Last night's RAW opened with Liv Morgan demanding that IYO SKY hand over the Women's World Championship. Unfortunately, when she faced Kairi Sane later that evening, Morgan was almost immediately injured.
It seems the plan was for Morgan and SKY to face off at an upcoming PLE (Night of Champions, Saturday Night's Main Event, Evolution 2, and SummerSlam are all on the way). WWE also seemed to be setting up a match with Nikki Bella—likely for the Women's Tag Team titles—following their clash last Monday.
PW Insider has now shared an update on Morgan's injury, and it's not looking good. "It is 100% a legitimate injury," the site confirms. "For those who have asked with conspiracy theories that this was a way to write her out for an outside project, no it was not."
"Morgan was checked out by WWE medical personnel as soon as she was brought backstage," the report continues. "WWE is waiting to learn the severity of the dislocation, which would determine how long Morgan would be out of physical action."
While we're still waiting on official word, it does sound like Morgan will miss all of the shows mentioned above.
"If it is a severe dislocation, it could be upwards of 16 weeks before someone is cleared for athletic activity, but again, this is all dependent on the final diagnosis in terms of how severe the dislocation is and that has not been determined as of this writing," the piece notes. "We are told it was being seen as a freak occurrence and there is no heat on anyone."
Bad news for Morgan may be good news for rising star Roxanne Perez. She'll likely take her fellow Judgement Day member's place in that rumoured tag team match with The Bella Twins, and her character will use the heel's absence to further cement her place in the group.
We'll see, but footage of the moment Morgan was injured has started doing the rounds on social media, and it's pretty gnarly. This happened during a very common spot, so it's not remotely surprising that Sane isn't being blamed in any way.
Morgan's longtime rival Rhea Ripley has weighed in, breaking character to warn fans against celebrating when a wrestler they don't like suffers a legitimate injury.