[Derek]

Triple H was supposed to face Cena at Wrestlemania 23, but got injured and Shawn took his place.

 

[Clique]

The card wasn't ruined but Kurt Angle went into WM19 with a neck injury, and the night before WM19 Steve Austin had complications with his heart/breathing.

Oh, Edge suffered a neck injury in early 2003 and he couldn't make WM19.

 

[BK Festivus]

The card wasn't ruined but Kurt Angle went into WM19 with a neck injury, and the night before WM19 Steve Austin had complications with his heart/breathing.

Oh, Edge suffered a neck injury in early 2003 and he couldn't make WM19.

Yet they both went out and wrestled four-star matches that night.:shocked:

 

[dougfisher_05]

26 years of WM, I'm sure some sort of injury had to have happened that ruined the WM card.

Shawn Michaels was supposed to face Bret Hart at Mania 13 and reportedly drop the title. Of course he had that "knee" injury and had to forfeit the belt. I always wondered what kind of buy rate that would have pulled for Vince.

Also I believe at one point in 1999 the main event for WrestleMania 2000 was meant to be either the Rock vs. Austin or the heavily rumored Big Show vs. Austin. Obviously Austin's neck problems kept that from happening.

 

[Dub]

Jeff Hardy was suspended before WM 24, I think he was rumored to win MITB.

 

[Vic Capri]

Batista got injured by Mark Henry in early 2006. If that didn't happen, it would've been Batista Vs. Orton for the World Heavyweight Title at WM 22.

- Vic

 

[BGLWrestlingGod]

Mysterio tore his bicep before No Way Out in 2008, and was scheduled to be a part of the Mayweather/Big Show match, not sure in what capacity. I think rumors at point had Big Show & Shane McMahon against Mayweather and MVP, or Mayweather and Mysterio.

 

[cashfire2003]

I know Triple H was hurt right before the WM 18 match vs Jericho and there were rumors that Jericho was going to retain the title in Canada due to Hunter's injury.

 

[The Caped Crusader]

I think some people are misunderstanding OP's question.

He's asking if anyone has gotten injured a month prior to Wrestlemania when an important match for Wrestlemania is already being built. According to that, Batista's injuries in 2006 and 2009 which stopped Batista/Orton and Batista/Cena from happening respectively, do not count. Neither does Austin's injury in 1999 for example or Triple H's injury in January of 2007. The reason is because those happened before the match building went underway. WWE was actually fortunate in those cases because they were still in a position to change plans and go with something else.

I don't think anyone has gotten injured a few weeks before Wrestlemania for a key match up.

 

[Thumbinthebum]

Nathan Jones? He was originally scheduled to be 'Taker's partner against Big Show and A-Train but it ended up being a handicap match. Granted, that's not on the level of a Cena or Triple H injury but 'The Streak' was still a major part of Wrestlemania by then.

 

[Sickburn]

^ didnt they change the match cause Jones was just too shit...im being serious I think I read that somewhere.

 

[pcwcubs1]

The only one I remember was Kurt Angle who injured his neck a few weeks before his match against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 19. At one point they were considering dropping the title to another wrestler so Angle could recover. However, Angle decided to work the match and have surgery shortly after that.

 

[Thumbinthebum]

^ didnt they change the match cause Jones was just too shit...im being serious I think I read that somewhere.

That might've been the case, it would certainly have been justified even if it wasn't the real reason

 

[DX-HHH-XD]

Jeff got suspended, I guess that counts. I'm kinda worried about Edge now though, he's upped his game in the ring once again but at times, he seems to be limping, one wrong move and he could be out.