{"id":28482,"date":"2016-08-07T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T19:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28482"},"modified":"2016-08-07T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T19:35:59","slug":"shelton-benjamin-not-returning-wwe-announces-serious-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/07\/shelton-benjamin-not-returning-wwe-announces-serious-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelton Benjamin not returning to WWE &#8211; announces serious injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4207955250\" 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>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/26\/smackdown-live-shelton-benjamin-returning-wwe\/\">WWE advertising Shelton Benjamin&#8217;s return<\/a> to be part of the Smackdown roster turned out to be premature.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin announced Sunday that he has a &#8220;serious shoulder injury&#8221; that will prevent him from returning to WWE.<\/p>\n<p>During WWE&#8217;s\u00a0medical screening process, doctors discovered the injury and Benjamin will require surgery. 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