A WWE star has commented after losing during his in-ring return following a skull injury, commenting on interference in the match.
During the August 18 NXT episode, Shiloh Hill faced off against Jackson Drake in a pre-announced match, which over the course of the show became a North American Championship #1 contender’s bout.
This match also marked Hill’s in-ring comeback, following the NXT star breaking a part of his skull called the maxilla during his bout against Tristan Angels on the July 28 NXT episode.
Shiloh Hill’s return didn’t play out in the way he would’ve wanted, with the star losing to Drake following interference from Naraku.
In the closing moments of the bout, Hill threw Drake off the top rope, inadvertently taking out the referee. While the official was out, Naraku emerged from under the ring and sprayed Hill in the face with red poison mist.
Drake capitalised, hitting Hill with his 450 splash for the victory.
Shiloh Hill took to Twitter following the match to share a photo of his face, still red even after wiping off the mist.
Hill captioned the photo:
well i don’t need to test the red one anymore… i think its mostly mace
You can view Shiloh Hill’s post below.
Prior to his return match being announced, Hill stated on August 7 that he could be back in the ring “a little sooner than doctors initially thought.”
Ahead of NXT, Hill described Jackson Drake as like “all the worst frat people you knew got together, and they created a baby and then raised it immersed in frat culture its whole life, and just created the worst person ever, but then also unfortunately, it just happened to become one of the best wrestlers in the world.”
Chelsea Green is another wrestler who looks to be preparing for an in-ring return after suffering a skull injury, with the interim WWE Women’s Champion breaking her orbital bone during a match on the August 7 edition of SmackDown.
Following teases that Green would be stripped of her title, Nick Aldis announced on the August 14 episode that he was giving Chelsea 30 days to compete and defend the title, giving her the chance to return before he’s forced to vacate the belt.
AJ Styles recently shared an update on Chelsea Green after speaking with the interim WWE Women’s Champion at the Performance Center, click here to read more.
well i don’t need to test the red one anymore… i think its mostly mace pic.twitter.com/jVivgTUuaI
— Shiloh Hill (@shiloh_wwe) August 19, 2026
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