- Rey Mysterio underwent successful surgery in his hometown of San
Diego, CA., to repair his torn right bicep. The injury happened during the
Smackdown!/ECW live event in Santiago, Chile a few weeks ago. The surgery
took around an hour according to WWE.COM and it was performed by Dr David
Chao of the Oasis Sports Medical Group. Mysterio's injury was pretty bad
according to the surgeon as it was a complete rupture of the tendon. Dr.
Chao estimates that he will be out from six to nine months. Mysterio was
supposed to be in a tag team match with Floyd Mayweather against Big Show
and Shane McMahon at WrestleMania but the injury forced a switch to just a
Mayweather/Big Show match.
- WWE Chairman Vince McMahon issued a statement regarding the comments made
at yesterday's Congressional Hearing in Washington, DC. Members of the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce said that WWE were uncooperative and that
McMahon 'flipped the finger' at the Committee by not accepting their
invitation to testify yesterday. However the Chairman said that the
statements by the Members are inaccurate and unfair as the company has
provided over 3,000 pages of documents and cooperated with all requests from
the Committee. McMahon said that the invitation was sent on January 23rd of
this year and in the letter it was stated that he can be accompanied by a
legal advisor. McMahon replied by saying that the company's leading attorney
Jerry McDevitt was unavailable as he was representing another client on
trial and declined the invitation a month ago. No response was received from
the Committee according to McMahon and although WWE and himself got trashed
during the hearing, he wrote that he is still willing to cooperate fully
with the Committee's inquiry.
- The Legacy Of Stone Cold Steve Austin debuted at #1 on Billboard's top 10 selling sports/recreational DVD titles.
- The 2/22 edition of Friday Night Smackdown scored a 4.9 Hispanic rating.
- Poll results: Better run organization?
UFC - 30%
WWE - 70%
- UFC announced a three year sponsorship agree with Bud Light. Obviously, this is the biggest corporate sponsor in the history of the MMA promotion.
According to Dave Meltzer, the sponsorship goes into effect on 5/24, and will include both UFC and WEC events.
- EliteXC announced a TV deal with CBS-TV.
- The "American Gladiators" scored a 3.2 broadcast rating for the final episode of the season on 2/17.
