News & Notes: ICW, Austin Aries Injured, Ric Flair Doc, WWE Statues Story

ICW Pulls Content from Fite App, Still Rumored to be Joining WWE Network

United Kingdom’s Insane Championship Wrestling has recently pulled all their content and support for the Fite App, according to the Wrestling Observer. The move follows recent reports about talks between ICW and WWE in regards to ICW providing content for the WWE Network within the near future.

Austin Aries Taking Some Time Off Due to Injuries

During a recent interview with the Busted Open podcast show, Austin Aries revealed he will be taking some time off to deal with current injuries. He stated it might be a very short break but won’t make an official decision till after taking a few days off to rest first.

“I’ve got some stuff going on, but just to be fair you could probably say that for a lot of the locker room. It’s kind of part of what we do, I don’t think anyone is ever 100%,” Aries said. “So I got a couple things going on and obviously at this point it might be a good time to take a little break which really could consist of two days to just adjust some of those things, try and get my mind and my body right and then come back and figure out what’s gonna be next and what the direction’s gonna be.”

Ric Flair “30 For 30” Documentary Given New Potential Release Date

ESPN’s “30 For 30” documentary focusing on Ric Flair is currently planned to air in January 2018, according to this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The documentary was originally planned to air earlier this year but went through several delays at ESPN prior to its new tentative date. The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Melzter stated its very possible the release date could be changed again to a later 2018 date.

Ric Flair and Bruno Sammartino on WWE Making Their Hall of Fame Statues

WWE recently released a clip from Monday’s episode of Table For 3 which had Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Bruno Sammartino as the guests. In the clip, Flair and Sammartino discussed the statues the WWE made for both Hall of Famers and Sammartino having a terrible experience during his statue’s creation.

.@SammartinoBruno and @RicFlairNatrBoy had two VERY different experiences in receiving their statues! #TableFor3 @RandyOrton pic.twitter.com/ZaTURGBQGz

— WWE (@WWE) June 6, 2017