algrim 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 WWE.com reported Bobby Lashley suffered a torn rotator cuff in his Raw match with Mr. Kennedy. It's pretty clear that was the story of the match, so either he had suffered the injury over the past week and worked the match on RAW to explain it, or it's a late angle to cover for plans changing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
algrim 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 Former ECW Champion Bobby Lashley will meet with noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday for further diagnosis on his injured left shoulder. Lashley injured the shoulder in his match with Mr. Kennedy on Monday Night Raw, when Kennedy kicked it while up against the ring steps. Once Kennedy realized his opponent was injured, Kennedy viciously targeted the shoulder with repeated attacks and holds. The shoulder suffered further damage as Lashley attempted to spear Kennedy, and Kennedy countered the charging Lashley by kneeing him in the injured joint. Preliminary observations from WWE physician Dr. Ferdinand Rios suggest Lashley suffered a possible rotator cuff tear in the left shoulder. Didn't see it anywhere, so I thought you should know. How will this change the matches at Summerslam, I wonder? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecca 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 I've actually torn a rotator cuff, it's a shitty injury. I know other wrestlers have worked through them before so this is a bit interesting, Billy Kidman worked with one for about a year while he was in WCW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 Yeah, PWInsider did an audio today about this, and how it caused them to have to rewrite RAW over and over again. They also talked about Jeff Hardy, possibly big news, but I'll stick that in the Comments thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntiLeaf33 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 So if Lashley has to spend a lot of time off to recovery, I wonder if he will lose any and all momentum that he had going for him (ala Batista after he had to surrender the WHC) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 When he comes back will he do the Chris Masters thing and grow the evil beard or will he take the other route and be like Scott Steiner by ranting about his muscles on top of muscles and the various veins popping out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 Maybe he'll look just about the same? Man with Lashley hurt and now Jeff AWOL does it seem like Raw is getting a touch of the usual crap SD has to put up with? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 It's an excuse for thinner Lashley to show up on screen next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfn 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 I hope he doesn't show up at all unless he's with a manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 I'd never wish injury upon someone, but I'm glad he won't be on my TV for a while (presumably). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 Let's see, Jeff Hardy nearly breaks his neck in a match on RAW against Mr. Kennedy and the next week Bobby Lashley tears his rotator cuff on RAW in a match against Mr. Kennedy. I really hope we don't have to wait too long before Triple H gets in the ring with Kennedy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 The story the match told suggested Lashley was already injured and this is a kayfabe way to write him off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 Hope he doesn't have a movie in the works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 --Bobby Lashley's shoulder injury, believe to be a torn rotator cuff, is legit. It's been hurting since before Wrestlemania and was aggravated over the weekend. TV was rewritten for the injury angle. He is seeing Dr. James Andrews either today or tomorrow and at that point a diagnosis and decision will be made. If he needs surgery, he would likely be out until January. Observer. If he's out for that long, Raw needs a new top line babyface to carry the load. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 HHH will take that call. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2007 HHH will take that call. I had completely forgotten he was coming back. Then you made me remember. Raw could do with a strong second-tier babyface as well. Someone they can feed to heels to build them up. I doubt it'll be Umaga; I think he'll get to that second-tier level, but not as a stepping stone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Obi Chris Kenobi 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 Has there ever been a time in WWE/F like this before? Where top guys drop like flies with injuries and whatever, and leave the roster looking dangerously weak and exposed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 2002. