WWE: Charlotte Flair Knee Injury Update, Drew McIntyre WWE Contract Update, Lexis King’s Nephew Thwarts School Shooting

Feb 13, 2024

Charlotte Flair Knee Injury Update – Flair Being “Ahead of Schedule” for Injury Recovery

As noted before, Charlotte Flair suffered a torn ACL, a torn meniscus, and a torn MCL injuries this past December and underwent surgery this past January.

A recent episode of CNBC Power Lunch show featured Flair as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Flair providing an injury recovery update.

“I’m six weeks out Thursday. I’m ahead of schedule, and every day, all I can think about is returning back to the ring, especially with all the excitement with Raw going to Netflix, WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia, all I can think about is getting back and winning that number 15.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Drew McIntyre WWE Contract Status Update

As noted before, Drew McIntyre’s contract with WWE is currently expected to expire by this April’s WrestleMania 40 event.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that WWE is currently advertising McIntyre for their upcoming event in Italy this May. Johnson reported that this is a sign that the two sides may have come to terms for a new agreement lasting beyond WrestleMania 40.

Brian Pillman’s Grandson & Lexis King’s Nephew Thwarts Attempted School Shooting

FOX 19 reported that Boom Swallen, grandson of Brian Pillman and nephew of Lexis King, recently thwarted a planned attack at the Mariemont High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

It was reported that Swallen had informed his father Zach Swallen that he had overhead a classmate talking about carrying out a mass shooting attack at his school. Swallen reportedly also told his father that this student had threatened to kill him if he told anyone about his plans. Swallen’s father reportedly called the police over this threat leading to the arrest of the student and the discovery of a weapon and detailed plans, which included a hit list containing the names of eight classmates and one teacher.

The Uvalde Foundation for Kids announced that they will officially recognize Swallen for his actions in saving the lives of his classmates and preventing a deadly mass school shooting.