Unfortunate news out AEW with several injury updates this week.
An ROH regular is sidelined with an injury, as Cole Karter announced he’d undergone surgery on a broken arm. AEW sources noted that Karter would likely be out of action for a number of months, until the later part of the year or early 2025.
Karter had been performing on ROH TV for the last year, teaming with Griff Garrison. Most recently, they and Anthony Henry defeated Serpentico and The Infantry. Karter last appeared on AEW TV in March 2023 on AEW Dark. The last time he appeared on AEW cable TV was a December 2022 squash match.
Riho also sustained an injury during her AEW Collision match on Saturday. She was poised for a feud with Serena Deeb, but now there’s no word on how long she could be sidelined. Riho hadn’t appeared for AEW in four months ahead of the start of the feud.
Yuka Sakazaki, who was also planned for a Serena Deeb feud, has also been sidelined with an injury. She’s been out of action since April.
<Sad Riho/Sakazaki fan noises>
Riho has fans? I never even heard of the other one.
Riho for me was always the disappointment from early AEW days. Why they put the title on her of all people, I’ll never know.
Should have put it on Nyla Rose, and did a Britt/Rose fued for the first storyline. Remember, Britt was a face back then, but at a point I’m not sure she could have carried a brand. Whereas Nyla was ready. I’m not even a Nyla fan, but she was the clear choice.
I was fine with Jericho being the first champ, as long as Kenny Omega was the second. But that didn’t happen.
In short, early AEW was great, but misdirected. Modern AEW is…meh.
Riho has fans?
Yes. I am one of them. Her AEW Unrivaled action figure is displayed among numerous wrestling figures in my home.
I never even heard of the other one.
This coming from the person who gave me a wall of text telling me I needed to familiarize myself with wrestling or else I don’t deserve my position as moderator.
•pokes with stick• Hehehe
This coming from the person who gave me a wall of text telling me I needed to familiarize myself with wrestling or else I don’t deserve my position as moderator.
…?
What? When was this? Did you say something about not knowing what the tag rope was for? Or didn’t know the significance of the NWA and the territory system?
I have no idea what you’re referencing.
Britt was a horrible face at that time. That fued would have been horrible because Britt would have struggled to cut promos against Nyla.
At the beginning of AEW Riho was one of the most veteran wrestlers they had in the women’s division. At the same time Riho was also over with the fans.
I’m also a Riho fan so I’m not unbiased.
I’m guessing if you don’t like Riho you’re not going to like Yuka Sakazaki either lol
