TNA news: Jesse Sorensen suffers neck injury at Against All Odds, can't move legs

by Geno Mrosko on Feb 13, 2012 5:00 PM EST in TNA

Those of you who watched TNA's Against All Odds pay-per-view last night (Sun., Feb. 12, 2012) from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida, witnessed a scary situation with X-Division wrestler Jesse Sorensen.

During his match against Zema Ion, Sorensen took a knee to the head that knocked him out. The match went to a countout, as he was obviously unable to continue but the real scary news is what happened after.

Officials were worried that Sorensen may have ended up paralyzed but after being taken to a hospital and undergoing some treatment, Sorensen has feeling and movement in his arms and a tingling sensation in his legs, according to ProWrestling.net. However, he is unable to move his legs at this time.

His entire body went numb following the knee from Ion but he's slowly regaining all of his faculties.

His official diagnosis is a neck injury and there obviously remains a great deal of worry regarding his health and well being. We'll be sure to keep you updated with any news on Sorensen's status.

For complete results and reactions to Against All Odds click here and here.

UPDATE -- Dixie Carter provides an update via ImpactWrestling.com:

"Jesse Sorensen has sustained a C1 vertebrae fracture with spinal cord edema. He is slowly regaining feeling and movement in his arms and legs. He wants to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Once we speak to the neurosurgeon, we will pass on more details."

Let's hope Sorensen recovers fully and TNA does the right thing and pays for his treatment.

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The fact that he has some feeling in his legs has to be a good thing

right?

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by WVPiratesfan on Feb 13, 2012 5:43 PM EST reply actions

Watch Dixie try to get out of paying this medical bill

by marcbjr2 on Feb 13, 2012 5:47 PM EST reply actions

sad

but true

by WVPiratesfan on Feb 13, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions

Oh my God.

Horrible. I feel physically sick at this news. He’s so young.

by joliemadchen on Feb 13, 2012 6:02 PM EST reply actions

Him and Ion both are pretty fun to watch

It was a pretty ugly situation though. Jesse fell to the ground like a ragdoll as soon as he was hit. At that time, I was thinking “damn, nice sell Jesse”.

The ref actually checked on him once, and then went back into the ring to start the 10 count. Then he checked on him again and threw up the X.

Really hope he is ok.

by djfivenine on Feb 13, 2012 6:22 PM EST reply actions

read about this earlier

very sad. I sincerely hope TNA does the right thing, that was my first thought when I heard the news. Hope the kid recovers fully.

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by 49erLou on Feb 13, 2012 6:30 PM EST reply actions