Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Steamboat's Health Improving, Alex Riley, WWE/Burger King, More

- NXT Rookie Alex Riley is booked to compete in a match on Tuesday’s episode of NXT, but may be pulled after suffering a wound to the back of his head at Thursday’s Florida Championship Wrestling television taping in Tampa, Florida. The injury is said to not be serious.

- WWE has announced a global partnership with Burger King, which will see a special Kids Meal promotion running this summer across 10,000 restaurants in over 30 countries. It features WWE Superstars Triple H, John Cena and Undertaker on Burger King Kids Meal packaging and food wraps. More than one million exclusive plush toys, which each play the stars’ individual entrance music, will be included in the promotion. Burger King has also created local ads to support the campaign for its duration in each market. Additionally, merchandise and advertising displays will be featured at participating restaurants.In the UK, there will be a £2.50 off coupon in the toy packaging for a WWE Mattel Flexforce action figure at Argos stores.

- WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat's doctors are now reporting that he did not suffer a brain aneurysm rather he suffered a ruptured blood vessel, which caused bleeding on his brain. He is expected to be released from the hospital by Friday to go home and rest off his injuries for about a month, while continuing to receive treatment. “The WWE has been completely supportive in their efforts to be sure Rick has the very best doctors,” said a family member adding that the company will release more information on his condition in due course.

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