UPDATEDx7: Huge News Regarding Raw Tonight – Panic Backstage (SPOILERS)

UPDATE 7: As previously reported, the Rock went home after he was told that he had torn abductor and abdominal muscles following his WrestleMania match. PWInsider reports that he went home in order to receive treatment due to the fact that he has to begin filming Hercules: The Thracian Wars very soon.

Most within WWE did not know why he left and there was heat on him at first, though that’s mostly gone now. There are some talent who were still upset, saying that if they can work a match hurt than Rock could have at least cut a promo. WWE wasn’t informed into late afternoon which required massive rewrites as previously reported.

UPDATE 6: The Rock confirmed an injury at last night’s WrestleMania, posting the following to Twitter:

In the middle of last nights Wrestlemania match I tore my abdomen & adductor muscles off the bone. Just part of the job. But as we know..

..It’s all about #JustBringIt. WWE Universe THANK YOU for all the love & well wishes. Means everything to me. #LeaveItAllInTheRing

UPDATE 5: According to PWInsider, the news that Rock was injured is coming from a source close to the Rock and that no one spoken to backstage at Raw has heard it.

UPDATE 4: The Wrestling Observer reports that the reason The Rock will not be at Raw tonight is due to an injury. The nature of the injury is not yet known, nor how severe it is.

UPDATE 3: The Rock replied to Dana White at 6:00 AM ET this morning with the following:

@danawhite Appreciate that brother! A helluva show. My tequila bottle awaits when I get home. Can’t wait for #UFC159. #Bones

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 8, 2013

The last message that he sent was a reply to a fan at 7:53 AM ET and his account has been quiet since.

UPDATEDx2: PWInsider reports that The Rock was actually scheduled to open RAW tonight with a promo about losing the WWE Title to John Cena, only to be attacked and taken out by Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman. This would setup the WrestleMania 30 main event. With The Rock taking off without notice, WWE is trying to re-write the show. One person backstage described the scene as “chaos.”

UPDATED: PWInsider is also reporting the same story as the Wrestling Observer — that the Rock is not at RAW tonight and WWE is trying to re-write major portions of the show.

They report that The Rock left for Los Angeles this morning, catching WWE completely off guard. There is major heat on him for leaving. This is not part of an angle, as Rock had been worked into WWE’s future plans and was scheduled to be part of a major angle tonight to setup a program with Brock Lesnar or the Undertaker (more likely Lesnar) for WrestleMania 30. All those plans have now been thrown out.

ORIGINAL: According to wrestlingobserver.com, there is panic backstage at Raw right now. The show was scheduled to build to a segment where Brock Lesnar beat up Rock to set up next year’s WrestleMania main event. The problem: Rock is not there and has reportedly gone home. Vince McMahon, the writers and producers are in the process of redoing the show, evidently believing the angle has been nixed. Nobody knows any details as to what happened past that. As of this time, the belief is that Rock is not appearing.

Also, there is a second major angle tonight to set up the main feud going forward and the Extreme Rules main event involving John Cena’s next title defense. Word is that it is one of the things that has been planned for some time and was actually scheduled before Mania.

More details as they come…

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