Word broke around the ‘net earlier today that Alberto Del Rio was being held out of action with a lower back injury. If you noticed, Del Rio didn’t compete on Raw or Smackdown after last Sunday’s Royal Rumble.
According to Dave Meltzer’s F4WOnline, Del Rio was apparently injured at the hands of Brock Lesnar‘s vertical suplex. WWE kept Del Rio out of all the tapings this past week for precautionary reasons and he will be reevaluated in Birmingham, Alabama before this Monday’s Raw.
There is a tentative United States Title rematch scheduled for Fastlane with Del Rio challenging the new champion, Kalisto. We’ll keep you posted on his status moving forward.