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 I know other wrestlers have worked through them before so this is a bit interesting, Billy Kidman worked with one for about a year while he was in WCW. Some injuries are worse than others. Flair once tore his r.c. and was out for about a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 MAJOR BOBBY LASHLEY INJURY UPDATE by Mike Johnson Bobby Lashley will be undergoing surgery this Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama under Dr. James Andrews. The severity of his shoulder issues won't be known until after the surgery, according to WWE's website. “They are going to do an arthroscopic evaluation of the left shoulder, that requires a small incision for the insertion of the scope,” WWE's resident physician Dr. Ferdinand Rios told the WWE website. “If it’s just cartilage or something that can be repaired easily, they will do so. If it is a complete rotator cuff [tear], then they’ll probably have to open [Lashley’s] shoulder up and repair it." Depending on the severity of the injury, Lashley could be out as little as 6-8 weeks or several months, which is why WWE wrote him out of their storylines with the Ken Kennedy match at this past Monday's Raw. We know which diagnosis WWE are hoping for, but with their luck it'll be the more serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 Let's see, Jeff Hardy nearly breaks his neck in a match on RAW against Mr. Kennedy and the next week Bobby Lashley tears his rotator cuff on RAW in a match against Mr. Kennedy. I really hope we don't have to wait too long before Triple H gets in the ring with Kennedy. Don't forget about the vicious chairshot to Eddie days before his death! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecca 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 Exploratory surgery.......that always sucks. It's not fun when the doctor goes "so I need to insert this scope so I can look in here and see how bad it is. If he has a complete tear he's going to get a real nice scar from that surgery..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 COUGH****STEROIDS****COUGH honestly what else explains so many guys going down with muscle tears serves him right for stealing Brocks ring entrance jump and pyro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Maybe he can work on a personality while he is out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 His return is the perfect time to give him a mouthpiece and turn heel but well probalbly just get a bunch of videos like Trips is in the weeks leeding up to his return. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Probably get the Booker T treatment where WWE will create a false past history saying that as a youth Bobby Lashley stole car radios, hub caps, and spent 2 years in juvi high school where he learned how to wrestle... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 COUGH****STEROIDS****COUGH honestly what else explains so many guys going down with muscle tears Yeah... except the rotator cuff tear isn't a steroid injury, and never have been. When large muscles (quadricep, pectoral) separate from the bone, that's frequently caused by steroids. But the rotator cuff is a complex arrangement of muscles and tendons held together in a sort of web, and injuries to it are pretty common in wrestling, whether the guy in question is a steroid user or not. Ric Flair and Mick Foley have both had torn rotator cuffs, and neither of them were juiceheads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 I know other wrestlers have worked through them before so this is a bit interesting, Billy Kidman worked with one for about a year while he was in WCW. Some injuries are worse than others. Flair once tore his r.c. and was out for about a year. Flair tore his rotator cuff and had surgery on it in September 1996. They did an angle where he was destroyed backstage by the nWo for the storyline reasoning and he vacated the U.S. Title. He officially returned in May 1997, so that put recovery time at approximately 8 months. But the thing to remember here is that Flair was 47 (and turned 48 mid-way through) when this was going on. Lashley just turned 31, so he'll likely recover a lot faster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celtic Jobber 0 Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Right before his current injury, Bobby Lashley was gaining extreme amounts of heat in the WWE locker room. So much that some have compared it to Brock Lesnar type of heat. One of Lashley's traveling buddies believes that Lashley's girlfriend Kristall Marshall has messed up his head. Mr. Kennedy would actually refer to Lashley as the male "Diva" (locker room lingo for someone who thinks they are the sh*t). Kennedy once called Steve Austin asking for advice because Lashley was not wanting to sell to anyone in his matches leading up to the Lashley/Cena match at Great American Bash. Lashley had complained to the agents because he was not happy with how his character was being booked over the last few weeks. He wanted to be a heel, not a face. WWE kept changing their minds. They had Lashley spear Cena. Lashley got booed for it. But then they told Lashley he was not turning heel. Lashley hated being in a limbo state. Lashley had wanted to complain to Vince but Vince had bigger things to worry about. (Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, by way of LordsofPain.net) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Chaos 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2007 Bobby Lashley has surgery on his shoulder two days ago in Birmingham, AL. I haven't gotten a full report of the doctors findings yet but have been told that they went in looking for a rotator cuff injury and found something else which was also said to be serious. He will be out of action for at least a month and I have been told it will most probably be longer than that. We will post more information as soon as we get it. pwinsider anyone know anything more? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites