{"id":21945,"date":"2016-06-06T14:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=21945"},"modified":"2016-06-06T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:51:15","slug":"nxt-injury-update-drifter-elias-samson-fractured-ankle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/06\/nxt-injury-update-drifter-elias-samson-fractured-ankle\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT injury update &#8211; &#8220;The Drifter&#8221; Elias Samson fractured ankle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1582773595\" 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>&#8220;The Drifter&#8221; Elias Samson is out indefinitely with a fractured left ankle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/elias-samson-injured?sf28085684=1\" target=\"_blank\">WWE announced Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Samson suffered the injury in a match against Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/03\/63-wwe-nxt-nashville-results-eatons-report-joe-vs-balor-main-event-american-alpha-vs-revival-nakamura-takes\/\">NXT show on Friday, June 3 in Nashville<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WWE said on their website that Samson &#8220;will be put in a cast and crutches&#8221; to help him make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>WWE made it sound like surgery will not be required. 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