Update: It’s not good. Original story below.

At the conclusion of their match on the Dec. 25 episode of Raw, Hideo Itami hit Brian Kendrick with his finisher, the Go To Sleep (GTS). This was the latest step in the Japanese Superstar’s reclamation of the move he invented. Since it happened in the hometown of the man who made it famous in WWE, CM Punk, that’s where most people’s attention went.

Maybe we should have been focused on Kendrick, who went down like a shot and grabbed the left side of his face. Michael Cole mentioned that he thought Itami’s knee caught the former Cruiserweight champion on the bridge if his nose, and a broken nose is one possibility. Another is mentioned by Corey Graves - it could be a fractured orbital bone. Or Kendrick could just be selling the hell out of the move.

But the way the referee checks on and gestures to Kendrick doesn’t support this being an act, and a report from PWInsider today states “Kendrick was sent to the hospital last night to be checked for a potential injury but there is no word yet on the diagnosis.“

We’ll keep you posted on any updates. In the meantime, we’ll hope this was a great sell - even if evidence points to it being more than that.