Update On Lance Archer Following Ugly Landing On AEW Dynamite

The Murderhawk Monster has provided an update after THAT scary landing.

By Andrew Pollard / October 24, 2021

AEW

During his World Title Eliminator match against Eddie Kingston on last night's AEW Dynamite, Lance Archer had an extremely ugly landing when a moonsault went wrong.

For those who missed it, the Murderhawk Monster landed on his head when looking to attempt to hit said moonsault on Kingston. Following a brief pause in the match as officials checked on Archer, the Mad King immediately got the impromptu three-count and victory with a rollup.

PWInsider reported that Archer was said to be doing okay backstage and should make a full recovery, with many viewers obviously fearing the worst after seeing how the former IWGP United States Champion landed.

After that PWInsider story, Archer himself has since taken to Twitter to reassure fans that he'll be back and how this situation could have been massively worse. As Lance himself put it, the rough landing was due to not getting enough rotation on his moonsault.

I’ll live! Thank ya Lord!

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— The Murderhawk Monster Lance Archer (@LanceHoyt) October 24, 2021

Listen. We choose to do this and take our health n lives in our hands every night. I’ve done that move hundreds of times over my career. Just under rotated. Coulda been MUCH worse. Thank you to ALL at @AEW for taking AMAZING care of me and protecting me. I’ll BE BACK!
— The Murderhawk Monster Lance Archer (@LanceHoyt) October 24, 2021

All the best to Lance Archer from all of us here at WhatCulture Wrestling. Here's hoping it's not too long before we see the powerhouse fully fit and back in action in an AEW ring.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Posted On: 24th Oct 2021

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