During Tuesday night’s episode of NXT, Mercedes Martinez and Jake Atlas were taking on Li and Boa in a tag team match. Unfortunately, the contest would come to an abrupt finish when Li hit Martinez with a roundhouse kick, and she landed head first on the mat. After Martinez struggled to kick out, the referee stopped the match due to Martinez seemingly being legitimately hurt. It was a scary moment, and you can see the kick for yourself below.
It has now been confirmed that Martinez has since been fully medically evaluated at a hospital, and the belief is she will be OK. It hasn’t been confirmed if she suffered a concussion, but it certainly appeared possible. If that is the case, she will be off NXT television for the foreseeable future, which will come as a blow to the WWE as she had become a regular performer.
Martinez returned to NXT at the end of 2020 after being called up to the main roster as part of Retribution earlier in the year. However, she wisely asked to be taken out of the group shortly after debuting. At the time, moving back to NXT after a main roster call-up appeared like a significant career setback, especially aged 40. However, it ended up being a wise career decision as the rest of Retribution are either in career limbo or hardly featured since disbanding.
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