Hugo Knox

Infrequently seen WWE NXT competitor Hugo Knox, a former professional soccer player from England, underwent surgery on Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama for a ruptured bicep tendon. He posted the following photo on social media revealing his equipment for recovery.

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 procedure was performed by Jeffrey R. Dugas, M.D. at Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center at St. Vincent’s Hospital, who works closely with WWE. Dugas has performed surgery on many WWE Superstars including Kofi Kingston, Edge and Batista.

First think I ordered when I woke up… Papa johns!!! Get a snazzy Robocop arm going on here Big Thankyou to the staff at St Vincent's Birmingham. And especially DR Dugas.

A photo posted by HugoKnoxWWE (@hugoknox_wwe) on Apr 7, 2015 at 7:01pm PDT

Knox, whose real name is Stuart Tomlinson, has been training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida since December of 2013. He made his wrestling debut for the developmental branch at a live event in November 2014 and has continued to sporadically wrestle at shows which aren’t televised.