WWE WrestleMania 32: Mick Foley to replace Billy Graham at this year's Axess
We noted before that Superstar Billy Graham won’t be able to attend this year’s WrestleMania Axess due to his injury. The Superstar informed Triple H via email, that due to injuring himself while training, he will undergo a surgery and won’t be able to attend the Axxess this year. Here is the mail that he sent to the Game:
“Triple H, I will keep this email as brief and direct as I can. I have a potential life and death problem. One week ago I was in the gym training. I was doing some simple free squats on a bench and I broke in half a bone graft that is some 10 years old. The bone started migrating upward and is trying to exit my thigh next to my left hip joint, extremely painful as you can imagine. I immediately drove myself to the wold famous Mayo Clinic Hospital here in Phoenix where I had my liver transplant on October 18th, 2002.
I saw the top Orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo, Dr. Mark Spangehl who is a hip replacement specialist. He x-rayed my left hip and saw that the broken bone had moved upward about 4 inches from its original placement. He also saw on the x-ray that the cup that holds the head of the femur has begun to rotate and I am at risk of a dislocation. I have attached a photo of an x-ray of a total left hip replacement similar to mine for your reference, only my hip replacement is much more complicated than the one attached. This is the hip replacement surgery that Vince had video taped back in 1986 and put it on the WWF programing.
The reason this is a potential life or death surgery that I must have is because I am a diabetic. I have high blood sugar and am taking medication to control it but my numbers are still way to high . Dr. Spangehl told me with the high numbers of my diabetes I am at risk of infection. He said if I get an infection after this upcoming surgery he will have to go in and cut the infection out. If I am still infected he will have to go back in and cut more infected muscle out. The 3rd time he said to save my life he would have to amputate my left leg at the hip.
I am on crutches and the doctor will not let me travel. So I am obviously going to miss this years Wrestlemania. I am very sorry about this of course, especially because of the fan axxess event and all of my fans who will not get the chance to meet me now. If there is anything I can do like sign autographs here and then send them back to the WWE office for the axxess fans who have bought tickets I would be more than happy to do that. I just feel horrible about this but there is nothing I can do. With great respect, Superstar.”
With rumors trending on who will replace Graham at the Axxess event, WWE Hall of Famer and Hardcore legend, Mick Foley responded to a fan on twitter revealing that he will be the one to replace Graham. Mick Foley announced that he would be his replacement by putting this tweet out:
Yes, with #WWEHallOfFamer Superstar Graham injured, I was asked to take his place at #WWEAxxess https://t.co/S1KLOqCuUc
— Mick Foley (@RealMickFoley) March 17, 2016
On a side note, Foley is expected to have a role to play in the Dean Ambrose-Brock Lesnar match at WrestleMania 32 and could end up interfering in the potential bloodfest.