Stephanie Walker’s absence from WWE television and this week’s episode “WWE Raw:“It is reported that it was due to illness.
Walker was to face Becky Lynch and the winner beat Liv Morgan in the Women’s World Championship. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce announced at the start of the show that Walker was absent and had not been medically cleared to compete. “PWInsider Elite:It is reported that his absence from the Red brand this week was due to illness rather than injury. The paper says there is no word on how long he will be out.
Walker has not wrestled on WWE television since Money in the Bank, where he competed in a triple threat match against Lynch and Morgan, where the latter won to regain the title. Reports suggested that Walker suffered an ankle injury during the match, although he appeared in two WWE live events just days later.
The originally scheduled match between Walker and Lynch was changed to a match between Lynch and Morgan for the WWE Women’s World Championship. The match, which was main evented on Raw, ended in a disqualification after Doomsday members Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez interfered to help Morgan retain her title. With Wacker still filming, the rivalry between the three women is far from over.