Sami Zayn facing 10 months out due to two shoulder surgeries
Returning for WrestleMania next year is the target for the former NXT champion
Friday 22 June 2018 16:24, UK
Sami Zayn could be out until WrestleMania next year due to shoulder injuries, the popular Canadian has confirmed.
The 33-year-old revealed he needs surgery on both rotator cuffs and says he could be sidelined until April 2019 as a result.
Zayn had a match at the Money In The Bank pay-per-view on Sunday night but will now be out of action for a long period.
"I just underwent surgery for my right shoulder, a.k.a. my good shoulder," he said. "So, I'm out for a little while with that. I guess people don't know about this injury; I've been working with it for some time. I don't know exactly when I tore it. I think I tore it, or initially injured it, on a show in Montreal.
"But then my left shoulder, a.k.a my bad shoulder, started to act up again as well. That shoulder hasn't quite been the same since surgery anyway, so I had just kind of got used to the fact that that shoulder was the bad one.
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"But it started to get progressively worse, so basically, long story short, it turns out I have two torn rotator cuffs. The left one and the right one are both torn. I just underwent surgery on the right one, and then in about six or seven weeks, I'll be undergoing surgery on the left one, and hopefully I can come back healthy and happy."
All of which is likely to leave Zayn, who tore a rotator cuff in 2009, on the shelf for up to 10 months of rehabilitation.
"Because of the timeline, I'd love to be in the mix for WrestleMania season; that's the most exciting time of the year for all of us," he said.
"I think timeline wise, I should be ready in time for WrestleMania, so fingers crossed."
