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Posted: Oct 02 2007 06:57 pm

Cena and Kennedy botched an armdrag on Raw on Monday, and afterward Cena was clearly favoring his arm. Now, this haw been posted on WWE.com:

WWE Champion John Cena has suffered a complete tear of his right pectoral tendon and is heading into surgery, according to noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews. Because of the seriousness of the injury, WWE officials will not allow Cena to compete this Sunday at No Mercy, and he will have no choice but to surrender the title.

Dr. Andrews said Cena could miss between six and eight months of action. Cena was injured during his match Monday night on Raw with Mr. Kennedy. Before visiting Dr. Andrews, Cena had said, “No matter how serious, the injury, one way or another I’ll be ready to compete on Sunday.”

But despite Cena’s vow, WWE officials will not allow him to compete at No Mercy. Therefore, he must surrender the WWE Championship.

WWE officials vow that there will be a WWE Championship Match this Sunday at No Mercy and a new WWE Champion will be crowned.

Stay with WWE.com for further updates on Cena’s condition and on No Mercy as they become available.

Posted: Oct 02 2007 07:02 pm

Well, I guess Triple H is getting the title then. Fantastic.

And by fantastic, I mean not at all. It's better than Umaga or Orton though.

Posted: Oct 02 2007 07:12 pm

This would be great time to boost up rising stars. Have a tourney, and have someone completely out of right field win the title.

Who I would like to see win the title:

Jeff Hardy
Mr. Kennedy
Ric Flair (This would be the perfect chance to give him one more title run before he retires.)
King Booker

Who I do not want to win the title:
Orton
HHH
Umaga

Posted: Oct 02 2007 08:40 pm

Yeah, uh, hate to break it to you all, but my guess is it's a work. Not to further a storyline, but because the steroids probe uncovered an "athlete/entertainer from Boston" who had HGH delivered to their parents' home over the last year.

My guess: Cena got caught and they don't want to come right out and say it because it would kill his career. Have fun getting clean, John.

Posted: Oct 02 2007 09:12 pm

I hate to disagree. But, Cena from West Newbury, not very close to Boston. Also. the statement said that the HGH was shipped to thier parents' home, his father is the Commissioner of East Coast Championship Wrestling and currently resides in Webster, MA. Not Boston.

I could be wrong though. And, only time will tell.

Posted: Oct 02 2007 10:30 pm

I'm from Wakefield MA; I know where West Newbury is. People from the Boston area (and let's face it, anywhere that isn't the Worcester area or western MA) who go or work abroad don't say they're from West Newbury or Wakefield when they are in another state; they say they're from Boston because more people will identify with it. Even if they do say it, the report was made to be vague and general. I doubt they'd say "West Newbury" because it'd be a dead giveaway and the news was supposed to be an anonymous leak.

My guess is the report has to mean a wrestler, because if it were a pro athlete they'd just say athlete, but they went far enough to feel they had to label the person an athlete/entertainer.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 02:29 am

He could've blown up a bus full of schoolchildren for all I care. 6 months of no Cena means that someone else might get a chance for a change (theoretically), so that's a good thing.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 05:52 am

Maybe it'll be Jericho.

I predict that Hulk Hogan will return for an 8 month title run, then drop the belt to a returning Cena in a Triple Threat match that also includes HHH. The match will last 5 hours due to each competitor refusing to sell his opponents' moves.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 03:01 pm

Hey, like him or not the one thing HHH has over the others is he sells, as well as puts over others. There is no argument that he had too many title runs, but each time whoever was fueding with him, he made look like gold. He would usually have to cheat to retain the title. Which let him keep it, while making the other guy look strong. Hogan never did that. Hogan would always "hulk up" once his opponent used thier finisher on him. Which, I believe, you should never brush off a finisher, as it complete destroys the credibility of the move.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 04:10 pm

HHH doesn't always sell that well. I remember during McMahon-Helmsley era, he went up against Al Snow one night, took THREE Snow Plows and got up every time. Then he hit the Pedigree and won the match.

Actually, that's the real problem with HHH... everyone sells the Pedigree like it's the best move ever and it's not. HHH is very sloppy with the Pedigree and has been for years. It looked a LOT more convincing when he was a midcarder. And even though the move sucks, no one gets up from it.

