After news broke yesterday that WWE Superstar Roman Reigns had undergone emergency surgery to remove an incarcerated hernia, many feared that the big man would be out long enough to derail his monster push to Wrestlemania.
Breathe easy wrestling fans, it looks like the next Next Big Thing in WWE will only be gone for a month to a month and a half according to a press release from the company.
Now that the surgery has gone well, the clear next thought was when will the WWE Universe be able to see the powerhouse house back in action.
“Roman has been transferred to the recovery room and is doing quite well. The plan is to keep him overnight, give him IV antibiotics to prevent infection and make sure the intestinal function returns to normal before discharging him from the hospital. If everything goes well, that should be [Sunday],” Dr. Amann said. “Most of the time, the recovery time for something like this in terms of returning to physical activity is between four and six weeks. This was a pretty significant hernia, so it will probably be closer to six weeks.”
With Reigns only missing 4-6 weeks, the company can pick up Reigns momentum right where he left off upon returning. Luckily for Reigns and the WWE, the surgery was caught at a time where it was kept from becoming much more serious.
And even luckier for us, this likely means that Seth Rollins will now be facing Dean Ambrose at Night of Champions.