All Elite Wrestling has been thrown a major curveball for next week’s “All Out” PPV as Jon Moxley will not be able to compete against Kenny Omega in one of the most anticipated matches on the 8/31 PPV broadcast.
Moxley has been diagnosed with a staph infection in his arm after competing for the last month in New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Climax tournament and will not be cleared in time for AEW’s All Out.
“'m absolutely gutted to have to deliver this news but I'd rather it come directly from me. In a nightmare scenario, a serious case of MRSA has returned in my elbow. The timing couldn't be worse. In this circumstance I am forced to pull out of the fight 8/31 vs Omega at All Out ,” Moxley wrote on his Twitter account.
We are told Moxley is extremely upset about the situation, especially given all the time he lost while under contract to WWE following a staph infection that developed following a surgery on his elbow after Moxley (while wrestling for WWE as Dean Ambrose) was injured in December 2017. One source believed the staph infection is in the same arm, adding to the aggravation.
There is no word how long Moxley may be out of the ring. He wrestled Pentagon Jr. last weekend for Northeast Wrestling.
Moxley made his debut with the company at the end of its debut show Double or Nothing this past May in Las Vegas, attacking Chris Jericho and then Kenny Omega. He and Omega brawled to the stage, where Moxley nailed him with a double underhook DDT on top of a stack of oversized casino chips before hitting a death valley driver off the stack onto the stage below. Moxley’s debut led to one of the biggest reactions of the night. He and Omega have since brawled and teased their big faceoff, which will now have to wait.
AEW will be announcing a replacement for Moxley shortly.
Moxley has been diagnosed with a staph infection in his arm after competing for the last month in New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Climax tournament and will not be cleared in time for AEW’s All Out.
“'m absolutely gutted to have to deliver this news but I'd rather it come directly from me. In a nightmare scenario, a serious case of MRSA has returned in my elbow. The timing couldn't be worse. In this circumstance I am forced to pull out of the fight 8/31 vs Omega at All Out ,” Moxley wrote on his Twitter account.
We are told Moxley is extremely upset about the situation, especially given all the time he lost while under contract to WWE following a staph infection that developed following a surgery on his elbow after Moxley (while wrestling for WWE as Dean Ambrose) was injured in December 2017. One source believed the staph infection is in the same arm, adding to the aggravation.
There is no word how long Moxley may be out of the ring. He wrestled Pentagon Jr. last weekend for Northeast Wrestling.
Moxley made his debut with the company at the end of its debut show Double or Nothing this past May in Las Vegas, attacking Chris Jericho and then Kenny Omega. He and Omega brawled to the stage, where Moxley nailed him with a double underhook DDT on top of a stack of oversized casino chips before hitting a death valley driver off the stack onto the stage below. Moxley’s debut led to one of the biggest reactions of the night. He and Omega have since brawled and teased their big faceoff, which will now have to wait.
AEW will be announcing a replacement for Moxley shortly.
