16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (Aug 13)

11. No Ric Flair Love

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During his promo, Cena said that he'd become a 17-time World Champion by beating Roman at SummerSlam on 21 August. Usually, you'd expect him to then go into some chatter about Ric Flair, but not anymore. Fans in Tulsa didn't even "Woo" either.

It's like 'Slick Ric' never existed.

Flair recently left WWE, so they obviously didn't feel comfortable mentioning him here. Who knows how they're gonna get around that one if Cena does break the long-standing 16-time record held by Ric someday.

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