Independent wrestling star Tony Deppen is facing a few months out of action after suffering a broken arm.
The injury happened during a match where Deppen faced Zack Sabre Jr. for GCW in Brooklyn on Thursday night. Deppen wrote that "a freak accident turned into a severe break" of his arm. Despite being injured, Deppen continued to wrestle for a few more minutes because of how much the match meant to him.
Deppen will need to undergo surgery to repair the injury. Once surgery happens, he'll have a two-month recovery time.
Deppen wrote that, as an unsigned wrestler with two kids, he's scared and a little overwhelmed after getting injured. But he promised to get through this and come out stronger than ever.
Deppen's full social media post about the injury can be seen below:
Somehow I've made it 17 years into my journey of pro wrestling without a major injury – until now.
Last night a freak accident turned into a severe break on my arm. I continued to work with a broken arm for a few more mins, cause they match meant way more to me than anything. According to the doctor, There's no way for it to heal back into place naturally, so the only option is to undergo surgery.
At the moment they can't schedule it for about a week or two; after that it'll be a 2 month recover to make sure the steel plate in my arm heals properly.
I'll be honest, at the moment, I'm scared and a little overwhelmed. 2 kids, not a contracted wrestler, and a variety of other things that come up as an adult; and I'm not sure what I'm going to do. But I'm going to do what I do, and get through this, and come out stronger than ever.
It's not gonna be fun – besides COVID, this will be thee longest I've gone with out wrestling in 17 years. I don't know what to do with myself, especially with one arm. Ha. all I know is I'm going to work harder than i have ever done.
Thanks to gcw the opportunity, thanks to Zach for the match – truly the botb – and thank you to the fans for the amazing support.
See y'all in 2-3 months
Love you
Tony
Deppen worked ROH's television tapings at Universal Studios earlier this month. He's faced Samoa Joe and Brian Cage on previous episodes of ROH TV.
Under ROH's previous ownership, Deppen held the ROH Television title one time.
Deppen has also made several appearances on AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation in the past.
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