ROH Regular Reveals Long-Term Injury
Former ROH TV Champion will be sidelined for at least two months
Since Ring Of Honor began running shows again, Tony Deppen has been regularly appearing on the brand, in addition to competing on AEW Dark over the last year. The former ROH World Television Champion has faced the likes of Samoa Joe, Brian Cage, and Dralistico since ROH made a comeback, but things have been halted for Deppen.
Following a match with Zack Sabre Jr in GCW, Deppen took to twitter to reveal a serious injury he received, with him needing surgery for a broken arm.
“Somehow I've made it 17 years into my journey of pro wrestling without a major injury - until now.
Last night a freak accident turned into a severe break on my arm. I continued to work with a broken arm for a few more mins, cause they match meant way more to me than anything. According to the doctor, There's no way for it to heal back into place naturally, so the only option is to undergo surgery.
At the moment they can't schedule it for about a week or two; after that it'll be a 2 month recover to make sure the steel plate in my arm heals properly.
I'll be honest, at the moment, I'm scared and a little overwhelmed. 2 kids, not a contracted wrestler, and a variety of other things that come up as an adult; and l'm not sure what l'm going to do. But I'm going to do what I do, and get through this, and come out stronger than ever.
It's not gonna be fun - besides COVID, this will be thee longest l've gone with out wrestling in 17 years. I don't know what to do with myself, especially with one arm. Ha.all I know is I'm going to work harder than i have ever done.
Thanks to gcw the opportunity, thanks to Zach for the match - truly the botb - and thank you to the fans for the amazing support.
See y'all in 2-3 months
Love you Tony”
Deppen is expected to be out of action for at least two months to allow everything to heal before making a return to in-ring action.
H/T Fightful
