Mercedes Martinez was legitimately knocked out on this last Tuesday’s NXT. She was teaming with Jake Atlas facing Li and Boa in a tag team match and would take a roundhouse kick to the head resulting in her crashing face-first to the mat. She would instinctively kickout of the pin attempt, but the referee rightly stopped the contest as she was in no condition to continue.
It had been confirmed that following a trip to the hospital, she had been told she would be OK. However, it’s now been reported by Dave Meltzer on his Wrestling Observer Radio show that while she is expected to recover, she was diagnosed with a concussion. Concussions are unpredictable, and some wrestlers can wrestle days afterward, while in the case of Samo Joe, they are out long-term. Hopefully, for both Martinez and NXT, it is the former.
Martinez was called up to the main roster last year as part of Retribution. Although, seeing the group was doomed to fail, she would ask to be removed from the group shortly after debuting. It was a risky move on her part, but it has paid off for her. While she is now a regular performer on NXT, the other members of the now-disbanded faction are either not used or rarely featured.
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