In last week’s NXT Injury Report, it was stated that Tegan Nox may have suffered a torn ACL during the backstage attack by Candice LeRae, which took Nox out of last Wednesday’s #1 Contender’s Battle Royal. It was also noted that Nox was scheduled for an MRI. WWE announced yesterday that Nox did suffer a torn ACL, something Triple H confirmed during yesterday’s NXT TakeOver: 31 media call when he said that Nox has already undergone surgery to repair the tear.
BREAKING NEWS: Following an attack from @CandiceLeRae before the #WWENXT #BattleRoyal last week, @TeganNoxWWE_ has suffered a torn ACL. pic.twitter.com/Io3wJCIwTX
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 30, 2020
This is the third ACL injury Nox, 25, has suffered since 2017, even if at age 13, she suffered a knee injury which would ultimately cost her a place on the Wales Under-16 team. The Girl with the Shiniest Wizard was originally slated to compete in the inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017, but Nox was forced out of the tournament with a torn right ACL. After 10 months on the shelf, the Welsh Superstar made it back in time for the 2018 edition of the 32-woman tournament, where she was considered a favourite to win the whole thing. Nox made it to the quarterfinals, where catastrophe reared its ugly head.
A dive to the arena floor in a match against Rhea Ripley resulted in a devastating injury to Nox’s left leg – torn menisci, MCL, LCL and ACL. That injury took Tegan out of action for close to a year. After returning to the ring for NXT UK in her home country of Wales and reuniting with Dakota Kai, Nox has her sights set on NXT and becoming the NXT Women’s Champion.
Nox has not wrestled since the SmackDown Battle Royal on August 14. Her last NXT TV match came on July 29, a win over Indi Hartwell. She has been feuding with Candice LeRae in recent weeks on NXT TV, in hopes of earning a title shot from NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai.
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