It looks like WWE Superstar Roman Reigns will be back in action next month, as the former Shield member is now being advertised for several live events in late December.
Reigns will challenge challenge Rusev for the United States Championship on WWE’s annual holiday tour, including 12/20 from Sioux Falls, South Dakota (the weekend after TLC) and 12/27 show from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Following his hernia surgery in September, WWE’s Dr. Chris Amann estimated that Reigns would be unable to return to training for approximately six weeks. Here’s how Dr. Amann described the injury:
“He was found to have a large hernia that was unable to be reduced, which means pushed back into the abdominal cavity. As a result, it was necessary to perform an emergent operation to open up the hernia sac and try and push it back into the abdominal cavity.”
“At the time of the surgery, surgeons found a loop of small intestine was caught in the hernia sac, which would account for the pain and discomfort that Roman was having earlier in the evening,” Dr. Amann explained. “The surgeons released the hernia sac so the intestine could be pushed back into the abdominal cavity. Once they were satisfied blood supply had returned to the intestine after releasing the hernia, they went ahead and completed the procedure. A mesh was placed over where the hernia had occurred to prevent future occurrences.”