NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Matt Cardona Suffers Arm Injury

The former Zack Ryder may have suffered a bicep tear at last night's GCW show.

By Andrew Pollard /

AEW

As first reported by Mike Johnson at PWInsider, last night saw Matt Cardona suffer an arm injury in his match against Blake Christian.

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Competing at a GCW show in Las Vegas, Cardona suffered this injury whilst catching Christian on a dive. The current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion would eventually emerge victorious in this bout, hitting a low blow and rolling his opponent up for the 1-2-3.

That Blake Christian was actually Cardona's second outing of the day, with him having lost the IMPACT Wrestling Digital Media Championship to Rich Swann earlier on Saturday in a match for Wrestling Revolver.

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Cardona was supposed to host an afterparty event last night, but that appearance was cancelled due to the one-time Intercontinental Champion having to get a red-eye flight to Orlando to get his arm checked out. It's not known how serious this injury is, although Cardona himself seemed to suggest that this may be a bicep tear.

While Matt Cardona is one of the busiest wrestlers in the game right now, one major match he has on the horizon is defending his NWA Worlds Title against two-time Worlds Champion Nick Aldis at NWA Alwayz Ready PPV on 11 June. Of course, that contest could well be under question should Cardona's injury prove to be a serious one.

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