– Shelton Benjamin noted on Twitter that he is not currently under contract and was not under contract last year when WWE advertised he was coming to SmackDown. Promos began airing for Benjamin’s WWE return last fall, but his routine medical examinations prior to being offered a contract revealed a torn rotator cuff that has kept him out ever since. Shelton Benjamin is now a free agent, an indication that he might not be returning to WWE as expected.
Let me clear this up now. I am not signed to @WWE. I never signed due to injury. While that could change, as of 4-16-2017 I am a free agent
— Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) April 16, 2017
Back in November, he wrote:
For the record. I will make moves to return to @WWE when I am back to 110% physically. Anywhere from 4 to 6 months by my doc calculation.
— Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) November 22, 2016
– Finn Balor returned to action last night on RAW, answering an open challenge from Curt Hawkins. Balor made Hawkins ‘face the facts’ just one week after suffering a concussion.
Balor was medically cleared to compete on Monday, so luckily the concussion was a mild one. So mild in fact that Balor tweeted this just prior to RAW:
It was just a scratch pic.twitter.com/TiCMTSZjP3
— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) April 18, 2017