Watch Ric Flair's speech to the crowd in Charlotte, NC last night & more
On Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 6:08 PM EST A video of Ric Flair speaking in front of the live audience at last night's Smackdown/ECW taping in Charlotte, NC can be viewed at this link (courtesy of Graham Cawthon of TheHistoryofWWE.com).
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that in addition to attending last night's Smackdown taping in Charlotte, Flair was also at the Raw taping the night before in Raleigh. He was not used on TV or off-the-air before the show on Monday. Flair's daughter Ashley was in attendance and was spotted sitting right behind the Raw announce table, although she was never identified. The general feeling is that they didn't want an arena full of people screaming "WOO" or chants for Flair before Raw went on the air. It was different in doing it last night in Charlotte since he was advertised locally.