Finn Balor was originally scheduled to face Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Title at ‘WWE Smackville’. Balor was pulled from the event at the last minute and replaced by Ali.
In his daily update for F4WOnline, Dave Meltzer confirmed the previous reports that Balor missed the event due to illness. He also provided a few more details.
Here is what Meltzer wrote:
Finn Balor was not injured as WWE stated, but was hospitalized with the stomach flu. No word yet on whether he’ll be able to wrestle Dolph Ziggler as scheduled on Tuesday.
Here is what Balor posted on social media:
We will let you know if we hear anything more.
On a related note, check out some injury notes on several WWE stars.