Sami Zayn provides an injury update and says he has been battling through some nagging issues.
Zayn, one-half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, was set to compete on the August 7 episode of WWE Raw, but a backstage attack by jD McDonagh took him out of the match. Fans noticed that Zayn's elbow looked unusual, leading to some speculation that he was injured. On the August 14 episode, Michael Cole announced that Zayn was dealing with traumatic olecranon bursitis. Zayn then defeated JD McDonagh in a singles match.
Speaking on Out of Character with Ryan Satin, Zayn was asked about his elbow. He stated that he has been dealing with nagging injuries, but nothing that would put him on the shelf. Zayn also noted that his elbow is not great, but it will be fine.
“I’ve had a lot of issues, I guess for a while that you’re just kind of battling through. It’s funny, when I watch sports, like hockey players or whatever, especially in the playoffs, after the playoffs are done, hockey’s particularly aggressive, the schedule’s grueling and everything like that. So once the playoffs are done, it’ll be like, ‘Oh, this guy was playing through a broken sternum and three broken fingers and a cracked tibia,’ or whatever, all these insane injuries that they’re playing through. But as a fan and as a viewer, I’m just watching, and I just assume everything’s fine. But I’ve been battling a lot of little nagging injuries for some time, but nothing to the extent that would put me on the shelf. So [my elbow] is part of a nagging injury that’s just kind of gotten a little bit worse after this past week’s heinous attacks by JD McDonagh, for which there will be revenge. But yeah, there have been some little injuries, but knock on wood, thank god, I’m pretty healthy overall. You start to think about this stuff a little bit more as you get older, and you’ve been doing it for 21 years, and you’re like, ‘Oh, there’s definitely not another 21 on the backside of this.’ So you’re definitely closer to the end than the beginning. So maintaining your health and addressing those nagging injuries, I think that’ll become more important. But I still managed to give you a long-winded answer to a very easy question. My elbow’s alright, it’ll be okay. It’s not great, but it will be okay," Zayn said.
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