6 WWE Superstars who suffered a legitimate injury in the ring in 2020

#4 Samoa Joe - WWE RAW

Bad landing for Samoa Joe. #RAW pic.twitter.com/uaYfmFwM7X

— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) January 28, 2020

Samoa Joe's WWE career has unfortunately been filled with injuries. On the RAW after Royal Rumble, Joe teamed up with Kevin Owens to take on the then RAW Tag Team Champions, Seth Rollins, and Murphy. During the match, Joe performed a suicide dive on Murphy but ended up falling awkwardly on his head.

He was then escorted back by WWE's medical staff and examined, which left Owens alone and at a number's disadvantage, thus losing the match. It was later reported by PWInsider that Joe was legitimately injured after that spot.

The decision to remove Joe from the match was made by WWE medical personnel and was 100% legitimate, not something that was booked as part of the match. Everyone involved was pretty much calling the remainder of the bout on the fly.

"Or I can slap you in the lips." - @SamoaJoe to @WWERollinsPlease, do it. #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/tSIfCeE8tD

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) August 4, 2020

Samoa Joe has since been out of action, though we saw him return to WWE RAW as a commentator and he has been doing an amazing job at it. But last week on RAW, Joe teased getting back to the ring soon when he confronted the Monday Night Messiah.