A lot of HHH matches go like this:

HHH gets beat down
HHH gets beat down some more
HHH gets beat down some more
Pedigree out of nowhere, HHH wins

And then of course my personal favorite:

HHH gets beat down
HHH gets beat down some more
HHH gets beat down some more
Pedigree out of nowhere, opponent kicks out
Opponent stands up and is immediately pulled into a second Pedigree, HHH wins.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 06:17 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Actually, that's the real problem with HHH... everyone sells the Pedigree like it's the best move ever and it's not. HHH is very sloppy with the Pedigree and has been for years. It looked a LOT more convincing when he was a midcarder. And even though the move sucks, no one gets up from it.

Everyone except one man. One man who walks alone as the creation of all the unpleasantries in the entire galaxy, and breathes the air that smells of combat:

(/v\)

oWn

Posted: Oct 03 2007 06:19 pm

I agree that he hasn't been performing the pedigree very well as of late. I think he may be doing it gingerly due to having not one, but now two quad surgeries. He used to hold on to the other person for the entire move, now he lets them go durring the jump up. The full impact of the move is taken on the knees, which I am sure sends a shockwave up through the quads.

I think HHH should look into finding a new finisher if he can not put %100 into his current one. Maybe something that uses the upper body, like a Powerbomb variant or something.

Before:

Now: (1:45 mark)

Posted: Oct 03 2007 07:19 pm

I think my favorite thing ever was when HHH said on the Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD that Warrior was "the most unprofessional man (he) ever worked with".

Paul, you worked with him for roughly 2 minutes, shut the fuck up. You're just mad you got squashed. That wasn't even Warrior's fault; Vince was punishing you for the infamous MSG incident.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 07:43 pm

MSG happened after that. MSG was May 1996, WMXII was 3/31/96.

Undefeated streak or not, some new guy isn't gonna pick up a win over the returning ex-world champ. Apparently the unprofessionalism jab came from HHH suggesting something pre-match, in the back. Warrior shot him down, so HHH went to a Brisco and had the Brisco come to Warrior with the idea. Warrior's got that "be a man and speak for yourself" hardass thing going on, so they had personality clash, apparently.

Warriors wins though... HHH called him that in the dvd, but Warrior called HHH a "puffy twat" in one of his rants. I laughed and laughed.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 07:51 pm

-bjork- wrote:

MSG happened after that. MSG was May 1996, WMXII was 3/31/96.

My bad. HHH was definitely jobbed out after MSG though.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 07:52 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

-bjork- wrote:

MSG happened after that. MSG was May 1996, WMXII was 3/31/96.

My bad. HHH was definitely jobbed out after MSG though.

Oh, for sure. He was originally slated to win KotR 1996, not Austin.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 09:56 pm

Damn, I can't believe I didn't catch that. WM12 is one of my favorites of all time. One of the matches was Nash/Diesel vs Undertaker. So it would have to be before the MSG fiasco.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 10:05 pm

I actually went to WMXII. It was pretty keen. :p

Posted: Oct 03 2007 11:08 pm

I was at WM19. I was happy because I got to see everyone could have ever hoped for, and I got to see Brock Lesner almost break his neck, so fun times all around!

Posted: Oct 03 2007 11:10 pm

And Nathan Jones in his one and only WM appearance!

Posted: Oct 04 2007 12:49 am

If you can call it that. He got his kicked back stage, and then ran in late in the match to do nothing.

Posted: Oct 04 2007 01:31 am

They used him to the best of his abilities. :p

Posted: Oct 04 2007 12:34 pm

Well, it has been discovered that the original plans for the upcoming PPV was for Randy Orton to go over Cena for the belt, however it is not known if those plans will still be used. The original, original plan (Before all of the Suspensions) was for the belt to make its way to Vince's son, Kennedy (The original choice before he was suspended.) and for a program to built up that would see Kennedy vs HHH at Wrestlemania.

It is not known which direction the writers and Vince will go with in light of recent events.

Posted: Oct 07 2007 07:54 am

WWE.com has added a video on Cena's surgery and rehab process. This video will likely start running on WWE programming this week. On the video Dr. James Andrews stated that the pectoral tear occurred when Cena's arm was pulled behind him during the hiptoss spot with Ken Kennedy. Andrews stated that the injury was "devastating" and that he was amazed Cena even finished the match.

Initially, examinations did not show how severe the tear was, however the surgical procedure that opened him up has revealed the injury to be very serious and that the tear occurred right where the tendon attaches itself to the bone. They used fiber-wire kevlar sutures to repair the tear. Andrews noted that the quick turnaround for the surgery (which took place less than 24 hours after the injury) helped make the procedure an easier process as the torn tendon hadn't had been given a chance to shrivel up after the tear.

Andrews also noted that Cena should make a full recovery within six months to one year. This means that at the earliest, Cena would be out until April, ruling out any physical activity, which includes WrestleMania.