Friday News and Notes; Lashley, MVP, Pacman Jones
Another lull of a week for WWE television, and not a lot going on as far as out of the ring either. There was a major surgery this week for WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley, and you won't be seeing the big man in action for about five months. He has what many are saying is a torn rotator cuff. However, his rotator cuff was not torn but they found other serious injuries that they had to go in and repair. Lashley’s injuries couldn’t be fixed through arthroscopic surgery and is expected to be out for three to five months. It might be a good thing in the long run, and some were growing tired of the Lashley character, and it might be time to refresh him and get him off TV, though you never want to see it happen this way. I would think we might see a shift in Lashley when he comes back, and it would not surprise me one bit that once he returns and is back for a few weeks if he goes heel after all.
Another interesting piece of news is that current US Champ MVP was diagnosed over the past week with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which is basically an abnormal accessory pathway in his heart. The result was found during a physical. It can cause an abnormal heart rhythm and increase the risk for a heart attack. Of course the company is happy they caught it, is playing it off like they saved his life. The syndrome was caught during a company routine cardiovascular test in San Jose, the twice a year policy of running on a treadmill and then taking an EKG is done to check the heart valves. The detected an abnormal pattern. He underwent treatment on Monday of this week, which explained his not wrestling over the weekend. More tests will be taken next week to see if it was a success. Let's hope this is not a life or death situation for MVP.
And of course the really big news in ALL of pro wrestling this past week was the Pacman Jones signing with TNA story. The Titans have already put out that they are going to fight Jones wrestling, and it looks like they are going to win. Here are Jim Ross' comments on his blog about Jones. "The rumors of Pacman Jones going to TNA doesn’t do much for me. I don’t know how Pacman will help TNA except he might by getting their name mentioned. I do not subscribe to the philosophy that all publicity or PR is good as long as “they spell our name right”. Sometimes staying off the radar screen is a better way to travel as TNA is likely to find out sooner than later. But, hey, if it works, good for them but I am not holding my breath that this is the way to go."
Above is the poster out for October's WWE Pay-per-view: No Mercy. The poster features Randy Orton, who very well could be holding the WWE Title or going at it in a program with John Cena by the time this PPV rolls around.
