A promising WWE star and former champion has undergone a successful surgery.
A major part of the Los Garza tag team with Berto in WWE, Angel Garza was last seen involved in a Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Triple Threat Qualifying match. on 18th October. Falling short of the victory, he has not been active since.
Just hours before the Crown Jewel PLE, Angel Garza shared images of his hand surgery on Instagram and later shared an update with his fans on Facebook. Addressing his surgery on a social media video, Garza commented:
How are yall! Just here for a quick update regarding what happened with my hand. First off, thanks to everyone who sent me messages regarding how I was doing, how recovery was going and wishing me a quick recovery.
In a match some time ago, I landed with my hands, specifically with my palms, and I heard a slight pop and I felt like something had exploded on my wrist, but I was not sure what it was; however, like a good Mexa, I handled it and I knew how to put on the tape so it did not hurt for wrestling and going to the gym.
Anyways, I did had a slight issues with my elbows, but I had rehab for that as it was just for muscular tension; however, when I went to physical therapy, the medics noticed that they could not help me do the stretches needed to relax the muscles in the upper elbow because the specific pop was limiting them.
Angel Garza Shares More Details On His Surgery Amid WWE Absence
Addressing his injury and surgery on the Facebook video, Garza dropped more details on the procedure, and how long it might take him to recover.
They got worried and sent me to get some studies to see what the little ball on my wrist was a ganglion, and they usually drain it. There is another method they use with slamming it back in place with a book, but neither method could be done because it got fragmented in three different ganglions and they were surrounding the main arteries of the wrist, so there was no way to take them out without surgery.
It was not urgent, but they did say that if they drain it, there was a 70% chance that would happen again compared to the 5-10% chance of it happening against if surgery was done, so we opted for surgery. We used general Anesthesia and the surgery lasted about an hour and everything was removed. Now I have to rehab for about two weeks with the cast and then the medics will see how the artery reacts.
It will be without any physical activity, so I will have to keep an eye on the diet (chuckles) because I’m like one of those that pops like a popcorn if I’m not careful, so I will have to keep an eye on that because I cannot do any physical activity aside from walking.
Doctors said if sweat entered the cast, it might get infected. I have no idea how open the surgery wound was, but they opened it to isolate the artery and clean everything. We will see how we progress on these two weeks and I will keep you all posted. Once again, thank you to everyone for the kind messages and I will keep you all posted. Thank you very much!”
H/t Fightful.com
His faction, Legado Del Fantasma, is also lacking direction on SmackDown. Garza’s injury has possibly silenced his tag team’s run, while fans can also hardly see its leader Santos Escobar actively used in storylines.
It is still unclear how long Garza will remain sidelined. Garza is a former 1-time NXT Cruiserweight Champion and a 1-time WWE 24/7 Champion.
We at Inside The Ropes wish Angel Garza a safe and steady recovery.
In other news: The official appearance date of The Hurt Syndicate has been announced.