Why Doctors Won't Give Cody Rhodes A Recovery Timeline
The American Nightmare also nearly haemorrhaged during his surgery.
Popping up on Busted Open Radio yesterday, Cody Rhodes revealed an update on his pectoral injury and why doctors won't give him an exact timeline for his return to in-ring action.
Seemingly from the minute it was confirmed that The American Nightmare was set for an extended spell on the sidelines due to his horrifically torn pec suffered in the lead-up to Hell in a Cell, fans have been fantasising and theorising over when his comeback will go down.
Rhodes himself still isn't 100% clear as to when this will be either, despite WWE claiming he would be sidelined for nine months, due to the fact doctors are still refusing to give him an accurate timeline out of fear he may try and rush back from the injury sooner than they'd like.
Discussing the strange nature of his pec injury, Rhodes would say:
“There’s a lot of people who have had knee injuries and back injuries, sometimes spinal and neck, when it comes to the t*tty, the pec, it’s a really strange injury. They tie that sucker back to your bicep. I had Dr. Dugas, he’s the best in the world to do it, but the problem with him doing it is he knows me and they’re being very coy.”
It's here when Rhodes went on to reveal how the likes of Dr. Dugas are refusing to offer him that sacred timeline for when he'll be able to get back into the ring, perhaps for his own good:
“The last time I was there for my big check-up after PT…They’re not going to give me a timeline just yet for when I’m going to be back because they’re afraid if they give me that timeline, I’m going to try and jump it by a month or two.”
On top of all this uncertainty when it pertains to his recovery time, the former AEW man would also explain how he very nearly haemorrhaged during the surgery due to the sheer amount of blood:
“But I don’t think people know, the surgery was — I almost haemorrhaged in the surgery because there was so much blood. People have seen the picture of it, in the match per se, it was pretty gnarly.”
Here's hoping The American Nightmare can get back to doing what he loves sooner rather than later, but in the healthiest and safest way possible in the coming months.