Bandido confirms concussion suffered at ROH Final Battle, shares update
Bandido’s return did not go as planned.
After vignettes promoting his return had been airing on AEW programming for weeks, Bandido made a surprise appearance at ROH Final Battle on Friday and suffered a concussion shortly after he did so.
Following the ROH World title match between Chris Jericho and Matt Cardona, Bandido hit the ring to save Cardona from a 3-on-1 attack by The Learning Tree. He hit a missile dropkick on Jericho but landed on the back of his head. Our own Dave Meltzer later noted in Sunday’s Daily Update that he suffered a concussion.
Bandido posted a message to Instagram confirming the news.
A translation of his post reads:
“What a weekend! I can only thank God for allowing me to wake up one more day after everything that happened! The blow was to a sensitive area of my head, and now I just have to wait and hope there’s no brain swelling. Thank you to everyone who has been messaging me to ask about my current condition! It’s been hard to deal with myself these past few days—too much frustration is invading my mind. The toughest battle of my life is coming, and it’s with myself! All I can tell you is that I will try to return to the ring a thousand and one times!! Whether I make it back someday or I’m left trying…!”
He also included a quote from 2006’s Rocky Balboa:
“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.”
The injury is just the latest setback for Bandido. He suffered a broken wrist in a match against Konosuke Takeshita on the June 14, 2023, AEW Rampage taping that required two surgeries. He hasn’t wrestled an official match since.