Finn Balor reveals he suffered calf tear prior to WWE WrestleMania 39
Finn Balor suffered an injury before WrestleMania 39 but was able to make it back in time for the event.
Balor revealed in an Instagram post on Friday that he suffered a grade two calf tear on the March 10 episode of SmackDown. Though the normal recovery time for the injury is 6-8 weeks, Balor was able to rehab the injury and return to the ring for WrestleMania.
The injury happened in a six-man tag match where the Judgment Day faced Legado del Fantasma on SmackDown.
Balor wrote:
On March 10th Ep of Smackdown I sustained a grade 2 calf tear.
Normal recovery time is estimated at 6-8 weeks.
Hold my beer!
With just 3 weeks & 2 days to Wrestlemania WWE medical team ‘threw the kitchen sink at it’ & with some careful planning, long days of rehab and a lot of swear words we made it back in time with a day or two spare!
My wife said it best. ‘This injury has been the Demon of your career, and you need to over come this Demon to Release YOUR DEMON at Wrestlemania’ @verolaguera
Special thanks to CJ for his incredible work ( and not taking a day off for 3 weeks)
Extra mention to @docholmes & @athleanx for all their support.
Balor lost a Hell in a Cell match to Edge on night two of WrestleMania 39. The match was briefly paused due to a nasty head cut that Balor suffered when he was hit in the head by a ladder. Balor received 14 staples in his head after the match.
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