Guest NoSelfWorth Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 -Meanwhile, Randy Orton, who might have been a top prospect to help fill the gap left by Angle's absence, suffered a serious injury this weekend also. Despite reports floating around that he'll only miss two or four months, the actual minimum time he'll miss is six months, and more likely a full year. Orton's injury happened when Bubba Ray Dudley landed on his foot after a double flapjack by Bubba and D-Von at a Saturday house show. Apparently when Orton went up for the move, he flailed a bit in the air. That caused his feet to get crossed, so when he landed, Bubba landed back-first on top of his foot, breaking his ankle, several bones in his feet, and severely dislocating his big toe. Orton was visibly in severe pain. The wrestlers quickly went to the finish of the match. Orton was tended to for several minutes by paramedics and trainers, and eventually was helped to the back while still showing obvious signs of discomfort (and probably frustration). The word I received today is that he will need surgery with pins placed in his foot to help heel what was apparently was a gruesome looking mangled foot and ankle after the match. Orton is considered a future superstar in WWE and was on the fast track to getting a top tier push. This second setback couldn't have come at a worse time as he was just coming back from another injury, was headed into a match at WrestleMania, and had been grouped with Triple H and Ric Flair as part of the top heel faction on Raw. -In the same match where Orton got injured, so did Batista and Bubba Ray Dudley. Batista tore his triceps muscle and will miss at least four months, perhaps more. His injury is the same that ended the career of Del Wilkes (a/k/a The Patriot). Bubba's back is sore from landing on Orton's foot. He won't miss much if any ring time. Again, we have more on these injuries in this week's Torch Newsletter Credit - Wade Keller
Guest HartFan86 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Yeah...I was going to say from the original description for Orton's injury that he wasn't going to be around for a long time and then the sites said 2 months.
Guest treble charged Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Bubba's back is sore from landing on Orton's foot. Am I the only one who finds that somewhat humourous?
Guest Anglesault Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Oh. What a shame. Or something. Am I the only one who finds that somewhat humourous? Somewhat? BWAHAHA!
Guest CanadianChick Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 With all these injuries happening, will WWE get desperate and end the brand extension? Seriously, with all these upper midcarders (Batista, Orton, Edge) and main eventers (Kurt for sure, and it always seems like Trips is injured), will they?
Guest Anglesault Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 With all these injuries happening, will WWE get desperate and end the brand extension? Seriously, with all these upper midcarders (Batista, Orton, Edge) and main eventers (Kurt for sure, and it always seems like Trips is injured), will they? Wouldn't shock me. Am I the only one who can't force myself to care about Evilution's devastating injuries?
Guest CanadianChick Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Am I the only one who can't force myself to care about Evilution's devastating injuries? I'm not glad to see it happen, but I'm not exactly heartbroken about it. They're both young, they'll bounce back.
Guest Anglesault Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 -Meanwhile, Randy Orton, who might have been a top prospect to help fill the gap left by Angle's absence, How do these people think? "Hey, we're losing one of the top workers in the fed, and we need to replace him. How about that guy who managed to blow every move in the Lance Christian match including finishers and hurt himself in the process? Yeah, that's the ticket!"
Guest the pinjockey Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 -Meanwhile, Randy Orton, who might have been a top prospect to help fill the gap left by Angle's absence, This is the line I found most amusing. If it wasn't for Orton getting injured we may have been in for a REALLY shitty summer.
Guest HartFan86 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 I guess Evolution really passed us by. ... ... ... I'm here every Tuesday Nights...thank you ladies and gentleman!
Guest Anglesault Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Am I the only one who can't force myself to care about Evilution's devastating injuries? I'm not glad to see it happen, I'm not glad exactly, but damnit, as long as it's not career/life threatening, I'm happy enough. An injured batista or Orton is better for me then healthy ones on TV "wrestling"
Guest gwf0704 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Knowing WWE they'll just move Rhyno and Cena from Smackdown and put them in the Evolution. Sounds like an upgrade if they do it in my opinion.
Guest Eagan469 Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 In the same match where Orton got injured, so did Batista and Bubba Ray Dudley. Batista tore his triceps muscle and will miss at least four months, perhaps more. must...see...this match
Guest subliminal_animal Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 -Meanwhile, Randy Orton, who might have been a top prospect to help fill the gap left by Angle's absence, How do these people think? "Hey, we're losing one of the top workers in the fed, and we need to replace him. How about that guy who managed to blow every move in the Lance Christian match including finishers and hurt himself in the process? Yeah, that's the ticket!" If he's on Raw, I don't know how he fills the gap left by a Smackdown wrestler. And that was one match, and I don't remember him blowing every move. Man, you get all riled up over nothing sometimes (most of the time). In the same match where Orton got injured, so did Batista and Bubba Ray Dudley. Batista tore his triceps muscle and will miss at least four months, perhaps more. His injury is the same that ended the career of Del Wilkes (a/k/a The Patriot). How did that end his career? And this happened in the WWF and was the reason he was released, right?
Guest The_Radical Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 Of course the most ironic part about this whole injury situation is that now the healthiest member of "Evolution" is a 54 year old man. The Radical has spoken.
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