On this weeks episode of Smackdown Live, Naomi announced that she had been injured during her match against Alexa Bliss at the Elimination Chamber PPV. Many fans have been questioning if the injury was legitimate or a way to delay their rematch until next week on Smackdown Live.
It appears as if Naomi did in fact suffer a legitimate injury at the Elimination Chamber PPV. Naomi did not compete at the Oakland house show on Monday night. Instead, fans in attendance saw a handicap match between Nikki Bella and Becky Lynch vs Carmella, Natalya and Bliss. This indicates that Naomi was in fact dealing with something as Sasha Banks currently has a storyline knee injury but still wrestles house shows.
The good news is that the injury does not appear to be serious. WWE is likely giving Naomi a chance to rest whatever is bothering her until next week. If it was serious, they would have forced her to vacate the title like what we saw with Finn Balor after Summerslam.
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Naomi tweeted about the injury after Smackdown:
Nothing will steal my GLOW an injury has never stopped me before and it won’t now #wweanaheim your #glowchamp pic.twitter.com/BFB2uVoTNp
— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) February 15, 2017
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She hurt it either during the counter to Twisted Bliss or her split-legged moonsault at the end. I know she whacked her knee on Alexa’s leg because Alexa didn’t get into position quickly enough.
Glad its not serious!!