Bayley Suffers Injury, Out Approximately Nine Months

Bad news for Bayley.

WWE announced Bayley suffered an injury while training and will be out for approximately nine months.

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Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp reports the injury happened during the mandatory "return to road" training session at the WWE Performance Center while doing chain wrestling with another Superstar and was referred to as a freak accident.

As a result of Bayley's injury, Bianca Belair will have a new challenger for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WWE Money in the Bank. The replacement opponent will be announced on Friday's WWE SmackDown.

From WWE:

WWE Digital has learned that Bayley sustained an injury while training for her WWE Money in the Bank match against Bianca Belair and will be out approximately nine months.

A suitable replacement for the SmackDown Women's Title Match will be announced tonight on FOX.

Tune in to SmackDown at 8/7 C and follow WWE social channels for the latest updates.

Fightful will continue to update fans on Bayley's injury as more is known.

Fightful will have live coverage of WWE SmackDown beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Friday.

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