2. Ric Flair Says He’ll Never Drink Again, Konnan Trying To Repair Talks Between GFW (TNA) & Rey Mysterio, SmackDown Live Viewership For This Week
– During an interview with PEOPLE, two time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair discussed his recent health scare. Below is what The Nature Boy said during the interview:
“I crashed in an airplane and broke my back, I’ve been hit by lightning. But this is totally different. Anything I’ve been through before is nothing like this. It scared the s*** out of me. But I’m not out of the woods yet. I didn’t think I was an alcoholic, but obviously I was.
I never drank when I was working. But as soon as work was over, I went right to the mill. I’ve never taken a pain pill in my life. I’d just take a shower, flip my hair back and go to the best bar in town. I’ll never drink again. I never want to go through this again.”
– During a recent media conference call, Konnan had the following to say regarding the relationship between GFW (TNA) and former WWE Champion Rey Mysterio:
“I was definitely very heavily involved in it because I represent him. We were talking, talks broke down, and we’re trying to repair those talks. Hopefully in the future Rey may come to GFW, but that was something that was definitely in the works.”
– This week’s episode of SmackDown Live, which featured a #1 contenders match in the main event, drew 2.51 million viewers. This is down from previous week’s 2.75 million viewers. Below are the top 10 moments from this week’s show:
Below are the results from the show:
Shane McMahon returned to SmackDown LIVE and condemned Kevin Owens
Randy Orton def. Aiden English
Rusev def. Randy Orton
WWE Champion Jinder Mahal insulted Shinsuke Nakamura yet again
Tye Dillinger’s attack prevented Baron Corbin from answering AJ Styles’ United States Open Challenge
A Fatal 4-Way Match was made to determine who will challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at WWE Hell in a Cell
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day def. Hype Bros
Kevin Owens addressed his situation with the McMahon family via satellite
Dolph Ziggler performed several more extravagant entrances
Charlotte Flair def. Becky Lynch, Tamina and Naomi to challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
