Spoilers for Smackdown, everything indicates this is real and not a part of the story, of course in this new world who knows.

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I tried to push it down further on the screen because sometimes the spoiler tags don’t work in some apps…

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Kevin Owens, who last wrestled at the 3/1 Elimination Chamber PPV, announced on tonight’s Smackdown that he has been dealing with a neck issues for four months and it was finally determined he would need neck surgery.

It was announced he would miss Wrestlemania 41 and his match against Randy Orton at the PPV is off.

More as we confirm.

Source: PWInsider

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To respond to the MASSIVE amount of emails we have received since Smackdown went off the air, all accounts that we have heard is that the neck issues Kevin Owens spoke about in his promo are 100% legitimate.

One WWE source described the situation as “awful”, noting that Owens is expected to get surgery as he mentioned in the promo.

Another source said the word among talents tonight was that Owens was looking at fusion surgery in the future.

There’s no word if and when Owens could return.

For those who have asked if the announcement was a work, the reaction among those we’ve spoken to in the company has been sympathy and sadness for Owens, not that this was storyline.

  • Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    20 days ago

    About the spoiler thing. They have finally fixed it on Boost, and I’m usually on Voyager these days where it works. I really appreciate the effort you have taken to hide the spoilers. I’m not sure about any other apps, but I can confirm those two are fine with the Lemmy spoiler tag.

    On topic, he looks absolutely devastated. It didn’t help that it leaked out before he could announce it himself. I hope he has a speedy recovery and is able to return to the ring soon, or at all. Necks are no joke

    • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipOP
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      20 days ago

      That’s good to know about the tags working in some of the apps now, I’ll have to check Sync to see if they work there too. If it’s working fine in Voyage I’ll just go to that for my phone, still prefer Sync on a bigger screen.