Unfortunately it’s not good news for WWE Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix. The Glamazon has been diagnosed with a torn ACL after suffering an injury at last week’s SmackDown tapings in a match against Rosa Mendes.
It had been hoped that the injury was a minor ankle injury and Beth was taken off last week’s Mexican tour in order to rest up and return in time for this week’s SmackDown taping in her hometown of Buffalo, New York. However it became apparent that the injury is much more severe than first thought. Sources suggest that Phoenix could be out of action for an upward of six months.
Fans will see how WWE handles her injury on tomorrow’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown.
Phoenix’s injury is the same one that fellow three-time Women’s Champion, Melina is currently on the sidelines with.
Our best wishes go out to Beth on a speedy recovery!
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why is everybody saying melina we need other divas to get a push more like Alicia,Natayla, Gail last on my list bc she already had the title once we need frsh face champions anyone agree???
p.s. i dnt want kelly as champion maybe move her bac to raw with the belt she deserves the DIvas
Noooo! That sucks!! Sigh…Did anyone else get an eerie feeling during her match with Rosa-afterwards when the referees helped her down the walk way..it reminded me of when Lita tore her acl in San Juan? Just take a look at both videos on youtube..the scene looks so similiar, its abit weird. And even their facial expression(and big jaws lol)are similiar. Poor Beth. Arrghh! Well atleast she was able to drop the title in a good match. So then Melina is going to Smackdown isint she? Otherwise…we’d have to cal back Mickie James ;)
I see this as a chance for someone new to take the top babyface spot. Its been Mickie/Beth/Melina/Michelle the past few years, so now WWE have really no other option than to give someone else a shot. I think Layla could rise to the occasion, or maybe they could finally give Savannah her break which would be great. Its time to give somebody else a chance.
Sucks for her. Good thing they did her last match in a place that would actually cheer her to make her seem more popular than she is.
The great thing about injuries is that they give someone else a chance to shine.. Sadly, Beth was on the same brand as Michelle. We all know how Michelle is booked.
nooooooo! beth was starting to do on smackdown and they were starting to use her! hopefullyyyy she gets better and can come back soon
It may not after all be that bad.From some where else.YOu all are jumping to conclusions when maybe the it’s not as bad as maybe what’s said.Your just going to have to wait til WWE reports on what the Doctor found.It may not be as bad as they say.Yes an ACL but how much?
Mr. Glamazon does an article about Women’s injuries especially Melina’s ACL tear than Beth has an ACL tear. Weird. I hope she recovers fully and quickly. I miss her already.
mickie released and beth and melina injured omfg imagined if trish lita and victoria had all been out of action at the same point raw will be fine cause they have a top face savannah or aj needed to go to smackdown or tiffany needs a huge push cause as popular as kelly kelly is i wouldn’t put her at the top of a diva division
“This brings up a very interesting topic. Real wrestling = real injuries. Is this why the WWE holds some of the girls back from wrestling? Think about it. If they wrestle well, that leads to injuries, which leads to them being out 6 months or more at at time. If they tone it down, they will likely not get injured as often and be available for live shows more reliably. This might be why Maryse rarely wrestles, they want to make sure she’s not injured, since they need her on TV. This bring up a very interesting topic.”
Maryse’s whole character INCLUDES her wrestling style. haha
But I feel ya. The Divas need to tone down that really cappy indy stuff because A) they make it even crappier and b) it doesn’t get a response. Style over substance in the WWE will only last so long. That is why Maryse is catching on with the fans much more than Eve. We know Maryse is a witch who *can’t* wrestling. However, what do we know about Eve? “She likes to botch and add contrived moves she clearly can’t do” isn’t a character.
Oh NOOO. THIS MEANS KELLY KELLY WILL BE PUSHED!!!
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UGHHHHHHHH.
DAMMIT C-Ray, do you not read the damn commenting rules! NO F***ING SPOILERS! OMFG!
Also, are some people still blaming Rosa and her *lack of talent*? Off of the top of my head, out of all the wrestlers I can think of, I can’t think of any that have torn their ACL because of another wrestler. ACL injuriees a freak accident. Besides, Rosa didn’t do much in that match but slap Beth.
I know it is dangerous to have people out there doing stuff they don’t know how to do, but to insist that injuries only happen because of poorer workers is stupid.
i think this was just a way to get the title off beth and to give kelly a push its seems weird to me that as soon as kelly comes over beth get like this idk something smells fishy
I bet they are regretting releasing Mickie now.
