Tag: Charlotte Flair Injury

Charlotte Flair to undergo surgery for torn ACL, MCL, meniscus

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE’s Charlotte Flair is set to undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus suffered on the December 8 SmackDown. 

Dave Meltzer reports in Sunday’s Daily Update: 

Charlotte Flair will be undergoing surgery for a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus shortly, which were the injuries suffered last week that were talked about on Smackdown this week. She’s listed as being out nine months.

WWE announced that Flair had suffered a knee injury on Friday’s SmackDown and provided the nine-month timetable, but did not specify the extent of the knee injuries suffered. 

In addition to the knee injury, PWInsider reports that Flair is believed to have suffered a strained neck as well in the match with Asuka on December 8. 

Flair landed on her feet to the floor on a moonsault attempt in a portion of the match that aired on television, but it is believed that the knee and neck injuries happened during a spot that occurred during a commercial break in the match where Flair fell off the top rope. 

Charlotte Flair suffers apparent knee injury in WWE SmackDown match

Posted on by Ethan Renner

UPDATE:

Dave Meltzer is reporting that Charlotte Flair is currently awaiting x-ray results following an apparent injury to her left knee during Friday’s SmackDown.

Original Story:

Charlotte Flair was helped out of the ring after suffering an apparent left knee injury during he match with Asuka on Friday’s WWE SmackDown. 

Social media reports from those in attendance at SmackDown differ as to where in the match Flair’s injury may have occurred, but the star was noticeable favoring her left leg as the bout concluded, and she had to be helped out of the ring and to the backstage area. 

In a video posted by Steve Fall of WrestlingNews.co, Flair can be seen shouting “my knee” and an expletive as referee Charles Robinson and medical personnel attended to her after the match:

Flair was limping in the final moments of the bout which came to an abrupt end after interference from Bayley allowed Asuka to pin Flair with a quick cradle. 

Two spots stand out as to when the injury may have occurred, one being a moonsault from the top rope to the floor:

The other apparently coming during a commercial break in the SmackDown broadcast where Flair was caught up in the ropes. Some social media posts thought the injury may have been to Flair’s head or neck as she landed awkwardly during the ad break:

WWE announces storyline injury to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania Backlash

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WWE announced a storyline injury to Charlotte Flair during Sunday’s WrestleMania Backlash event. 

Following an “I Quit” match that saw Ronda Rousey defeat Flair with an armbar applied through a steel chair, WWE announced during the show’s broadcast that Flair had suffered a fractured radius. 

No timetable for recovery was announced, and WWE personality Kayla Braxton invited viewers to check WWE’s website for updates regarding Flair’s condition. 

Rousey worked over Flair’s left arm throughout their match, including applying an armbar with Flair stretched across the ring ropes. The two also used kendo sticks and chairs as they brawled through the arena during the bout.

Flair’s sixth SmackDown title reign and 12th total WWE Women’s title reign ended with the I Quit match, while Rousey won the SmackDown Women’s Championship for the first time. Flair has also held the NXT Women’s title on two occasions.

Rousey had held the Raw Women’s title once before during her first WWE run from 2018 to 2019.