Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, involving Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair.
• During an interview with Chris Van Vliet, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis praised Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and called her the MVP of 2024.
He also compared her to Shawn Michaels from 1997. Here’s what the former NWA & TNA World Heavyweight Champion said:
“Liv Morgan, to me, is the MVP of 2024. I’ve told her a couple of times, ‘You are crushing it.’ A good heel has to have some self-awareness. You have to know what impression you give off when you walk in the room. Liv Morgan is a stunningly good-looking girl. That can work against you. She finally realized, ‘I can use that.’ I gave her a piece of advice, she doesn’t need it, but I offered it anyway.
I was like, ‘Your heat reminds me of Shawn (Michaels) in 1997.’ Shawn had that swagger. He was so good, you couldn’t be like, ‘You suck.’ No, he did not suck. He was so demonstratively the best performer by a long way in 1997.
(Hulk) Hogan was a huge star in WCW, Sting was cooking with Crow Sting, nWo was hot, (Steve) Austin was coming up, Bret (Hart) was Bret, but Shawn was so on his game and you couldn’t take it away. He was so good in the ring; he started using that, ‘What are you going to do about it?’ and he was good-looking. He was calling out, ‘Your girl would leave you for me.’ That’s heat.
Liv has that same thing. We’ve got a lot more women in the audience these days, and they’re like, ‘She is really good-looking.’ It’s totally believable that she would steal someone’s boyfriend.”
WATCH: Liv Morgan Exposes Her Buns In A Bikini (2023):
• During an interview with Contralona, 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair revealed that smoking marijuana has helped him get off Xanax (helps to reduce anxiety and promote relaxation).
Here’s what The Nature Boy said:
“I had smoked marijuana a lot as a kid, but then I got asthma, so I quit smoking during my career. I didn’t smoke it. Finally, the asthma went away. I outgrew it.
I didn’t do cocaine; I didn’t smoke dope and all that; I smoke it now occasionally, but the edibles got me off Xanax; I highly recommend it. It has to be done the right way. You just can’t stop taking Xanax.”
Flair also talked about his daughter Charlotte’s injury:
“She had major ACL, MCL and meniscus damage. I really don’t know what the timetable is for her to come back. I don’t even want to make a prediction; I mean, I’m sure she’d rather be there right now than rehabbing still, but I have no idea what the timetable is.”
