At WWE Payback several months ago, Enzo Amore suffered a concussion after being thrown outside the ring. In a freak accident, Enzo hit the ropes and ended up slamming his head on the mat. The footage looked really bad, with some fearing he could have broken his neck. It turned out that he suffered a concussion and was back in the ring for the WWE a couple of weeks later.
In a recent interview with Fox Sports to promo Summerslam, Enzo opened up about his concussion.
Enzo recalls waking up to the faces of Sami Zayn and Big Cass in the hospital:
“Well, the process began when I was sitting in a hospital and I went ‘what’s going on?’ and I looked up and I saw Big Cass and Sami Zayn standing there. And the doctor looked at me and said ‘you got hurt in your wrestling event. I had no idea what had happened, but luckily for me I work for the WWE, and by God’s saving grace I never had any post-concussion symptoms, no ill side-effects of this concussion that was almost a freak accident” (Source: Fox Sports).
Enzo praises the WWE and how they handled his and others concussions:
“But what we do in the ring is not ballet, this is dangerous. People have their fair share of injuries, but luckily for us in WWE some time off doesn’t mean that you’re not going to be taken care of or you’re not going to be getting paid or you’re not going to see the best doctors. I honestly believe that the WWE is the leader and/or ahead of all the other sports in concussion awareness and understanding what it does to guys. Understanding how serious an injury can be. They go by the right protocol, they set a parameter of what is a healthy brain and what isn’t. And while they’re learning so much more, I believe the WWE is leading the way in gaining that knowledge so that we can better prevent these things from causing ill side-effects in the future and so that our guys remain healthy and taken care” (Source: Fox Sports).
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Enzo and Big Cass take on Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho at Summerslam this weekend!