Former WWE and AEW star Jake Hager suffered a devastating blow to the eye at last month's Power Slap 23 event, one that left him in need of emergency surgery. According to a new report, more operations may be awaiting him in the future now."After getting his left eye badly damaged in a slap fight event, Jake Hager, who suffered a ruptured eyeball, is beginning to get some sight back in the eye," Dave Meltzer wrote in last week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. "He may need more surgeries. He had emergency surgery after the slap."At Power Slap 23 in Lubbock, Texas, Hager battled independent wrestler Johnny Magna in a slap fight, with the second round proving particularly rough for the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Magna landed a hit so powerful that Hager's left eye began bleeding. Hager and his team then demanded that it be ruled the contact as a foul. Instead, the officials awarded Magna the win via referee stoppage, leaving Hager with both a ruptured eye and a loss.Following the gruesome scene, Hager's partner Patricia Blackburn revealed that he underwent an operation on the affected eye. Further details on Hager's condition were unknown at the time due the family wanting to keep the situation private.Hager is no stranger to physical contact, having backgrounds in pro wrestling, mixed martial arts, and now, Power Slap. He initially retired from wrestling in 2025; the former "All-American American" later returned to in-ring action in June 2026 for a pair of shows with World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. His aforementioned Power Slap fight marked the third of his career.
