Heath Offers An Injury Update After Bound For Glory Accident

It could be worse. You never know when you are going to see an injury in wrestling and oftentimes it can be a rather bad situation. Sometimes what looks to be something simple is actually a much more serious injury and the wrestler could be out of action for a long time. Thankfully a recent one does not seem to be as bad as it could have been and we have a somewhat positive update.

Last week at Impact Wrestling’s Bound For Glory, Heath, formerly known as Heath Slater in WWE, was part of the Call Your Shot gauntlet. During the match, Heath suffered some sort of injury and was left laying on the mat for a long stretch. It seems that Heath was supposed to win the match but wound up having to be eliminated due to his injury. Now we know a bit more about what happened and how bad it was.

Heath has made a post to Instagram with an update on his health status. During the match, Heath suffered a severe inguinal injury, a partially torn abductor muscle and a slight groin tear. Heath will not require surgery and will be able to recover through rest, ice and physical therapy. There is no word on how long it will be before Heath is able to get back in the ring or if he will be able to wrestle while recovering.

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This is the moment I knew I was screwed. After two doctors telling me that my injury was a severe inguinal hernia, I made an appointment with a hernia specialist. . . OFFICIAL DIAGNOSIS: partially torn abductor muscle (from the bone) and a slight tear in my groin. . RECOVERY: luckily no surgery, just gotta suck it up and deal with the pain for a while. Lots of rest, ice, physical therapy (I’m coming for you @nmotion_pr #recovery #badluck #rebuild #hurting #outfornow #butnotforever

A post shared by HEATH XXII (@heathxxii) on Oct 31, 2020 at 7:36am PDT

Heath has done well in Impact Wrestling so far. Check out how it has gone down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzbq-I7ynkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtbRzZCBfHg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKLZz67Zvs

Opinion: Heath is someone who has slipped into his role very well because he is that kind of a talented wrestler. There are all kinds of things that he can do on a wrestling show and he has shown that quite well in Impact Wrestling. I’m not sure how long the injury is going to keep him out of the ring but not needing surgery is always a good sign. Hopefully he is back sooner than later because he has done rather well so far.

What do you think of Heath? What can he do next in Impact Wrestling? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!