{"id":18053,"date":"2016-05-01T21:57:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T02:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=18053"},"modified":"2016-05-02T05:05:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:05:50","slug":"payback-injury-enzo-amore-appears-suffer-neck-injury-ppv-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/01\/payback-injury-enzo-amore-appears-suffer-neck-injury-ppv-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Payback Injury Update &#8211; Enzo Amore concussed, out of hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3004393260\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>WWE said the diagnosis\u00a0is Enzo Amore suffered a concussion when he took a hard blow during the opening match at Payback.<\/p>\n<p>WWE later released a photo of Enzo out of the hospital wearing a hospital gown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEAaLLday21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWEAaLLday21<\/a> has been released from the hospital! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HMxK0GsNOC\">pic.twitter.com\/HMxK0GsNOC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/726988412931158016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Enzo Amore receives medical attention at WWE Payback 2016: May 1, 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TMVFVnR0HuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Amore appeared to suffer a neck injury in the opening match of WWE&#8217;s Payback PPV.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo and Big Cass were facing The Vaudevillians in the finals of the #1 contender tournament to the Tag Titles.<\/p>\n<p>In the opening minutes, Simon Gotch tossed Enzo toward the ropes trying to throw him to the floor. However, Enzo crashed hard into the ropes, sending Enzo reeling to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo sold lifelessness on the floor as Gotch came over to pick him up. However, the referee intervened to check on Enzo. Referee Rudy Charles threw up the &#8220;X&#8221; signal and medical personnel checked on Enzo.<\/p>\n<p>The bell sounded to signal the end of the match while a stretcher was brought out to take Enzo away from ringside.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1666411698\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Off-camera, Enzo was fitted for a neckbrace and given oxygen. Enzo was able to move his arms and legs, according to the announcers, and was able to communicate with medics.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorch TV correspondent Ben Tucker was live at ringside relaying updates and photos from the injury situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That looked brutal live. Holy crap Enzo got hit<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big B (@BTuckerTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\/status\/726927992627318789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enzo did have movement in his hands so that&#39;s good<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big B (@BTuckerTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\/status\/726929330702548994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mad scene down here. Enzo can move his hands, getting loaded up and getting oxygen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZMF827QOQ\">pic.twitter.com\/HZMF827QOQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big B (@BTuckerTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\/status\/726928999222509568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pictures of Enzo and Cass as they left earlier. Enzo doesn&#39;t look great. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WLy1tveCnA\">pic.twitter.com\/WLy1tveCnA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big B (@BTuckerTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTuckerTorch\/status\/726933630015119360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1947314410\"><div id=\"pwtor-678776170\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UPDATE:\u00a0WWE said the diagnosis\u00a0is Enzo Amore suffered a concussion when he took a hard blow during the opening match at Payback. WWE later released a photo of Enzo out of the hospital wearing a hospital <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/01\/payback-injury-enzo-amore-appears-suffer-neck-injury-ppv-opener\/\" title=\"Payback Injury Update &#8211; Enzo Amore concussed, out of hospital\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,3],"tags":[2460,2332,2545,71,2111],"class_list":["post-18053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-news_wwe","tag-big-cass","tag-enzo-amore","tag-payback-2016","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-payback"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/04\/Paybacklogo.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18053"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18128,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18053\/revisions\/18128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}