Battleground IC Bout pulled from match card

[Majour]

WWE announced on their website this evening that WWE Intercontinental champion Ryback was injured Monday night at the Raw taping in Atlanta, GA and his scheduled bout against The Big Show and Miz on Sunday's Battleground PPV has been pulled.

There's no word yet on the actual injury. PWInsider.com is working to update the story.

So the curse of the IC title strikes again.

 

[Prince Bálor]

DB 2.0 :sad1:

It's like, he's just started doing something good and bang, some shit happens.

 

[The GOAT]

Is it weird that I was actually looking forward to this match and am disappointing to hear it's now not happening?

Hopefully the injury isn't serious enough to warrant stripping Ryback of the title. I was hoping for him to have a long, dominant run as champion.

 

[Farooq]

The big guy won't be injured for long. He'll destroy the injury, then anyone before him :happy:

 

[Aids Johnson]

I honestly was looking forward to this.

 

[CM Punk]

Well at least I won't have to sit through his match in Battleground.

 

[The GOAT]

I honestly was looking forward to this.

The match or the injury?

 

[Aids Johnson]

The match or the injury?

The match. If it was Big Show, though....

 

[Majour]

Update:
Ryback was found to have a staph infection in his knee. He had fluid removed and is apparently staying in hospital for a few days.

 

[The GOAT]

If it's only a few days, then hopefully he's cleared to compete before the PPV happens.

 

[Lackin]

WWE Intercontinental Champion Ryback will miss Sunday’s Battleground pay-per-view event due to a staph infection in his right knee that was discovered on Tuesday morning. As a result of his injury, his triple threat match for the IC Title against Big Show and The Miz has been removed from the card, according to WWE.com.

Ryback sent out several tweets to explain what happened:

After Raw Monday I woke up Tuesday morning before some media appearances with a severe staph infection in my right knee. I was brought to a hospital and put on strong antibiotics and had 90 cc of fluid drained out of knee in a 24 hour period. We caught it in time thanks to the great WWE medical team and I will make a full recovery. Will be kept in the hospital for several days and I will not be able to defend my Intercontinental Championship this Sunday. I am sorry to all my fans and the WWE. I will be back shortly, but I have to get this corrected.

The good news is the staph infection was detected early because if not they can be very dangerous. As he mentioned, he has to get it corrected and it’s going to take some time for him to return to the ring.

There’s no specific timeline on when he can wrestle again and WWE hasn’t made an announcement about the future of the IC Title. If he’s out for a month or two then he’ll probably keep the title, but if it’s more than that then the curse of the IC Title strikes again.

WWE.com
Since the IC Title match is off, WWE will likely put on a replacement bout at Battleground. A singles match with Big Show and Miz is possible, although with both guys as heels it may not be a great idea. There are also talented performers like Cesaro, Rusev, Dean Ambrose, Stardust and Neville that don’t have a match on Sunday, so perhaps WWE can do something with them.

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Wasn't excited for the match tbh.

What match do you think will replace it? Rusev vs. Cesaro

 

[Prince Bálor]

Sadly, I think the IC title match will be replaced by Barrett vs Truth which is currently on the pre-show.

Welp, I'll gladly skip that one.

 

[I'll See Ya Kia]

So the curse of the IC title strikes again.

I hope you're wrong about this. I know you're not the only person who's probably thought this.

 

[Majour]

I hope you're wrong about this. I know you're not the only person who's probably thought this.

Well that makes three now: Wade Barrett, Daniel Bryan and Ryback