I think they need to move Gail back over to Smackdown.
They could still use Beth to further the storyline. Back when Lita was injured at New Years Revolution, she was still around managing Kane and working with Christy Hemme for her match with Trish at Wrestlemania 21. I’m sure they could use Beth in the same way with Kelly Kelly.
They need to turn Layla a face or put
Gail or Melina on SM.
I say its time for Gail Kim to have the spotlight on her again. If she wins the Divas title though, shed be the first ever woman to win all 3 Major Titles. That sounds nice.:)
EBMICH: Lol. I just love how you contradicted yourself with those statements. :)
“They need to turn Layla a face or put”
no no no. i love layla and would enjoy seeing her as a face somewhere down the line, but right now? it’d just reinstate that sd is the mccool show as layla’s hardly gonna feud with rosa.
they need another face, preferably gail, but i’m enjoying the mini feud possibility she’s having with alicia.
I just saw that video again where Beth is helped out by refs…I swear I’m watching Lita at NYR 05 lol.
Layla as a face could be interesting. She’s been with McCool long enough. Its like the whole Molly/Gail Kim alliance. I liked that one too. It was a solid pairing. Layla can always go on her own..and McCool can recruit Rosa. They can have some interesting segments with Rosa and McCool having communication issues. That would be hilarious.
Gail Kim is a good wrestler. She had a bad ass finisher in TNA. I don’t understand why they would change it. Too devastating?? So has anyone cleared up if Layla is Champ or not??
@ozzyv “McCool can recruit Rosa.”
ugh
@KRoucka aww comeon. Give Rosa a break. I don’t think she’s that bad. She’s got an exotic look to her and she can become a good heel given sometime. Truthfully from what I’ve seen, she’s no worse than Maryse in the ring. All Maryse has on her is a Knockout DDT/which by the way is her opponent doing all the work. If Rosa and McCool form an alliance, it could give Rosa some valuable TV time to develop character. As beneficial as its been for Layla. At this point and considering the circumstances id give Layla a face run. Throw in a couple of flashy moves and a finisher and she’s good to go.
I like every single diva believe it or not. Even Maryse. I just feel some have more to offer than others. And I hate that stupid comment about Divas only lasting for 6/7 yrs and then throw em away attitude. Its that kind of attitude that needs to change in WWE and with the smarks. You see that’s just a theory. Chris Jericho has been around for a long while. He’s been good, he’s been great and he’s been boring and sloppy from time to time. And repeat. Divas can do the same. I believe so, and I believe one day we will have a Decade Diva to dispell that silly notion.
I also believe we will see Trish Stratus back in WWE for one more run at the Womens Championship in the future. You just gotta believe ;)
No no no no!!!This can’t be happening!! :( Beth,I’m gonna miss you!!! :( -cries-
youtube.com/watch?v=rCw4as4ObFI
There’s the link people for this weeks match. it was decent for what it was with Beth’s injury and all but I’ll keep this spoiler free! Enjoy haha (on a side note, WOOOOOOOO!)
It’s so ironic how Beth gets the title back and then gets injured like that, really sucks. It seems to be a recurring thing – a Diva gets a title run and then gets injured and is out for months. I’m really gonna miss Beth on SmackDown because she is a joy to watch, I love to see her wrestle because she is so slick and polished and I was looking forward to her having a long title run and run as a babyface. All I can look forward to know is her return and I hope WWE makes it that she comes back with a bang!
see i told ppl that theres a real reason why beth lost the title and it was her injury, if it was something like a sprained knee or ankle beth could have kept the title like maryse or mccool, but torn acl is serious surgery is sometimes required.
anyway have a speedy recovery beth!!!! we’ll miss you. now with beth gone it means sd will have another top face divas im guessing its either kelly or tiffany or even layla!
cos now layla is champ we might see layla vs michelle feud!!! with mccool turning on layla because of jelousy!
I hope this doesn’t get deleted but this is an excerpt from Beth’s WWE Universe Blog: “Then I received the devastating news. My injury was much worse than I would let myself believe. The doctor explained that I had a generous bone bruise, torn and displaced Meniscus, sprained my MCL and had completely torn my ACL. The prognosis from him … surgery.”