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Lesnar limps away at house show

The wrestling world is abuzz over the status of Brock Lesnar, who
hobbled back to the dressing room Sunday night after a show in
Richmond, Virginia. Lesnar is scheduled to duel with Kurt Angle in an
Iron Man match for the WWE World title this Tuesday night at the
Smackdown! taping in Raleigh, NC.

SLAM! Wrestling writer Steven Johnson was in attendance at the show,
and sent his recollections of the match between Angle and Lesnar, and
Lesnar's apparent injury.

"Angle looked just spectacular, both in his moves and his
conditioning," Johnson said. "Lesnar looked really winded, I thought;
he spent a lot of time outside the ring pacing and catching his
breath.

"Lesnar nearly lost Angle on a F5 near the end of the match and put
him down almost gently before re-doing the spot. Looked like his knee
was quivering then but I will have to see the pics. The tap out came
very quickly without struggle.

"Lesnar grimaced in the ring with two attendants for several minutes
after the match holding his right knee (though I believe the lock was
on the left leg). Lesnar eventually hobbled back to the dressing room
without comment or mic work; so it's possible he might have tweaked
something there. Perhaps a reason for the quick tap."

After the match, Brock "alternatively sat up and held his knee, then
laid on his back, still holding his knee for quite some time,
grimacing all the while. The two attendants poked and prodded at the
area -- it was a solid five or six minutes before he attempted to
stand up."

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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer newsletter had his take on the
news on his web site. "The preliminary belief is that Brock Lesnar may
have floating cartilage in his knee, which caused the knee to lock
toward the end of the match with Kurt Angle," Meltzer wrote. "At this
point they are going with the idea that Tuesday's Iron Man match is
not in jeopardy."

1Wrestling's Dave Scherer wrote that Lesnar "was telling people
backstage last night that he will be ready for the match and that he
would probably just take it easy at tonight's house show in Columbia,
SC."

There was no official word from the WWE on their web site. 

In other matches from the Richmond Coliseum show, in front of an
estimated 3,500 people:

1) Rey Mysterio b. Tajiri. Tajiri nailed Mysterio with a kick to the
head after the rollup pin.

2) Sean O'Haire and A-Train b. Paul London and Spanky. O'Haire pinned
London. The size difference between London and Spanky, and O'Haire and
A-Train was striking.

3) Matt Hardy b. Orlando Jordan. 

4) Funaki b. Nunzio. 

5) The Bashams (w/Shaniqua) b. Billy Kidman and Jamie Knoble (no Nidia
at ringside). Danny p. Knoble.

6) Torri defeated Nidia, Sable, and Dawn Marie in a bikini contest to
audience applause.

7) Eddie Guerrero retained the US belt in a three way with John Cena
and Chris Benoit. Rhyno gored Benoit; while the ref was diverted, Cena
grabbed the title belt, but Guerrero blocked it and gave Cena a belt
shot for the win.

8) Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin b. The APA. Benjamin pinned
Bradshaw after a belt shot.

9) Kurt Angle b. Brock Lesnar with the ankle lock submission in 24:00.


--- Internet Rex 2.29