True Extent Of Rey Mysterio’s Injury Confirmed

Rey Mysterio is out of action.

At WrestleMania 41, Rey Mysterio was scheduled to face El Grande Americano on the opening night. However, sometimes even the best-laid plans never come to pass.

Just 24 hours before the show on SmackDown, Mysterio teamed with Dragon Lee and Rey Fenix to defeat American Made, but the win came at a cost. During the match, Mysterio took a fall to the outside and never returned to the action.

The veteran was tended to by officials at ringside, and then helped backstage once the match was over. Given his extensive history with knee injuries, fans immediately feared the worst, however, it seems the injury was a very different issue altogether.

Rey Mysterio Suffers Muscle Injury

Reporting on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer confirmed that Mysterio had suffered a torn groin. Although he initially felt he’d be able to wrestle, it seems WWE’s medical team had very different ideas.

“Yeah, he initially tore his groin. He thought he was going to be able to make the match, and then when they examined him, it was like, you just can’t…

Bryan Alvarez went on to break down when Mysterio could have suffered the injury, noting it was a freak accident.

“So what happened with Rey is we got the report that he got hurt at SmackDown, and he was helped to the back, so everyone immediately thought it had to be a knee injury.

So I went and watched SmackDown, because I was like, Okay, where did he get hurt? And I could not figure out where the hell he got hurt, and so there was nothing. And so I went back to the last time we saw him do anything, and he had gotten yanked out of the ring by Julius… No one did anything wrong.

Julius just pulled him and Rey, like, kind of turned, he didn’t want to land on his stomach, and he landed flat on his back, but as soon as he landed, he like, grabbed, like, towards his groin, and they immediately, like, cut to the next thing. And he never got up, and his knees and his feet never touched the ground.

So I knew it couldn’t have been his legs, and I figured it was his groin, and that’s what it was.”

At WrestleMania, Mysterio was replaced by Rey Fenix, who ultimately lost to El Grande Americano.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co