WWE NXT Wrestler Undergoes Surgery This Week

Sparingly seen NXT wrestler Hugo Knox underwent surgery this week in Birmingham, Alabama for a ruptured bicep tendon. He posted this photo on social media today showing off his recovery equipment.

This is the BadBoy piece off equipment you get when u have Ruptured a Bicep Tendon, #selfie-ING pic.twitter.com/W0dOEp2Vbe

? Hugo Knox (@HugoKnoxWWE) April 8, 2015

The surgery was performed by Jeffrey R. Dugas, M.D. at Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center at St. Vincent's Hospital. He has performed surgery on multiple WWE wrestlers including Batista, Edge and Kofi Kingston.

First think I ordered when I woke up... Papa johns!!! Get a snazzy Robocop arm going on here Big Thankyou to the staff at St Vincent's Birmingham. And especially DR Dugas.

A photo posted by HugoKnoxWWE (@hugoknox_wwe) on Apr 7, 2015 at 7:01pm PDT

Knox, whose real name is Stuart Tomlinson, is a former professional football goalkeeper from England who has been training at the WWE Performance Center since December 2013. He made his wrestling debut for NXT at a live event in November and has continued to make sporadic appearances at non-televised shows.