Wow, i guess being a World Wrestling Entertainment superstar can a real pain in the neck. Just ask John Cena. According to WWE’s Web site, John Cena underwent a 90-minute procedure Tuesday to remove a large disc fragment that was pressing on his spinal cord. This was the injury that causing numbness in Cena’s right arm.

We are happy to report that the surgery went so well that Cena was able to visit backstage with WWE performers Tuesday night before their Smackdown taping in Pittsburgh.
Now for the bad news: Cena is expected to miss the next 2 to 4 months for recovery, but has been known to be a fast healer. He returned well ahead of schedule from a torn pectoral muscle suffered last October.

WWE is stating that Cena’s injury is due to a “Batista Bomb” delivered by Dave Batista in their Summer Slam match this month. Whether that is true or just part of another story line is unclear, but this much is certain: Cena has joined a long list of WWE grapplers who have required neck surgery.

As always, we wish John Cena a full and speedy recovery!

We’ve just learned that John Cena will now be heading to San Antonio, Texas on Wednesday to have his neck looked at by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood, the surgeon who worked on the major neck surgeries for “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Edge, Lita, and others. WWE.com is reporting that Cena will also be flying to Pittsburgh tomorrow to be examined by neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Maroon.

WWE’s website posted some comments from Cena regarding his injury:

“It needs to be dealt with because I lost most of the feeling in my right arm and am having pain in my shoulder….I’m losing 20 percent of my strength per day. If I don’t do anything about it, the injury will end up rupturing and then the surgery will be more difficult. It’s not easy, because surgery never is.”

“Every moment I stay away from the table is another moment something bad can happen. The disk is so bulged out and inflamed that any sudden move could make it worse.”

We’re hearing reports that WWE Superstar John Cena is having some serious problems with his neck, which has even caused numbness in one of his arms!

Is serious enough that Cena went to get an MRI done Saturday before Raw at Madison Square Garden. He returned to the arena and said, “Long story short, my neck is (expletive) up badly.”

John Cena was originally slated to work singles matches at this weekend’s house shows, but they were turned into tags with “The Animal” Batista as his partner. Fortunately, Batista worked the majority of their tag matches for all 3 shows.

We’ve yet to hear if Cena is going to take some time off or not, but if he does, we wouldn’t be surprised.