Bandido dislocates shoulder during CMLL, set for AEW Title Tuesday

Bandido, who holds both the Ring of Honor world title and the All Elite Wrestling tag team belts, said he dislocated his shoulder Friday during a title defense at CMLL's Viernes Espectacular in Mexico City but finished the match and retained the ROH championship. The injury occurred late in the bout against Hechicero at Arena México, where spectators gave the masked wrestler an ovation as he completed the match. Bandido later posted a photo on Instagram showing his arm in a sling and wrote, "My apologies to all the CMLL fans. My shoulder popped out and went back in place. Thank you, Hechicero, for being a gentleman. We owe a third to our Mexican fans."

The timing of the injury raises questions about Bandido's availability for AEW's special Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite on October 7, where he and tag partner Brody King, billed as BroDido, are scheduled to face Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita in a Double Jeopardy Eliminator match. Under the stipulation, if either member of BroDido scores a pinfall or submission, that wrestler would earn a future shot at Okada's AEW Unified World Championship. A victory by Takeshita and Okada would instead grant them a future...