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
— Stuart Tomlinson (@StuTomo85) 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, who has performed surgery on multiple WWE performers including Batista, Edge and Kofi Kingston.
https://twitter.com/HugoKnoxWWE/status/585623968876494848
Knox, who’s 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.