A week and a half ago, the tournament final to crown the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion took a surprising turn when Willow Nightingale defeated Mercedes Mone, the presumed winner, to win the title. It was clear, though, that something had gone wrong, with Mone favoring her ankle in a non-performative way and the finish seemingly being changed without the referee catching on, as he held-up on a three-count when Mone didn’t kick out of Nightingale’s Doctor Bomb finishing move. (He counted to three on a second Doctor Bomb.)

A new report from Fightful Select confirms what everyone suspected: That Mone was scheduled to win and called an audible when she realized that she was hurt with a significant enough injury that she should not win the title. In fact, Fightful was told “that the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship was created with her in mind.”

According to the report, the NJPW office is of the understanding that the injury is a “severe sprain without a break,” but “those close to Mercedes have said that there’s definitely a sprain and the fear of a break.” The sources close to Mone claimed to Fightful that the swelling was too severe to be able to tell if there was a break just yet. It’s not clear exactly what was meant by that, as authoritative sources like Johns Hopkins Medicine note that X-rays don’t see soft tissue injuries or inflammation, so they wouldn’t impede the visibility of a fracture.

In the meantime, though, no prognosis has been given for Mone’s injury.