WWE announced on last night’s edition of Monday Night RAW that after undergoing successful surgery last week to repair a high-grade triceps tendon injury that Dean Ambrose will be out of action for up to nine months as he recovers.

In an article on WWE’s official website, Dr. Jeffrey Dugas, who performed the procedure had the following to say about the surgery, “He tore some of the distal triceps tendon where it attaches to the forearm bone, called the olecranon. He basically tore about 50 percent of the triceps tendon away from the bone. So yesterday we repaired that back down to the bone where it tore off of. The surgery was very straightforward; we removed all of the extra bursal tissue — all of that extra swollen stuff around his elbow.”

Dugas added that Ambrose has begun physical therapy, starting with light range-of-motion exercises.