– WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair appeared on former WCW announcer Mark Madden’s radio show this week and said this his legal issues with TNA Wrestling has been resolved. Flair said that he wants to wrestle again for WWE but said Vince McMahon is completely against it due to the lavish retirement sendoff they had for him at WrestleMania 24 several years ago. Flair said he will be on WWE television again in the future and plans to get physical, even if he doesn’t wrestle an actual match.
– Friday’s Smackdown had a Trendrr.tv social media score of only 54,125, way below what the show typically does. SmackDown’s social media activity ranked #3 on cable for the evening,.
– WWE newcomer Fandango (Johnny Curtis) defeated WWE agent Jamie Noble for the second night in a row at Friday night’s WWE SmackDown Holiday live event from Minneapolis, MN. WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering was also at the show.
– Here is the latest edition of Santino Marella’s “Foreign Exchange” video series, looking back on the show’s wackiest moments of 2012: