{"id":30388,"date":"2016-08-26T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T22:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=30388"},"modified":"2016-08-26T17:12:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T22:12:48","slug":"wwe-video-finn-balor-talks-shoulder-injury-even-worse-initially-believed-six-months-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/26\/wwe-video-finn-balor-talks-shoulder-injury-even-worse-initially-believed-six-months-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Video &#8211; Finn Balor talks shoulder injury being even worse than initially believed, six months of rehab, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2379919155\" 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>Finn Balor&#8217;s Rollercoaster Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday: Win the Universal Title at Summerslam to become the first-ever Universal champion.<\/li>\n<li>Monday Morning: Find out the nagging shoulder injury is a lot worse than believed.<\/li>\n<li>Monday Night: Relinquish the Universal Title as part of an injury angle write-off<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday Morning: Report to Alabama for surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday: Find out the injury is even worse than initially believed.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday Morning: Begin the rehab process that will take &#8220;at least six months.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Next: Report back to Orlando, Florida to begin extensive physical therapy trying to return to WWE around the Royal Rumble or WrestleMania in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WWE <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Sl2oTHL5aEY\" target=\"_blank\">released a video update<\/a> from Balor beginning his rehab process and talking dejectedly about the big international tours and PPVs that he will be missing over the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a long day,&#8221; Balor summed up after his first day of rehab. &#8220;It was agony. Any hopes of being back in four months are crushed. It&#8217;s going to be at least six months of rehabilitation. don&#8217;t really know how I&#8217;m going to cope with being out of the ring for that long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t really know how I&#8217;m going to cope with being out of the ring for that long,&#8221; Balor added. &#8220;My friends tell me the first month is the hardest, then you&#8217;ll kind of slip into the routine and enjoy the time off. 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