Ross Report Recap: Injury Updates, The Rock, DDP face turn? HBK, more
    Submitted by William Martinez on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 8:07 PM EST

  • William Regal underwent surgery on Thursday to repair his nose and will be kept off WWF television next week. He may be kept off TV until next year due to the fact that he plans to head to the UK for the holidays.

  • Triple H's last day in Birmingham, Alabama is today. He is expected back in early January and is scheduled for house shows starting January 4th.

  • Shawn Stasiak will not need surgery to remove his bursa sac and can return at any time.

  • Hardcore Holly will return full time in about 3 months.

  • Taka Michinoku has returned from Japan and is expected to return in March after shoulder surgery.

  • Test chipped a tooth at this week's TV which will be taken care of soon. His biggest problem is two old stress fractures in his back. He may get a cortizone shot for it. He isn't expected to miss any time.

  • Edge suffered a slight hip-pointer at Vengeance but will continue to work.

  • Mike Awesome will undergo ACL surgery tomorrow.

  • Randy Orton's shoulder is getting better and he will be meeting with a St. Louis orthopedic surgeon next week.

  • X-pac is alright to work right now but he isn't at 100% yet.

  • Kanyon is undergoing physical therapy in Atlanta and is still on target to return in 4-6 months.

  • Perry Saturn may have suffered a slight concussion last week but he will not miss any time right now.

  • Crash Holly suffered a slight hand bruise and is also suffering from elbow problems.

  • Rhyno is doing well while recovering from neck surgery as is Chris Benoit.

  • Tiger Ali Singh is having problems while suffering from a concussion.

  • Jerry Lynn should be released from doctor's care in about a month.

  • Russ Haas will be seeing another cardiologist on Tuesday.

  • Leviathan suffered a strained pectoral muscle about a week ago and is doing physical therapy.

  • BJ Payne is also doing therapy to recover from a bad back.

  • Eric Angle was discovered to be rehabbing a little too quickly and will be visiting his doctor again in six weeks.

  • Steve Bradley is experiencing back pain which will require about a month of rehab.

  • The WWF edition of Fear Factor should finish taping today.

  • Shawn Michaels will be talking with Jim Ross today to discuss his appearance on Excess.

  • The WWF is thinking of using Diamond Dallas Page as a face due to reactions at house shows.

  • The WWF will continue to look at Ron Waterman, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton and Rico Constantino and house shows and dark matches along with Shelton Benjamin and John Cena.

  • Cena and Benjamin are at the top of the list of talents the WWF wants to bring in.

  • Due to the re-filming of scenes in The Scorpion King, The Rock will be missing many house shows in January but no TVs.

  • Close to 100,000 votes have been made for WWF.com's match of the year poll.

    To read the entire Ross Report, click HERE.

    Credit: Jim Ross' Ross Report at WWF.com

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