FLAIR EXPECTED AT WWE TV THIS WEEK, ROSS RETURNS TO TV TONIGHT, RAW ISSUES IN UK AND MORE WWE NEWS
2014-05-26 11:20:07
Ric Flair was in Huntsville, Alabama over the weekend, shooting a commercial for First Family Mortgages. WHNT in Huntsville had a piece on Flair's visit to their station for the commercial shoot at this link. According to the piece, the biggest Flair fan at the station was actually out on assignment and almost missed meeting him, but the station, upon learning Flair was visiting, changed things up so she could rush back to meet him.
Speaking of Flair, he's expected to be at Smackdown tomorrow since it's in Atlanta, where he currently resides. We haven't heard if Flair has taken his medical tests yet, so it could be that he will just be visiting.

Since Legends' House has debuted, we've received a lot of email asking about Gene Okerlund's health as one of his arms is much larger than the other. We are told it's a side effect of a medical issue he's had with his kidneys that he's been dealing with for some time.

There's been some issues with Raw broadcasts on Sky TV of late. William Morrison sent word that several times in the last few months, Sky has run a system update while Raw was being broadcast. That meant that those who were DVRing Raw were only getting the first hour. What's even worse is that when Sky makes the show available via VOD, there are portions of the episodes missing with nine segments missing from last week's Raw.

William Regal recently scouted talent at Europe's New European Championship Wrestling. Thanks to Marvin Weyer,

Josh M. sent word that LivingSocial.com has a special deal for the upcoming WWE event in Reading, PA at this link.

Deadspin.com featured a piece on the sad state of the Pontiac Silverdome, where Wrestlemania III took place at this link. Thanks to Josh M..

Jim Ross is in El Paso, Texas to make his debut as a boxing announcer for FOX Sport 1 tonight and was interviewed by Harry Ruiz about transitioning from wrestling to boxing and much more