AJ Styles Confirms He Suffered Broken Ankle Injury at WWE Event, Won't Need Surgery

WWE Superstar AJ Styles confirmed Saturday that he suffered a broken ankle during a match at a live event on Thursday night.

Styles said on Twitter that the injury won't require surgery, but it will cause him to miss more time than any other ailment during his career:

Per PWInsider.com's Mike Johnson, Styles had to be tended to during a six-person tag team match pitting The O.C. against The Judgment Day at a house show in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Styles had to be helped to the back by WWE officials, as he struggled to put weight on his ankle.

While the severity of Styles' ankle break is unclear, he may be in line to miss some huge events in the coming weeks and months.

It seems unlikely that he will be able to participate in the men's Royal Rumble match at the 2023 Royal Rumble premium live event on Jan. 28. His status for WrestleMania 39 on April 1 and 2 is now in doubt as well.

The 45-year-old Styles made his WWE debut at the Royal Rumble in January 2016 after some hugely successful runs in Impact Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor.

Although there was some question whether Styles would be pushed as a top star in WWE like he was elsewhere, The Phenomenal One broke through the glass ceiling and went on to become a two-time WWE champion, three-time United States champion, one-time Intercontinental champion and one-time Raw tag team champion.

Over the past few months, Styles has been embroiled in a rivalry with The Judgment Day, which led to him bringing back longtime friends Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to reform The O.C.

WWE also re-signed Mia Yim, who joined The O.C. in an effort to neutralize The Judgment Day's Rhea Ripley.

The rivalry is perhaps finally over after Styles beat Finn Bálor at Survivor Series WarGames on Nov. 26. The Judgment Day then defeated The O.C. in an eight-person tag team match on the Nov. 28 Raw.

With that feud likely over and Styles now on the shelf, the trio of Gallows, Anderson and Yim will have to find their niche on Raw during the build toward Royal Rumble and then WrestleMania.

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