May 28, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Shawn Michaels injury, WWE Judgment Day recap

Just when it appeared the injury bug couldn’t devastate WWE’s Judgment Day show, and long-term plans, anymore than already done, more injuries caused full-scale switches in plans for the next several months. Shawn Michaels, who turns 42 in July, and has been plagued by bad knees for more than a decade, is expected to undergo major knee surgery this week. Michaels has been in need of surgery for several months, but has been continually working through it because of the lack of depth at the top. Unfortunately, the reliance on older wrestlers working so hard, and setting an example for the rest of the roster for working through injuries, like Michaels and Undertaker have done in recent months, has its drawbacks. In the end, you can only ignore your body for so long before a minor injury becomes a major injury. Michaels was injured during his 5/14 Raw match with Edge. After the show went off the air, he couldn’t walk to the back and had to be helped to the hotel. Subscribers can read this issue here. Source