RAW Rating, Backstage Note From The SmackDown Tapings, AJ Comments On Booker, Flair Talks Lawler

- WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair appeared on CNN Headline News this evening to talk about Jerry Lawler and the heart attack he suffered during RAW last night. Flair said he believes Lawler is more qualified to wrestle than most of the wrestlers on WWE's roster because of his experience.

- WWE RAW General Manager AJ Lee tweeted the following to Booker T after their brief encounter on last night's RAW:

"Hey @BookerT5x next time you want to appear on RAW, my show, ask first. I could have handled @WWESheamus without your help."

- In an update on the RAW rating, the show did a 2.88 cable rating, up slightly from last week's 2.83 rating. Viewers were down from last week, as this week's episode averaged 4.136 million viewers, down from the 4.203 million viewers the show did last week. In comparison, the two Monday Night Football games on ESPN did 10.96 million viewers and 10.45 million viewers.

- No word yet on who will do the announcing at tonight's SmackDown tapings. The only word coming from the arena is that it's pretty quiet backstage and likely to be a tame show.