David Finlay Jr.’s Injury Revealed To Be A Torn Labrum

It was reported last month that David Finlay Jr. was pulled from the New Japan Cup due to a left shoulder injury. He should scheduled to face Hiroyoshi Tenzan in the first round, but was replaced by Ryusuke Taguchi. In a post on Twitter, Finlay revealed that the injury was a torn labrum. He wrote:

The shoulder man said my labrum is torn. He’s gotta get deep up in there and tie everything back together or whatever shoulder people do.

— David Finlay (@THEdavidfinlay) March 7, 2019

Meanwhile, in the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that Finlay will be out for around six months to recover from the injury, as he needs surgery.