Braun Strowman provides injury update, says he’s ‘coming back for Bray Wyatt’

Braun Strowman plans on continuing the Wyatt Family legacy when he returns from injury. 

Strowman underwent level-one fusion surgery on his C4 and C5 vertebrae in June and hasn’t wrestled since May. During a recent interview with News18, the 39-year-old provided an update on his condition. 

Strowman said:

So I just recently had my five-month check-up, with Dr. Cordoba, at the world-famous Andrews Medical Centre, where WWE graced me to have my surgery with the number one surgeon in the world. So I did my five-month check-up and got medically cleared to start lifting weights. So the bones are fusing nicely in my neck. So I had a cervical fusion on my C4 and C5. So they put a metal plate and four screws in my neck. I had four screws and a metal plate put it in my neck. 

In terms of when he could return, Strowman says he’s not sure. 

I don’t know yet; if I could be back in Rumble, that’d be great. But like I said, I’m at the mercy of the doctors and what they say. I’m listening to them because this was a very serious injury that I had. 

The last time Strowman was on WWE programming was the Bray Wyatt tribute show in August. He appeared alongside Wyatt Family member Erik Rowan for a ten-bell salute. 

Strowman said of Wyatt:

Oh, I wouldn’t be where I am in my career or life without that man. He did so much for me as far as in the business of teaching me to navigate my way through this crazy industry. He taught me how to be a better performer in the ring. But the most that I take away from my time with Bray Wyatt and the eight years that I got to spend with him was to be a better person. He’s one of the greatest human beings that has ever stepped foot on this earth.

Now, I’m a godfather to this son, so I know that I have this big responsibility and things like that that I never dreamed that I pray that I never would have to step into. But I’m honoured at the fact that I was chosen by him to lead if something were to happen to him. So it’s a truly humbling honour knowing that I have that weight put on my back and I carry it proudly. So especially with my return to WWE, like I have, I’m not only coming back for me, I’m coming back for him.

Strowman also commented on carrying on the Wyatt Family legacy now that both Wyatt and Jon Huber are no longer with us. 

I mean, the Wyatt family was such a near and dear part of my family with four brothers who taught me the ways of the business with Eric Rowan, Luke Harper, and Bray and the amazing thing that we were able to capture on television, on film. And knowing that two of those guys are never going to be able to step foot in the ring again, I have that pressure that I carry, that weight that I carry proudly knowing that I’m continuing on the legacy of what we had started 10 years ago.

Before his injury, Strowman had been teaming with Ricochet in WWE. His last match was on the May 1, 2023, edition of Raw when they defeated Alpha Academy in Fort Worth, Texas.