Orton injury worse than previously thought, Candice Michelle, Backlash
On Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 11:11 PM EST Despite earlier reports, Randy Orton's broken collarbone was worse than originally thought and he is now expected to be out until October.
Speaking of injuries, Candice Michelle is scheduled to undergo an MRI next week on her collarbone. If the results are good then Michelle will be cleared to begin weight training for her return to the ring. The hope internally is that Michelle will be able to return by SummerSlam. For those who remember, Michelle suffered her second broken clavicle just before WrestleMania 24 in her return match back with the company a few months ago.
Initial numbers for the Backlash PPV on April 27 from WWE is that the show did 214,000 buys worldwide with 135,000 domestic. These early numbers are already ahead of last year's Backlash PPV that did a 210,000 buys worldwide with 139,000 domestic (although this year's show is expected to beat that figure when everything comes in). Last year's event was headlined by John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton along with a Last Man Standing Match between The Undertaker and Batista.
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter