Bron Breakker underwent surgery for a serious hernia and will be out for an undetermined amount of time, per Dave Meltzer in an update posted Sunday on Wrestling Observer.
Breakker has eight weeks until WrestleMania and stars have been known to return in six from such an injury.
The 28-year-old Breakker is a two-time NXT Champion and two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion who has been on the main roster since the 2024 Royal Rumble.
Breakker, the son of WCW star Rick Steiner, and nephew of WCW star Scott Steiner, has been climbing towards the top of the card over the past year and is widely expected to face Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 42
Breakker was thought to be a potential winner of this year’s Royal Rumble and ran down the ramp as the No. 2 entrant.
However, a masked figure in a hoodie attacked him before he got to the ring and then threw him to No. 1 entrant Oba Femi, who easily eliminated him.
Wrestling Intel can confirm at one point, Breakker and Bianca Belair were WWE’s picks.
The last time Breakker truly participated in a wrestling match was the night before Royal Rumble on January 30, when he and the rest of The Vision lost to Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Randy Orton and Sami Zayn.
