Former AEW Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale shared a new injury update on her broken hand.

Nightingale’s hand injury became a concern in the weeks leading up to AEW All In 2026. Despite the setback, she competed at the PPV but lost the AEW Women’s World title to Mercedes Moné. Her broken hand added another challenge as she moved forward from the defeat.

Nightingale shared the update on her Instagram story, posting a photo of herself behind the wheel with the bone stimulator attached to her injured hand. While she is happy with the progress, she mentioned that she still has some healing left to do.

“It’s better, but not 100% healed. Still using that bone stimulator everyday, even if I have to fit it in while stuck in traffic,” Nightingale wrote.


Her update offers a look at her recovery routine. The injury has not kept her away from AEW TV or the ring completely, as AEW has continued to feature Nightingale on TV while she recovers. Fightful Select previously reported that the promotion wanted to keep her involved in its programming after she suffered the injury.

This has allowed Nightingale to remain part of ongoing storylines. She later faced Thekla at AEW All Out last month and returned to action on the October 6 episode of Collision.

Her most recent match was an eight-person mixed tornado tag team contest recorded on October 6 and later shown on AEW Collision: Grand Slam Paris on October 10. Nightingale teamed up with her Conglomeration stablemates Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong. They faced the Death Riders’ Marina Shafir, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, and Wheeler Yuta. The Conglomeration ended up on the losing side.