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Samir Singh Is Looking Jacked, Man

When he returned from injury just before Summerslam, there were lots of comments about Dean Ambrose’s new shredded physique. And now it looks like Samir Singh will get similar comments after seemingly being on the Jinder Mahal diet while recovering from his injury.

Singh injured himself on an episode of Smackdown Live back in January – where he tore an ACL during Mahal’s feud with Bobby Roode.

And he posted an image on Twitter this week about his recovery saying:

7 months is a long time to be on the sidelines, I’ve had a lot of time to think. The rehab process has been long and frustrating but I wanted to get in the best shape of my life. The road to recovery is a long one but, I was very happy with my check in results this week. pic.twitter.com/MKBsiOsP9A

— Bollywood Boyz (@BollywoodBoyz) September 3, 2018

Well, I guess he’ll be WWE Champion when he returns.

 

Nia Jax Injury Update

And speaking of injuries, it was reported that former Raw Women’s Champion Nia Jax is also on the injured list.

Although Jax publicly denied she was rehabbing a leg injury and WWE never released an official statement on it, she hasn’t been on seen much on TV since losing her rematch to Alexa Bliss at Extreme Rules a couple of months ago – which is a good sign she isn’t feeling 100%.

And according to PWInsider, Jax was at the WWE Performance Center this week to get physical therapy on her leg. The site doesn’t however provide a timeframe for when Jax will return.

And a WWE return certainly doesn’t look to be on the cards for a certain surprise at this past weekend’s All In.

 

Chris Jericho WWE Backstage Heat?

Following the match between Kenny Omega and Pentagon Jr., Chris Jericho attacked the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Jericho’s appearance on the show was a surprise to many people – not the least of which because he was doing a gig with his band Fozzy earlier in the day in a different state and had another one later that night. And it would seem that it was also a surprise to WWE.

Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that Jericho has some backstage heat on him within the company, particularly with Vince McMahon. And Mike Johnson of PWInsider has also reported on their Elite audio that WWE had no idea Y2J was going to be on the show.

“My phone buzzed up with people who work for WWE as soon as Jericho popped up on TV going, ‘is Chris Jericho on the Ring Of Honor show? Is Chris Jericho on All In?’ I’m like ‘yeah, I’m looking at  him right now.’”

Jericho has had quite the year for non-WWE appearances – while at the same time showing up for Raw 25 and the Greatest Royal Rumble. He revealed on his Talk Is Jericho podcast that he cleared his Wrestle Kingdom match against Omega for New Japan with Vince but it’s been reported that he didn’t do the same thing for his Dominion outing with Tetsuya Naito. However as Johnson notes, “While I’m sure WWE wasn’t happy he’s not under contract. They can’t stop him.” 

It had also been reported that Jericho could be debuting for Impact Wrestling, which his friend and WrestleTalk Insider Don Callis is currently running. The company have even promoted teases themselves, but Jericho told Kenny McIntosh of Inside The Ropes that he wouldn’t work for an American show as he considers that to be ‘Vince’s territory’. Although, Impact is technically Canadian these days.

Some speculated that Jericho showing up at All In could be a sign that he’s gone back on that non-American show promise, and it could mean the Impact rumours are true. However according to PWInsider, the All In appearance had nothing to do with Impact, and was done to promote his Rock N Wrestling Rager At Sea cruise, as well as proving he can go anywhere he wants.

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