by James Caldwell, Assistant editor

TNA knockout Christy Hemme was scheduled to face Awesome Kong for the TNA Knockouts Title at tonight's Genesis PPV, but she had to pull out of the match due to a potentially severe neck injury that flared up during recent training with A.J. Styles.

Hemme wrote on her myspace page today "it is true and unfortunately not a work... sorry, I really wish it was."

The former WWE diva went on to describe having two herniated disks in her neck, which could have required surgery, but a doctor used an alternative solution to operate on the neck and limit the amount of recovery time.

"To be honest this has been going on a while and I just didn't know what it was," Hemme said. "Sometimes my neck would completely lock up and I would get numbness in my arms and legs."

She says she kept pushing her body, perhaps a result of TNA giving her a significant TV push, but one day of heavy training with A.J. Styles convinced her something more was wrong.

"I kept going and refused to stop until after a day of some heavy training when A.J. 'caught' me in some pain and basically told me we wouldn't continue training until I got it checked," she said.

Hemme wanted to continue through to the Genesis PPV tonight and wrestle her match against Kong, but she was advised against it. "It crushed me to be told 'no' but I know that TNA is protecting me and I plan on having on hell of a career here," she said.

Link: Christy Hemme myspace blog.

RELATED STORY at PWTorch.com: Original report on Christy Hemme's injury.

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