Ric Flair missed this week's SmackDown taping due to a problem with his ear. According to one source, it's a chronic thing that he has been dealing with for several years. However; this time it was serious enough to keep him off TV.

ESPN's Outside the Lines will be airing a segment talking about the professional wrestling world after the Benoit murder-murder-suicide today at 3:30 p.m. ET. Lance Storm and the editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Dave Meltzer will be on the show.