Another injury scare broke out on Smackdown Live that could change the lineup at Elimination Chamber. One of the main events of the night is all set to take place over the WWE Championship inside the devastating steel structure. Daniel Bryan will defend it against five of the prime names from Smackdown Live in the toughest battle.
An injured superstar to return tonight on Smackdown
The five names put against him will be Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Mustafa Ali and Randy Orton. It looks like there would be a certain change in the lineup of this match Elimination Chamber due to an injury as stated above. Mustafa Ali is the name concerned who is dealing with the concussion and will have to stay out.
According to the reports of fughtful.com, Mustafa Ali is dealing with an eye injury. He picked this up during his match against Randy Orton, last week. This might cause him the big spotlight at Elimination Chamber on this Sunday Night. WWE might have already made a replacement for him that we will get to know on Smackdown.
Just trying to catch your eye. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/vAnm8wgRhi
— Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@MustafaAliWWE) February 6, 2019
Here are more details from the source on the injury,
“Ali had been working through an injured tailbone that got hurt again at WWE’s Royal Rumble show. Last week on Smackdown live, Ali’s eye was swollen shut after sitting up into Randy Orton’s boot on the Garvin Stomp. We’re told that an injury was accelerated on Sunday night’s live event and that he’s likely not to be cleared for action all week long.”
As you can see above, Mustafa Ali is dealing with a number of injuries at this moment. WWE doctors are quite conscious when it comes to protecting superstars’ bodies. So they are not likely to clear him for the WWE Championship match. Entering Elimination Chamber can just increase the severity of the issue.
It is really sad news for the fans of Mustafa Ali. Ever since entering the Smackdown roster, he was on a roll picking up a couple of big wins that landed him into the Elimination Chamber, straight. His big flying actions could be a thing of beauty inside this dangerous structure. But now he will not get this opportunity which could become a major roadblock moving towards Wrestlemania 35.
We should also mention that there will be a Gauntlet Match on Smackdown Live. The six participants of Elimination Chamber i.e. Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Mustafa Ali and Randy Orton were about to face each other in this. But if the injury rumors are true then Ali will have to stay out of competition, tonight.
