“The Rotator Cuff Was Torn” – WWE SmackDown Star Says He Was Injured While Wrestling Gunther 

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Chad Gable, in his documentary, spoke about how he injured his arm while wrestling Gunther. He released a documentary talking about the details of what he faced following the match against Gunther, and everything that has happened since then for the SmackDown star.

“Basically, to fill you in on what happened, this stems back a while, but in October of this last year [2024], I was wrestling Gunther on a live event in the UK. Something happened to my bicep tendon on this side [right side], which has never happened to me before. And I don’t even know specifically in the match what happened. It was nobody’s fault. It’s just a freak thing. I was walking to the back after the match. My bicep was feeling very funky, and I looked down at it, and it was also looking very funky. I got it checked out. It turned out I had a slight tear in my right bicep tendon, the one that attaches at the shoulder. But nothing serious enough that required surgery or whatever. So kept wrestling, finished the tour, carried on as normal.”

Chad Gable went on to say that the right side and his arm started giving him more trouble, including not being able to extend his elbow properly. He said that it was something that hurt him as well, and he had pain in his bicep. The star ended up getting MRIs on his shoulder, his tricep, his bicep, and more, and the doctor wanted to see him in person. He ended up getting images done of his left shoulder as well, as that had been giving him issues. This led to him finding out there was actually an issue with his left shoulder, and he had torn his rotator cuff.

“It turns out all this time I was so worried about my right side and the left side was the one that had all these issues to my surprise. I got this news that the rotator cuff was torn and this knocked me off my feet bad. I’m the type of guy that expects to go in and be told that this pain I’m dealing with is like, you got some issues, but it’s nothing that requires surgery. That’s what it’s always been. Through amateur wrestling all the way through my time with WWE. I’ve never been seriously hurt. And they went on to explain to me essentially that it had to be fixed. A torn tendon off the bone is not gonna repair itself.”

There will be multiple parts to the documentary, which will detail his journey back to WWE.