Flair surgery, Interviews with Arn/PJ, JBL WM35 ticket raffle, NJPW appearances pre-Supercard, podcast notes, assorted wrestling press, Flair statue coming, more Thunder on WWE Network, MLW signing, ROH pre-show online, Ronda "fined", Foley's pick for Angle's opponent, more on Jarrett vs. Anthem, NXT Championship update, Raw preview, NXT+Raw live event notes, EVOLVE notes, and Questions on The Club post-WWE, ECW in the WWE HoF, Heyman booking Ronda, Piper+Ventura on ABC, and Liger's last match

Ric Flair had an unspecified surgery Friday. No further information is currently available.

Arn Anderson discussed leaving WWE, appearing at Starrcast, and more. Nothing there indicates a scandal forcing him out as some have indicated. I'm sure he'll be asked about his exit at Starrcast, though.

JBL is hosting a WrestleMania 35 ticket raffle to benefit his African sporting foundation. That's great!

NJPW will have appearances in New York on April 4 to promote Supercard. Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Tetsuya Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi, BUSHI, and Toru Yano will all be in attendance.

Jim Cornette is on Jim Ross' latest podcast.

Finn Balor was also at the World Special Olympics.

Kyle O'Reilly is on Edge and Christian's latest podcast.

Ric Flair has a statue available soon. That's pretty amazing.

Zack Ryder met Joey Fatone at an airport. Pretty wild.

WWE Network will add WCW Thunder episodes from 1999 and 2000 on Monday.

Alexa Bliss will sign the WWE Cookbook in New Jersey on April 5.

Daniel Bryan and Becky Lynch will appear at the San Antonio Celebrity Fan Fest in June. I'm curious who will hold titles then.

PJ Black talked before ROH's 17th anniversary:
- I wasn't aware he had so many options. That's definitely a boon for ROH.

- I like Black being able to grow beyond the Gabriel character.

- Relocating to Florida for NXT isn't something every wrestler can do.

- Very interesting stuff about how things work in NXT.

- I always compare the transition from NXT to the transition from college to professional sports. Someone can be a great college star and then have to compete with people who have been putting up big numbers against tougher opponents for years. So it looks like a slump.

- Black/Gabriel would have to be a much bigger deal to warrant an entrance that elaborate. Nothing against him, but that's a big spectacle for someone who could easily be in the Andre battle royal or something.

MLW has signed Jordan Oliver. He's a lot of fun as a heel since he is so young and brash, and getting such a push at 19.

ROH released the pre-show to their 17th anniversary event online.

Ronda Rousey was "fined by WWE" for attacking referees on Raw. Gosh they might have to suspend her after WrestleMania if she keeps this up!

Mick Foley endorsed Drew McIntyre as Kurt Angle's WrestleMania opponent. That would definitely be a big WWE milestone for McIntyre. The two had some solid bouts in Impact.

Anthem Media is arguing Jeff Jarrett and Global Force never trademarked their content, so they have no grounds to sue over it.

Triple H will address the NXT Championship on Wednesday's episode. Obviously Takeover:New York is right around the corner.

Announced for Raw:
- Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre
- Ronda Rousey vs. Dana Brooke
- Bobby Lashley/Lio Rush vs. Finn Balor/a partner of Finn Balor's choosing (Ricochet??)
- Kurt Angle choosing his WrestleMania opponent

Finn Balor will accompany Irish boxer Mick Conlan to the ring on Sunday's Top Rank Boxing event. This is the second year Balor has appeared with Conlan for St. Patrick's Day. Pretty cool stuff.

At NXT's March 15 Florida live event:
- Australia's Elliot Sexton debuted under his real name of Brendan Vink. He defeated Nick Comoroto, who was also debuting.
- 3.0, Jeff Parker and Matt Lee, debuted in a loss to Humberto Carrillo and Raul Mendoza
- Rachael Ellering worked under her real name, losing to Deonna Purrazzo. She competed as Rachael Evers the previous night.

At Raw's March 15 Alberta live event:
- Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder worked their first live event since February 10, losing to The Ascension. The streak continues at 0-263.
- Lucha House Party worked their first live event since February 16, defeating Jinder Mahal and the Singh Brothers

At EVOLVE 123 in Massachusetts:
- NXT's Adrian Jaoude defeated Rory Gulak.
- Shane Strickland defeated Harlem Bravado. There was no indication this was the last we'll see of Strickland in EVOLVE.
- The Street Profits lost the EVOLVE Tag Team Championship to the team of Eddie Kingston (Impact's King) and Joe Gacy
- Velveteen Dream defeated Orange Cassidy

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I expect it to come down to AEW or NJPW, unless they can somehow work both.

2. That's an odd choice. I'd much rather talents specifically be honored. I don't dislike the idea of specific matches and events being inducted, but a whole promotion seems a little absurd.

3. Heyman is working closely with Ronda and her storylines. I hope he gets the same criticism for the "worked shoot" elements as Vince Russo would.

4. It is currently available online until/unless Disney looks to take it down.

5. Honestly I think it should be up to him, because that's a historic career coming to an end.

More wrestling tomorrow.