Sheamus defeated Cesaro tonight on RAW to go up 2-0 in their best of 7 series. During the match, Cesaro went spine first into the post outside of the ring. Sheamus ended up using the Cloverleaf to force Cesaro to tap out and win the match. It appears as Cesaro was injured during the match and the WWE posted some details.
WWE tweeted out that Cesaro suffered contusions to the lumbar spine during the match:
INJURY UPDATE: @WWECesaro suffered contusions to the lumbar spine vs. @WWESheamus on #RAW: https://t.co/j46IGoX8RE pic.twitter.com/GRe5RTPrXf
— WWE (@WWE) August 30, 2016
Cesaro tweeted after RAW:
Well… I guess I’m not working out or anything this week…
— Cesaro (@WWECesaro) August 30, 2016
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Guessing this is strictly a storyline injury. Cesaro hit pretty hard but there is no way they would let Sheamus use the Cloverleaf on him if it was serious. Just a great way to keep the story building between these two!