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Santana Injury update

Added 2022-07-17 17:59:02 +0000 UTC

AEW's Santana is on the shelf.

The Proud & Powerful member was sidelined at the Blood & Guts event, as he went down during the match, and was taken away for medical attention. Since then, details have been few and far between. AEW sources indicated last week that Santana had sustained an ACL injury, which he told several people we spoke to he sustained an ACL injury. He was at an event in Puerto Rico this weekend to relinquish a title, and was seen on crutches. In addition, we're told that he let a few people there know that he'd not had surgery yet.

None of this information has been confirmed by AEW, though we did reach out to both they and Santana.

As of now, we're told there are no plans to stop using Ortiz that anyone in AEW has heard about. As previously reported, Santana and Ortiz have not been on great terms, and haven't competed in a 2 on 2 match in months. Santana was also accepting bookings as a solo act for quite a while before the injury.

Note: AEW sources expect him to miss 8-12 months