Rey Mysterio undergoing surgery for torn abductor
Rey Mysterio is having surgery to repair the injury that forced him to miss WWE WrestleMania 41.
In a post to his Instagram stories on Monday, Mysterio informed fans that he’s at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama to undergo surgery for a torn abductor muscle. Mysterio said he’ll have an update later once surgery is complete.
“I tore my abductor the SmackDown before WrestleMania, and I’m scheduled for surgery today. So I will keep you guys posted,” Mysterio said. “Thank you guys very much, and I will let you guys know once I get out of surgery.”
The injury happened during a six-man tag match on SmackDown where Mysterio, Dragon Lee & Rey Fenix defeated Chad Gable & The Creed Brothers. With Mysterio unable to compete at WrestleMania the next night, Fenix replaced him on the card, losing to Gable’s El Grande Americano character in a singles bout.
Dave Meltzer reported that Mysterio initially wanted to gut it out and still compete at WrestleMania before realizing that would not be able to happen.
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