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Willow Nightingale Says Her Hand Injury Is Improving but Not Healed
AEW wrestler Willow Nightingale says her injured hand is improving, but it is not fully healed.
She shared the update during an Instagram Q&A on Friday, saying she still uses a bone stimulator every day.
Nightingale injured her hand before AEW All In London in August, where she lost the Women’s World Championship to Mercedes Mone.
She continued wrestling while hurt, including a September match against Thekla, but has not wrestled in a little over two weeks.
The hand injury is her second in 2026; a shoulder injury earlier in the year forced her to give up her TBS Championship and her place in a tournament.
There is no announced timetable for her return, and she has not said when she expects to be fully healed.
Willow Nightingale said her hand injury is better but not fully healed.
The AEW wrestler said she is still using a bone stimulator every day.
She shared the update during an Instagram Q&A on October 23.
Nightingale has continued wrestling while recovering, according to the reports.
- Who
- Willow Nightingale, an AEW wrestler and former AEW Women’s World Champion.
- What
- She said her hand injury is better but not fully healed, and that she still uses a bone stimulator.
- When
- October 23, 2026.
- Where
- In an Instagram Q&A.
- Why
- She is recovering from a hand injury.
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Nightingale forfeited her place in the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament and vacated the TBS Championship because of a shoulder injury.
Nightingale lost the AEW Women’s World Championship to Mercedes Mone at All In.
Nightingale lost to Thekla at AEW All Out.
Nightingale took part in a mixed eight-person tag match that later aired on October 10.
Nightingale said in an Instagram Q&A that her hand was better but not fully healed.
- Injury
- Hand injury; not fully healed
- Treatment
- Daily use of a bone stimulator
- Update date
- October 23, 2026
- Former title
- AEW Women’s World Championship
- Opponent at All In
- Mercedes Mone
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It’s better, but not 100% healed
Still using that bone stimulator everyday, even if I have to fit it in while stuck in traffic.
Still using that bone stimulator every day, even if I have to fit it in while stuck in traffic
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Willow Nightingale’s update on her hand injury: “It's better, but not 100% healed. Still using that bone stimulator everyday, even if I have to fit it in while stuck in traffic.” (IG | willowwrestles)