MVP is on the mend and hopes to be back on WWE TV very soon.
MVP posted the following on his Instagram account, revealing that he had knee surgery on Thursday to repair some nagging injuries that had been bothering him for most of the year.
“So there were some reports going around that I had successful knee surgery. Those reports were wrong, erroneous, mistaken, as usual. I’m having knee surgery today. As some of you might know, I took a vicious RKO from Randy Orton on the floor—one I certainly didn’t deserve, I might add. And as a result, I suffered a ‘rib injury.’ [winks at the camera] So I figured while I’m recovering from this rib injury, I may as well get my knee fixed, the one that’s had me hobbled since February when I tore my meniscus and two weeks later, I got a second meniscus tear. And since then, I’ve been hobbling. A lot of people thought, ‘Oh the cane looks cool, it looks dope, it’s stylish, it’s fashionable,’ but it’s very necessary.
“The injury, all along, has been real and I’m excited to finally get it fixed so I can get back in the ring and I can actually wrestle and not be hobbled around. For those of you that see me on live events and TV, it’s obvious, I was way less than 100%. I’m super excited to get back on the jiu-jitsu mats, man. I miss it so much, and it’s so hard to frame and shoot and trip with one leg, but here we are.
“And for those of you that had been critical of the way I took that RKO… have you ever taken an RKO with a torn meniscus? Have you ever wrestle with a torn meniscus? The things I do for you ungrateful lot… [smiles] but I am thankful for all of the well wishes and the positive energy, and we’re going to get through this. Very simple arthroscopic surgery, and hopefully I’ll be back on Monday Night RAW in the next 4 to 6 weeks. See ya, space cowboy.”
Last week, WWE announced that MVP would be out due to a rib injury after Randy Orton RKO’ed him on the September 13 episode of RAW. The report MVP referenced came from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, who reported that MVP already had a procedure on his knee last week, but the former WWE United States Champion shined some light on the situation and said he didn’t have surgery yet.
