Komander suffered ‘significant’ knee injury during Mexico match
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There are now more specifics on the injury suffered by former Ring of Honor TV Champion Komander that will likely keep him out of next week’s Fantasticamania in Arena Mexico.
First reported by Dave Meltzer in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the high flyer was hurt on a show in Oaxaca, Mexico, last Sunday, slipping on the ropes while doing his ropewalk Fosbury flop spot. One of his tag team opponents, Ultimo Guerrero, managed to catch him, but Komander still suffered what Meltzer wrote is “a significant knee injury.”
Komander was set to team with “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight against The Hurt Syndicate at this week’s AEW Summer Blockbuster, but was not medically cleared. A backstage attack by MJF, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin aired that night wrote him out of the match.
“He was getting it checked this week to find out the severity of it, but he did show up to Dynamite and wanted to do the match and the doctors said no way possible, so it is serious,” Meltzer wrote.
With that, Komander appears unlikely for next Friday’s Fantasticamania match that was to feature himself, ROH World Champion Bandido and Hologram challenging reigning champions Mistico, Dorada and Neon. A replacement has yet to be announced.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.