Out since March with a leg injury, former Intercontinental champion Luke Harper’s been cleared to return for a few weeks now. As we’ve seen with Emma and others, a house show comeback doesn’t mean you’re going to be on Raw or SmackDown immediately, but it’s a good first step toward that goal.
And, as advertised, Harper worked the WWE Live event in Santiago, Chile yesterday (Oct. 5).
Luke Harper hace su retorno a @WWE y acompañará a Kevin Owens #WWESantiago @Cooperativa pic.twitter.com/pfiOYIbyCQ
— Max Díaz G. (@Max_FN_Diaz) October 6, 2016
While it wasn’t the main event, and probably doesn’t mean he’s gonna chase the Universal title any time soon, Harper did take part in a pretty high profile match - teaming with the champ, Kevin Owens, to face Seth Rollins & Sami Zayn.
The leg looks like it held up pretty well, too!
@WWERollins y @iLikeSamiZayn vs @FightOwensFight y Luke Harper #WWESantiago pic.twitter.com/yrxOVRVqNl
— Fabian ⚪⚫ (@pinto_fabian) October 6, 2016
Despite receiving a big pop, he and the champ are heels, so they lost on the house show. Luke took the pin after a Pedigree from Rollins.
This is a Raw-branded tour, so it would appear Harper is staying away from his alliance with Bray Wyatt for now - even with the Eater of Worlds down a man due to the reported injury to Erick Rowan.
There’s time to sort all that out when he does return to television, however. For now, welcome back, Luke!