WATCH: The Miz Fights A Cactus (And Loses)

It’s a dangerous sport. There are all kinds of ways a wrestler can be injured in the ring, but there are even more possible issues outside of the ring. It can be a terrible thing to see a wrestler be hurt, but not all injures are created equally. There are instances where an injury might not be as serious as another, and it certainly helps when the injury doesn’t seem to actually have happened. That seems to be the case again.

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This week on Monday Night Raw, the Miz announced that he was unable to face Johnny Gargano in a match as he had injured his hand on a cactus. Miz has now posted a video to Instagram, showing himself hitting a toy cactus that records and repeats anything he says in a distorted voice. After hitting the cactus, Miz says that he is hurt again and it’s bad, though there is a disclaimer saying that it is NOT the real cactus. He is currently still scheduled to face Dexter Lumis next week on Monday Night Raw.

It’s a serious issue. Check out Miz’s injury, plus his recent problems with Gargano:

Opinion: That could be quite the trouble for Miz as cactus injuries are one of the most common ailments for wrestlers these days. If nothing else, it wouldn’t shock me to see him attempt to get out of the Lumis match one more time and can you blame him after something that devastating? Miz is a talented star, but a cactus injury is nothing to play around with, even if it is a toy causing the problem.