WWE's Jason Jordan Still "Struggling" With Neck Injuries
Four years on, Kurt Angle says WWE producer Jason Jordan still suffers from neck problems.
Jason Jordan is still suffering from the neck injury that resulted in his wrestling career's premature end in 2018.
Kurt Angle, who worked with Jordan as part of WWE's clearest attempt at pushing the former American Alpha member, revealed as much this weekend. Speaking on The Kurt Angle Show, the Olympian said that four years on, Jordan still has problems, particularly with using his hands.
Said Angle (h/t SEScoops):-
“You know what’s crazy he has problems to this day. His motor skills, his hands are on and off all the time. He just can never get right. I’m not sure why that’s occurring with him because with me at least I got relief at times. With him, he’s never gotten relief. He has been really struggling with it for years.”
Jordan held Raw's Tag Team Championships with Seth Rollins before taking time off to undergo surgery on his neck issues. It was reported afterwards that he would be out of action for over a year, though he is yet to return.
Later, Jason commenced work as a backstage producer in WWE. He has since excelled in that role, to the extent that he was promoted to a leading role in April 2021.
A poorly-received storyline saw Jordan revealed as Angle's kayfabe son in July 2017. Prior to this, he had risen to prominence as one half of American Alpha with Chad Gable in NXT, though the duo struggled for television time when moved to SmackDown in 2016.
Angle went into detail on what happened when Jordan first went under the knife:-
“What happens is your vertebrae, you have discs in between each vertebrae. When you injure your neck, the disc slides. What happens is it slides to the side. So it’s sticking out of the vertebrae. You have nerves that come out of the vertebrae, and those get blocked by the disc. Then you can’t feel your arm and you don’t have motor skills with one arm or both arms depending if they slide both ways. So usually, it’s just one way. You can’t feel one arm and you can’t use one arm. That’s what Jason was having trouble with. His disc sled and blocked the nerves to his arm.”
Kurt, who suffered from notable neck issues throughout his wrestling career, explained that Jordan effectively had a "quick fix surgery", leading to further problems:-
“Not really, I can’t feel my two pinkies at all. I’ve had a lot of problems with my motor skills and my arms went numb for periods of time. I’ve lost about three inches in both arms. So my arms have atrophied. It’s tough. When you do these quick fix surgeries. That’s what Jason did. That’s what I did. Instead of doing fusion. You’re gonna have some problems down the road. Eventually I’m going to have to have fusion. I should have had it already, and I didn’t.”
Jordan saw no action in his final bout, hopping out of the ring as he and Rollins lost the Raw Tag Team Titles to The Bar. That was at Royal Rumble 2018.