, so I’m grateful for that.

See ya in a bit. 🤘🏻

— JD McDonagh (@jd_mcdonagh) January 28, 2025