WWE tag team champion Edge suffered a serious injury while working a Smackdown/ECW house show in San Diego, California, according to eyewitness reports. PWInsider.com reports that Edge has a torn Achilles heel tendon and could be out till January 2010.
The injury apparently occurred while Edge was wrestling the opening moments of a singles match against Jeff Hardy. Edge suffered the injury while landing on the mat after a simple leap. He was subsequently carried out to the backstage area, throwing out a quick apology in the process, noted Pro Wrestling Torch.
If the injury does keep Edge out of action for an extended length of time, it would be a serious blow to World Wrestling Entertainment as a whole, not just Edge's home Smackdown brand. The unified tag titles were placed on Edge and Chris Jericho in part so WWE could extend their star power across both major brands.
Edge suffers serious injury at Smackdown house show
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WWE champion Batista out four months after biceps injury
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WWE champion Batista was confirmed to be out of action Tuesday at least four months due to a torn biceps tendon. World Wrestling Entertainment reported that Batista was undergoing surgery to repair the tear but would still need extended recovery time.
The official web site is blaming a Legacy attack on Batista for the injury though the real-life injury had actually taken place several weeks earlier, according to most accounts.
While Batista is still technically WWE champion as I'm posting this early Wednesday, the title will be vacated and put up in a four way match between Triple H, Randy Orton, John Cena and Big Show on next Monday's Raw telecast. One wishes that the title vacancy could have been used to build up new stars like Ted DiBiase, MVP and the like to the top level but clearly that won't happen anytime soon.
As for Batista, his disturbing pattern of injuries makes me wonder if the man still has a future in the company. The injury time will be added to Batista's WWE contract extending his tenure well into next year but beyond that, it's difficult to imagine him still being paid and treated as a top level star in any new deal.
Rey Mysterio injured at WWE Superstars taping
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Rey Mysterio suffered an unspecified injury while working Tuesday's WWE Superstars injury against Shelton Benjamin, an injury that pulled him from active wrestling duty on this week's WWE Smackdown, taped the same night.
The originally planned Edge vs. Rey Mysterio main even for this week's Smackdown was changed on the fly into an Edge vs. Chris Jericho encounter reports F4Wonline.com, a rarity of a main event between two heel performers.
According to Jim Ross' blog, the Intercontinental champion is still set to defend his belt at this Sunday evening's Judgment Day PPV against the aforementioned Jericho. The Mysterio/Jericho match was announced by WWE last Monday night.
