AEW: Taz Reveals He Needs Knees & Shoulders Replacement Surgery, Jeff Hardy Broken Nose Injury Update, Next Week’s Rampage Show Airing Update

Taz Announced He Will Be Needing Knees & Shoulder Replacement Surgeries

AEW commentator Taz recently announced on Twitter that he had been informed by his doctor that he will be needing to undergo knee and shoulder replacement surgeries for both of his knees and shoulders. Taz also stated that he has opted against having the surgery for the time being.

Went to a highly acclaimed orthopedic surgeon yesterday to discuss my knee. It’s been brutal for a couple of years, he did testing & X-rays on me. So, both of my shoulders & knees need to be replaced. 4 joints. I am not doing this right now. I’m gonna keep trying regenerative…

— taz (@OfficialTAZ) May 1, 2024

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Jeff Hardy Broken Nose Injury Update – Hardy Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return

As noted before, Jeff Hardy has been out of action for AEW since this past February due to a broken nose injury.

A recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast featured co-host Matt Hardy providing an update on his brother Jeff’s recovery from his broken nose injury. Matt stated that Jeff was recently medically cleared to make his in-ring return to AEW.

“I can let you know this. Jeff had been to his doctor and had seen the AEW doctor, and as of right now, as of a couple of days ago, he is officially cleared. He is cleared to wrestle and he could be competing, I guess, soon. He could be competing any day now. There is your breaking news. Jeff Hardy is cleared after getting his nose broken and his sinuses smashed.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Next Week’s AEW Rampage Show to Air Live on May 11th

AEW recently announced that next week’s AEW Rampage show will be preempted to Saturday, May 11th and will also air live following that night’s Collision show.

It was also announced that both Collision and Rampage will air on TBS instead of TNT.

The reason for both Rampage’s preemption and Collision and Rampage airing on TBS is due to TNT’s on-going 2024 NBA Playoffs and NHL Playoffs commitments in their network.

This will be the third time in four weeks that Rampage will be preempted to a different date due to this issue.