Matt Hardy Undergoes Surgery; Incident Used in Storyline

Matt Hardy has undergone an emergency appendectomy and will be sidelines for one to three months. As the following announcement on WWE.com shows, the company is incorporating the incident into Hardy’s angle with MVP:

TAMPA, Fla. – SmackDown Superstar Matt Hardy underwent an emergency appendectomy at a Tampa area hospital tonight. Doctors expect the surgery to keep Hardy out of action anywhere from 1-3 months.

An appendectomy by definition is the removal of the appendix from the lower right area of the abdomen. Oftentimes, if the surgery is not performed immediately, severe consequences can follow.

Hardy’s emergency surgery comes less than a week after suffering a knee injury at the hands of his former partner, the United States Champion MVP. Did the attack by MVP help lead to the appendectomy that Hardy underwent tonight?