Logan Paul’s torn triceps: where his WWE comeback stands
He tore the triceps off the bone on May 23; WWE's Michael Hayes told him in September he is not cleared until at least November.
The tea in 3
- Logan Paul tore his triceps on May 23 at Saturday Night's Main Event, teaming with Austin Theory against The Street Profits.
- Doctors reportedly estimated six months; Paul joked he'd be back in weeks. In August he said he was still very much injured.
- In a Sept vlog, WWE producer Michael Hayes told him he is not cleared until at least November, per Ringside News.
Logan Paul’s WWE comeback still has no date. The wrestler and YouTuber tore his triceps in May, and according to his own vlog, as reported by Ringside News on Sept 17, a WWE producer told him he is not medically cleared until at least November.
What happened
Paul was hurt on May 23 at Saturday Night’s Main Event while teaming with Austin Theory against The Street Profits in a tag title match. POST Wrestling reports WWE said the injury came in the closing moments, when Paul caught Angelo Dawkins on a dive.
WWE announced the injury on Raw two days later and said he would be out for months
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- Triceps tears at Saturday Night’s Main Event
- Paul posts post-surgery photos and says doctors told him six months
- Paul says he is still injured, now doing PRP therapy
- Ringside News: Paul is told he is not cleared until at least November
What Paul said
On May 27, after surgery, Paul shared photos and wrote: Tore my tricep, got surgery while wide awake, told doc I wanna feel it all. Still the Tag Team champ just FYI.
On the timeline, he said doctors were telling me 6 month recovery but I don’t believe them, I’ll be back in a couple weeks with some PRIME shake.
That was a joke about his drink brand, and months later he was more sober about it.
I think people have forgotten that I tore my tricep off the bone.— Logan Paul, per Ringside News, Aug 17
The rehab
Per Ringside News, the triceps was torn completely off the bone and surgeons reattached it. In an August vlog Paul said he was getting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, where part of his own blood is spun in a centrifuge and injected back into the muscle.
By September he had described himself as semi-cleared
and said he could throw clotheslines, per Ringside News.
The November answer
In a later vlog filmed backstage at WWE, Paul says Michael Hayes told him You’re not cleared till at least November.
Hayes said the timeline came from Bruce Prichard and Triple H after they asked WWE’s medical staff, Ringside News reports.
What it means for The Vision
POST Wrestling noted that in the storyline any member of The Vision can defend the tag titles, and that Theory and Bron Breakker were set to do so while Paul was out. Paul was the latest of the group to get hurt, along with Seth Rollins, Breakker and Bronson Reed.
Six months from late May lands in late November, and the Hayes comment points the same way. WWE has not announced a return date in the sources we checked.
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