10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 2006

2. Elevated Liver Enzymes

For any given WWE show, the company will always be careful to include the line 'card subject to change' somewhere in the advertising. That way, if a wrestler suffers and injury and can't compete, or decides he'd rather spend time getting drunk in his hotel rather than performing on the show, they're covered. WWE doesn't like having to draw attention to the 'card subject to change' line. In a perfect world they'd be able to present the advertised card every time. But injuries are part and parcel of the business and there are always going to be times when a card has to be reshuffled. The company had a mini crisis in July 2006 when three wrestlers had to be removed from the Great American Bash pay-per-view due to 'elevated liver enzymes'. Smackdown's The Great Khali, Bobby Lashley and Super Crazy were all said to have high levels of liver enzymes with Lashley and Crazy's said to be 'off-the-charts'. This was a concern for WWE because elevated liver enzymes are a sign of Hepatitis C, a hard-to-cure condition which is easily spread. Until the problem was sorted, WWE couldn't allow the three performers to wrestle lest they infect anyone else. Big Show replaced Khali in his Punjabi Prison match against The Undertaker, Matt Hardy stepped in for Super Crazy against Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms and Bobby Lashley was removed from a triple threat match with William Regal and Findlay, making it a singles match for the US Championship.