It will be a while before we will see
Robert Roode back in a wrestling ring as
the former NXT champion announced in a
post on Instagram that he underwent
spinal fusion surgery.
“Big thank you to Dr Andy Cordover and
his amazing staff at
@andrews_sports_medicine and St
Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham
Alabama,” Roode wrote. “C5/6 fusion is
complete. Now the work begins. Recovery
and Rehabilitation. Looking forward to
the challenge.”
Roode added a photo with a neck brace on
giving thumbs up while resting in a
hospital bed.
The in-ring veteran has not appeared on
WWE television since the Smackdown
before WrestleMania this year and last
wrestled in late June.
Prior to his disappearance, Roode was
teaming up with Dolph Ziggler.