AEW’s MJF Legitimate Injury Details Revealed

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More details have emerged on AEW World Champion MJF’s injuries following his matches at Full Gear 2023.

MJF competed in two title matches at the November 18 pay-per-view, first teaming with Samoa Joe to defend his ROH Tag Team Championship against The Gunns in the Zero Hour pre-show.

He then returned for the main event, in which he defeated Jay White to retain the AEW World Title.

Following the show it was reported that MJF had suffered a legitimate hip injury during his matches.

Per Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, MJF dislocated his hip performing the top rope elbow drop to White on the ringside floor, and aggravated a shoulder injury with a top rope uranage.

Explaining how MJF legitimately suffered his injuries, Meltzer wrote:

MJF legit suffered a dislocated hip during the match as well as aggravated a prior shoulder injury.

The hip injury took place when he was planning to do the spot where you come off the top rope and fly far, ending with an elbow drop putting your opponent through a table.

However, when he put White on the table, it collapsed. Instead of just ditching the spot, he felt that the crowd was going to flatten if he didn’t do the spot, climbed up to the top rope and did an elbow drop from the top rope to the floor, which is an absolute killer on your hip.

It was popped back in but he was in terrible pain. The shoulder injury worsened from a top rope uranage.

MJF is slated to defend his AEW World Championship against Samoa Joe at AEW Worlds End on December 30.

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