Brie Bella shares injury update, says WWE SummerSlam match was almost called off
Brie Bella spoke about her injury at WWE SummerSlam in a new video.
Brie suffered a shoulder injury during the six-person tag match pitting the Bella Twins and Paige against Fatal Influence. In an update posted to the Nikki and Brie YouTube channel on Wednesday, Brie said she is hoping to avoid surgery.
“The recovery starts today. The doctors are waiting. We don’t know if I’m going to have surgery or not, so I should find out tomorrow.”
Brie also said she was told to “stay down” after suffering the injury and that officials considered stopping the match. However, she wanted to continue so Nikki could make her comeback.
Brie continued, saying to Nikki:
“When you broke your ankle, you continued the match, and then I broke my shoulder. It’s so funny because you and I, I don’t know if it’s because we’re people pleasers, but the whole time in my head, I’m like, ‘No, I’ve got to stay in so Nikki can get the hot tag.’ They were telling me, ‘Stay down,’ or they were thinking about calling the match. And I’m like, ‘No, no, no.’ Even though I was in crazy pain, all I could think about was, ‘Nikki’s got to hit that comeback.’”
Nikki also described the injury as involving “multiple breaks” in Brie’s shoulder, saying: “It’s crazy because we both finished matches with really bad breaks, and with multiple breaks. And wild that you did that with multiple breaks in your shoulder.”
Brie later mentioned that there were several spots in the match she did not do as a result of the injury.
“I didn’t do the missile dropkick. I didn’t do the backdrop. And you have to think, I broke my right shoulder. My right is my strength. So when I’m in the match, I’m like, ‘I have to throw forearms with my left.’ In my head, I go, ‘I feel bad. I feel like I’m the weakest link right now and making everything look sloppy because I was injured.’”
Brie continued through the remainder of the match and also participated in the post-match angle in which the Bellas turned on Paige.
Brie’s full video is available in the player below.
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