MCW/Ric Flair deal falls through

From Dan McDevitt:

The Nature Boy Ric Flair was supposed to be booked to appear for pictures and autographs on Saturday July 19th, 2008 in a pre-show autograph signing. We have been in talks with Ric’s agent and WWE for almost 2 months...We had come to terms on an agreement and we had a contract in hand. However, we did not have the signatures from the officials at WWE. That is why I kept putting off making any sort of announcement because we were told not to and given that as the reason for why the NWA appearances were pulled. Basically there was a handful of promotions that were going to be allowed to book Ric in somewhat of a “Farewell To The Fans” type of tour. If you are a fan of Ring of Honor than you have probably read Gabe’s post explaining that they were another group that was approved to have him and they were also given notice that the appearance was being scratched...We were notified on Monday that the WWE had decided to not allow Ric to do anything that was associated with professional wrestling. There was no reason given and I guess they don’t have to have one because they are the WWE...More?

source: marylandwrestling.com