Batista Undergoes Surgery, UFC 92 Coverage, The Wrestler, More
" WWE.com is reporting that Batista underwent a bone graft in his jaw this past Monday and he will also have surgery to repair a hamstring tear. Batista will undergo the surgery in Birmingham, Alaabama under the care of Dr. Jeffrey Dugas ? a colleague of Dr. James Andrews, who has performed surgeries for many WWE stars.
" The Wrestler continues to draw rave reviews and is drawing a 98% on RottenTomatoes.com, with 86 reviews now counted. That is the highest rating I can recall for a film with that many reviews. Of the 86 reviews in for the film, 84 have been positive and only 2 have been negative. For all reviews for the film, click here.
" Speaking of The Wrestler, it opens this Friday in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. It will continue to release in select cities over the next month. To see when the film opens in your area, click here.
" UFC presents it's most stacked card of the year this Saturday with UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008. We will have live play by play coverage of the card at our sister site, FightLine.com, this Saturday night. Here is the final card for the show:
Main Card:
Light Heavyweight Championship
Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans
Interim Heavyweight Championship
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir
Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Mike Massenzio vs. CB Dollaway
Mostapha Al Turk vs. Cheick Kongo
Preliminary Card:
Dean Lister vs. Yushin Okami
Mike Wessel vs. Antoni Hardonk
Reese Andy vs. Matt Hamill
Brad Blackburn vs. Ryo Chonan
Pat Barry vs. Dan Evensen
Be sure to check out Fightline.com for free, live round by round coverage of the event on Dec. 27 starting at 7pm PT/10pm ET.