Mysterio Surgery Update, Colt Cabana In WWE, Heenan Health Update, Santino Reacts To Maria In Playboy
Submitted by Daniel Pena on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 3:39 PM EST



sources: www.f4wonline.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter

-- WWE.com interviewed David Chao, who performed Rey Mysterio’s biceps surgery yesterday. "Rey made it (the tear) worse by trying to compete with this injury on more than one occassion, but we are confident the surgery has repaired all damage." Regarding his return to the ring, Chao said, "this type of injury normally requires a recovery period of six-nine months... but Rey has shown his body recovers quickly from the injury." According to the doctor, Rey worsened his tear by continuing to compete. "Rey made it [the tear] worse by trying to compete with this injury on more than one occasion, but we are confident the surgery has repaired all damage." You can read the article regarding Rey's injury at this link.

-- Regarding Ace Steel, a developmental wrestler who was released by WWE a few weeks ago, former creative team member Court Bauer had been pushing for Steel to be hired for a long time and finally got him a gig doing the Donald Trump angle as an impersonator on Raw last year. Steel won everyone over and was given a developmental deal. Last summer, there was an idea for he and Colt Cabana (who Steel trained, along with CM Punk) to be brought up to the main roster to play Edge's henchman, with Steele being the serious one and Cabana being the goofy one. However, Edge went down with an injury, and the idea went on the backburner. When Edge returned from injurt last November, WWE went with the Major Brothers instead, who were already on the roster but weren't doing anything.

-- Regarding the health of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, he is showing very slow improvement from reconstructive surgery on his jaw, which put him in a medically induced coma for a few weeks. Heenan is still unable to speak, but now communicates using a chalkboard.

-- WWE.com has an exclusive video of Santino Marella reacting to Maria's Playboy shoot, which you can see at this link.

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