According to Dave Meltzer on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE seems to be sticking to their rule of not allowing talent to appear on outside shows, noting that Charlotte not appearing at Ric Flair’s Last Match backed his statement up.
“Obviously, the fact that she [Charlotte Flair] was there and they had Megan [Flair] do it, you know, Megan be the one who interacted with Karen, basically must have meant that WWE said, ‘You can’t.’ So, even in this situation, and they did have some…. I’m trying to remember if they had any WWE talent other than, they did have Nick Nemeth, Dolph Ziggler, but they called him Nick Nemeth for a split second, and Cody Rhodes was on… [The Undertaker] doesn’t have a contract that would prohibit him from sitting at ringside during an independent show.”
“There were WWE people there and none of them were allowed to be on camera and it was just interesting that you know, the key being is that we’re trying to learn from… We’ve got a new regime here with Paul [Levesque] and Stephanie [McMahon] and Nick Khan. OK, Vince is out and the Vince rules are not necessarily the rules anymore. The old rules, of course, I would not expect anyone.”
Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio
Time will tell if this policy will change in the future but for now WWE will continue to restrict talent from showing up at independent shows in the wrestling industry.
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