Ric Flair Has Reportedly Signed A New Contract With WWE, Raw And SmackDown Viewership

Ric Flair appeared on Raw this week, as he celebrated with Sasha Banks after she won the Women’s Championship. The appearance was Ric’s first appearance on WWE programming since Charlotte fired him, and now it looks like we’ll be seeing more of Ric Flair on TV in the future.

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PWInsider reports that Ric Flair has singed a new deal with WWE, and that he will be a regular on Raw going forward. It was also noted that Ric Flair’s appearance on Raw this week was put together just a few hours before the show aired.

Raw viewership was strong for this week’s episode which featured two advertised title matches. According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, 3.110 million people tuned in for this week’s show and viewership was up compared to the 3.002 million viewers who tuned in last week.

This week the first hour of Raw drew 3.163 million viewers, followed by the second hour which drew 3.130 million viewers. The third and final hour drew 3.039 million viewers.

This week’s episode of SmackDown was the go home show for Sunday’s TLC pay-per-view and the show drew 2.576 million viewers. Viewership was up for SmackDown this week compared to the 2.505 million viewers who tuned into last weeks show.