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By Andrew Ravens
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JD McDonagh has provided an update on his injury status during a wide-ranging interview on Insight With Chris Van Vliet.
During a WWE Raw World Tag Team title match in January, JD McDonagh sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung. He was teaming with Dominik Mysterio against The War Raiders.
Despite a jarring bump on the floor where his neck hit the announce table, McDonagh's injury was actually to his torso. He was hospitalized after the match and will be out of action for several months.
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"Time heals all. I wasn't like this the first week or two after but I'm feeling a lot better now. [I'm feeling] pretty good. My lungs are good. My ribs are good. I'm just kind of waiting for the bones to knit back together before they clear me."
JD continued, "I've been in the gym. I was doing skipping and really low-impact cardio for a couple of weeks, and now I've kind of progressed in doing Pilates and other non-impactful. So I haven't taken a bump yet. That'll be the next step. Get back in the ring, hit the ropes. See if that hurts. Take a bump. See if that hurts."
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The WWE star was then asked about a timeframe for his return. He hopes to be back in action within a month.
"I'd love to be back yesterday. I'm so bored sitting at home watching the guys traveling around. I'm so jealous. They're going to Europe this week. They're doing Madison Square Garden on Monday and then jetting off to Europe.
So if I could be back, I'd be back right now. Hopefully, I'm going to put a time frame on it and say within a month I hope to be back, that's what I'm working towards. So whether that happens or not, whether the WWE docs align, that we'll see."
We wish JD a speedy recovery and hope to see him back in the ring in time for WrestleMania 41 which takes place in mid-April. Before he was sidelined, he was key part of the Raw tag team division.
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