WWE: Bianca Belair Provides Update on Broken Finger Injury Recovery, Rick Martel Clarifies Rumors of Him Turning Down WWE Hall of Fame Induction, R-Truth Says He Still Hasn’t Been Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return

Bianca Belair Provides Update on Broken Finger Injury & Recovery

As noted before, Bianca Belair has been out of action for WWE since WrestleMania 41 Night 2 event in April of 2025 due to a broken finger injury and surgery. During her time away from the ring, Belair made a surprise appearance at this past April’s WrestleMania 42 Night 1 event officially announcing her pregnancy.

Belair provided an update on Monday on Instagram posting a video of her therapy progress and her being able to bend her finger to a certain degree. Belair also bent her other fingers in her hand to show how far away she is still from being able to fully bend her finger into her palm.

“One thing about being pregnant…it’s really given me time to get my finger better!!! We are still on therapy and We are bending!”

Bianca Belair shares her latest physical therapy video for her injured finger.

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— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) June 8, 2026

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Rick Martel Clarifies Rumors of Him Turning Down WWE Hall of Fame Induction

Former WWE wrestler Rick “The Model” Martel recently clarified on Twitter the rumors that he had turned down a potential induction into WWE’s Hall of Fame in 2015.

“In 2015, I was offer to appear at Axxess in San Francisco and attends the Hall of Fame as a spectator. Flattered I still turned it down as I was not ready to go back to wrestling for appearances like I am now. I didn’t turn down an offer to be inducted in the WWE HOF. Thank you!”

In 2015, I was offer to appear at Axxess in San Francisco and attends the Hall of Fame as a spectator. Flattered I still turned it down as I was not ready to go back to wrestling for appearances like I am now. I didn’t turn down an offer to be inducted in the WWE HOF. Thank you!

— Rick Martel (@RickMartel2021) June 8, 2026

The rumors originated from comments Martel had made in two recent interviews including one with former WWE broadcaster Sean Mooney.

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R-Truth Says He Still Hasn’t Been Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return

One half of the current WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth has been out of action for WWE since this past May due to hm not being medically cleared to compete due to an undisclosed injury issue.

WittyWhittier held a recent interview with R-Truth. One of the topics discussed included Truth’s thoughts about his dream WWE Tag Team titles defense and revealed that he still has yet to be medically cleared for an in-ring return.

“Anybody. There’s no dream, man. We live in the reality right now. Like my childhood hero, my older brother would say, dog, you know what I’m saying? It’s open challenges to them, dog. You know what I’m saying? We invite them all. You know what I’m saying? If they want to step up, pull up. MFTs, we got to take care of them because they’re on a whole different thing, dog. They’re hurting people. I’m not even medically released yet because of the MFTs. You know what I’m saying? So it’s like, right now, they on the radar, though.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com