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Samoa Joe will be out of action until further notice.
During Monday Night RAW, Samoa Joe went for a dive during his and Kevin Owens’ match against Buddy Murphy and Seth Rollins. He landed wrong, and ended up being removed from the match from WWE medical personnel.
.@FightOwensFight and @SamoaJoe throw it all on the line in a chaotic #RAW Tag Team Title Match against @WWERollins and @WWE_Murphy. pic.twitter.com/H6sCSywILv
— WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2020
Following RAW, preliminary reports indicated that he was being tended to backstage, and further details were not known at the time.
Dave Meltzer reports that Samoa Joe has been diagnosed with a concussion, and is being monitored through usual company protocol.
Samoa Joe returned to RAW in late December after being out of action for two months due to a broken thumb.
As per WWE and imPACT Concussion Management program
If a WWE Talent show symptoms of a concussion or has suffered a concussion, then that WWE Talent will not be cleared to return to wrestling until he/she passes an ImPACT test and is clinically cleared by a certified physician.
ImPACT tests are typically administered within 24-48 hours from the time the talent’s symptoms have resolved.
Check out further details on WWE’s concussion protocol, and an update-to-date list of current roster injuries.