Last night on WWE RAW, Wade Barrett suffered a dislocated elbow according to several sources inclduing F4WOnline.com. Barrett was injured after being eliminated from the 10-Man Battle Royal to earn a WWE Championship match at Wrestlemania 28. During the match, the Big Show launched Dolph Ziggler over the top rope into Barrett which foreced the Brittish superstar to land on his left arm in an awkward way. Watch the entire match on the in the video on the left.
For the rest of the show-closing match, Barrett was being attended to by WWE officials and medical staff. WWE.COM confirmed the former Intercontinental Champion is currently being evaluated at Minneaoplis hospital but the timeing could not be worse for Barrett as he's expected to miss Wrestlemania 28 on April 1st. Read about healthy scratches from Wrestlemania with Missing Mania: WWE Superstars who miss the cut for the Biggest Show of the Year
WWE producer Roaddogg Jesse James tweeted about the injury saying the following:
"Prayers go out to Wade Barrett! A sidelining injury, not a career ender but he won't get a shot at Mania and that hurts my heart for him!"
This is just another example of the daily sacrifice that Pro Wrestlers put themselves through to perform and entertain.
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