CJ Perry Confirms Rusev Suffered an Injury, Says He’s Now Cleared To Return

As previously reported, WWE Superstar Rusev has been off TV since his match against Je’Von Evans on the July 27 edition of Monday Night Raw due to injury. Rusev’s wife, former WWE Superstar CJ Perry (aka Lana), confirmed the earlier report and shared more details regarding Rusev’s injury during an appearance on the Not Sam Wrestling (via Fightful) show this week.

According to Perry, Rusev tends to ignore internet chatter as that’s how he was brought up in the business. She also said that Rusev has been cleared and will continue to train with Nattie Neidhart and TJ Wilson at the Dungeon while he awaits his return. Below are some highlights of her comments from Fightful:

On How Rusev Suffered the Injury

“It was the Intuit Dome in LA; he had a match against Je’Von Evans, and in the match, something happened, and his arms went completely numb. He had to roll outside of the ring, and the refs were thinking about calling the match. He’s like, ‘I can’t feel my hands.’ I didn’t hear this; I was about ten rows back, and I missed it, but someone got on camera and went viral on Twitter. The fans were debating and fighting each other because some were like, ‘He’s really hurt and injured.’ Some were like, ‘He just doesn’t want to lose.’

“He took a couple of seconds outside, and when the ref was like, ‘We’re going to call the match. Your hands are going numb.’ Once he had feeling, he was like, ‘No.’ He rolled in and finished the match. Those rumors are not true when people are like, ‘He doesn’t want to put people over.’ That’s not accurate and not true. He’s always there to do business. He always fights for a good story. That’s how people get over.”

On Rusev Finishing the Match

“He finished the match. He was in a lot of pain and tried to get out the ring as quick as possible and get back to medical. That’s when the rumors started. I saw the internet [Fightful] reported the true story, and that was encouraging. It had nothing to do with the loss. He could’ve had WWE stop the match and not lose, but he chose to roll back in the ring and do what’s right for business. He just had to get back to the back as quick as possible because he wasn’t well at the time.”

On Her Husband Now Being Cleared From Injury

“He went to the PC last week and got cleared. He had a little bit of another issue with health going on, but he’s cleared now.”

As noted, it was rumored that Rusev was put in concussion protocol following his Raw match. He was also reportedly battling an undisclosed illness, which Perry appears to reference in her comments. It’s currently unknown when Rusev will be making his WWE TV return.