May 7, 2007 Observer Newsletter: The Undertaker tears biceps, WWE Backlash recap

The planned long World championship reign of The Undertaker looks to be in grave danger with the belief he suffered a complete tear of the right biceps.

Mark “Undertaker” Calaway, 45, has reached a deal some time back with Vince McMahon, who wanted to give him a long-term championship run provided Calaway would agree to work more of a full-time house show schedule. Calaway got his weight down and his conditioning to its best level in years, but it is believed he tore the biceps either during the European tour or in training over the past week.

He worked his scheduled Backlash main event on 4/29 in Atlanta, which was a double knockout in a last man standing match with Batista, that was designed to build to a Hell in a Cell rematch that was to headline Judgment Day three weeks later in St. Louis. The injury was acknowledged in commentary by JBL, as the original storyline was of Batista going in hurt, but JBL noted Undertaker’s trademark elbow pad had been moved from his left to right arm, insinuating an injury but being vague about it.

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