Dolph Ziggler Injured

[Troy]

Dolph Ziggler just announced on Twitter that he suffered a "hairline mandibular fracture" of his jaw from the punch Hugh Jackman nailed him with last night on Raw. Ziggler noted that he will be wearing a mouth-guard in the ring while it heels and will not miss any scheduled matches.

Surprising if true. Thankfully he isn't missing any time over this incident. Ziggler has been working through a couple of injuries lately so WWE should be happy that he isn't one that wants to take time off and can work through a bit of pain.

 

[The Hoov]

DAMNIT WOLVERINE!!

In all seriousness, they should've worked on his punch a little bit beforehand so this wouldn't have happened. But he isn't missing any time so that's good.

 

[TheZig]

With WWE i can never count out it being a angle of some sort, But if its a legitimate injury big props to Ziggler for fighting through the pain.

 

[Andrew]

He was only lying to get more heat.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Been announced as fake. Would have sucked it true but would have been kinda funny.

 

[Prodigy]

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Hugh Jackman has laughed off reports he fractured a wrestler's jaw with a punch, insisting the fighter is "prone to exaggeration".

WWE fighter Dolph Ziggler claimed the movie star left him hospitalized with a "hairline mandibular fracture" following a stunt during Monday night's televised Raw SuperShow wrestling clash.

Jackman was guest hosting the event to promote his new robot boxing film and he thrilled wrestling fans by jumping into the ring to throw a punch at celebrated fighter Ziggler.

But he can't believe he did any damage.

Jackman tells EW.com, "It was scripted that I would go for that punch, but just before we went on, Dolph was yelling at me, 'You hit me man! Just f**king hit me!' During rehearsal I said, 'I’d like to do it, but I’ve spent 20 years pulling punches, trying not to hit. Trying to make it look real, but not really hit.'

"He said, 'There’s no way. There’s cameras everywhere, there’s crowd everywhere, there’s no way we can whiff it, as they call it.'

"So I hit him pretty hard... I kinda really clocked him in the jaw. The next day I read he really broke his jaw and I wasn’t surprised, but I don’t think he did. He’s prone to exaggeration."

Awesome read here. Not too bothered if it was a lie by Ziggler as it gets him more heat!

 

[Blujay]

Jackman being there only helped everyone he was involved with. He put Ryder over huge. Was genuinely excited about being there. The punch to Ziggler then the lying to get him more heat. THIS is an example of what guest hosts should be used for.

 

[Troy]

I agree Jackman was great and he played it up well in that interview as well. Wish WWE had more guest hosts like that who actually understand the product and realise that it is a show and that they need to play along with it.