Well, this is a bummer.

WWE United Kingdom and Progress World champion Pete Dunne was set to be featured on Progress shows in New York today (Aug. 12) and Boston tomorrow. However, the Bruiserweight suffered a cut which required 11 stitches while working a Battle Pro event in Brooklyn on Friday night. The injury, which is above his left eye and happened during what was described as an errant belt spot in his match with Darius Carter, is serious enough that he is not medically cleared to work this weekend.

PWInsider reported WWE was considering pulling Dunne from the Progress shows earlier this morning, and the co-owner of that promotion confirmed it a short time ago in this Twitter video:

Dunne was scheduled to defend against Raw and 205 Live Superstar Jack Gallagher on the New York show in one of two bouts WWE was co-promoting fairly heavily. Jim Smallman didnt say for sure that Gallagher will still be competing, but theres no reason to think he wouldnt be - or that Dakota Kais planned tag match would change. He does confirm Dunne will still be appearing even though he cant wrestle.

This is definitely a disappointment for the promotion, wrestlers and fans, but sounds like an injury Pete can recover from fairly quickly - and Progress has enough talent and a track record of great storytelling, so they should be able to work around this, too.

See the article here:

WWE UK champ Pete Dunne pulled from this weekend's Progress shows due to injury - Cageside Seats (blog)