Xavier Woods talks shoulder injury, return timeline

WWE fans have not seen Xavier Woods for weeks as he has been sidelined with a shoulder injury since January. Woods is hopeful, however, that he’ll be back in action in the not-too-distant future. 

Woods updated his condition in a discussion with Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone at WWE 2K26 Creator Fest. 

“I feel ok. Lifting things with my shoulder doesn’t feel ok,” Woods said. “I kind of put it through like a meat grinder, so we’ll see how it is. Hopefully, it’s a few weeks of physical therapy, and then we’ll be back at it,” Woods said. “But if not, I will let everybody know. But yeah, it’s alright. We’re just staying positive.”

Woods’ last televised contest was a four-way tag team match in which he and Kofi Kingston—along with American Made and Los Americanos—lost to the Alpha Academy on the January 26 episode of Monday Night Raw. He also appeared at the Royal Rumble on January 31, teaming with Kingston and Grayson Waller in a losing effort against Shinsuke Nakamura & the Motor City Machine Guns in a dark match. 

On February 16, Kingston and Waller appeared on Raw and broke the news that Woods had been dealing with a shoulder injury for several months and would be taking time off to recover. He also appeared on tonight’s Raw complaining that they were paying tribute to AJ Styles instead of him.