AJ Styles’ Injury Revealed, What Caused the Injury?, More on His In-Ring Status, ROH Adds Final Battle Pre-Show Match, Updated PPV Card

November 30, 2015

As noted, former IWGP, NWA and TNA Champion AJ Styles was pulled from several recent NJPW shows as he continues to deal with a lingering lower back issue.

According to Enuhito, Styles was indeed pulled from the NJPW events for the same reason he was pulled from the recent Ring of Honor TV tapings, and that is indeed because of a lower back injury.

Styles took some time off to try and heal up from his nagging injury, and made non-wrestling appearances, but was again kept out of the ring for NJPW’s Tag League events.

Styles told New Japan’s bi-monthly magazine that the injury he is dealing with was caused by overworking himself on the independent scene in 2015. It has yet to be announced whether or not Styles will compete as scheduled on 12/18 at ROH’s big Final Battle event.

In related news, Ring of Honor has added a YouTube pre-show to its upcoming Final Battle PPV, and the bout will feature Brutal Bob Evans vs. Cheeseburger.

ROH World Championship:

-Jay Lethal (c) (w/ Truth Martini) vs. AJ Styles

ROH World Television Championship:

-Roderick Strong (c) vs. Bobby Fish

ROH World Tag Team Championship:

-Kingdom (c) vs. War Machine

-Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly

-Moose vs. Michael Elgin

YouTube Pre-Show Match:

-Cheeseburger vs. Brutal Bob Evans

WZ will be providing complete, LIVE coverage of ROH Final Battle on December 18th so be sure to join us then!

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.