Source: PWInsider Elite
Ric Flair was originally scheduled to be at Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Fayetteville, North Carolina but the show was re-written on Tuesday morning and he wasn’t brought in.
WWE’s original plans for Flair had him being used on TV every week but that may not be the case now. Flair has signed a new deal and will be popping up on TV semi-regularly going into SummerSlam, possibly beyond. We noted yesterday that it appeared on Monday’s RAW that creative has nothing solid for him yet.
– WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat has reportedly been let go from the company due to budget cuts. Steamboat had worked as a coach in NXT and apparently was working at the WWE offices in Talent Relations under Triple H recently.
Steamboat will be doing several conventions and non-WWE interview DVD’s in the coming months, which is usually a sign that you’re no longer under contract to the company. Steamboat was doing promotional work for WWE in Malaysia this past May.
