WWE's Dean Ambrose has successful triceps surgery

Dec. 21 (UPI) -- WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose underwent successful surgery on Tuesday, the company announced, to repair a tear in his right triceps tendon.

The procedure was performed by Dr. Jeffrey Dugas in Birmingham, Ala. and lasted around 40 minutes, WWE said.

"He tore some of the distal triceps tendon where it attaches to the forearm bone, called the olecranon," Dr. Dugas said in a statement. "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."

WWE has given no timeframe for when Ambrose can return to in-ring action, but Dr. Dugas said that The Lunatic Fringe has begun physical therapy starting with "light range-of-motion exercises."

Ambrose was last seen Monday on Raw teaming up with his fellow Shield member Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan to take on Samoa Joe and Raw Tag Team Champions Sheamus and Cesaro.

Ambrose and Rollins were ambushed by Joe, Sheamus and Cesaro backstage following the match with Joe throwing a production cart onto Ambrose's right arm which was being attended to by a WWE official.