Various: Andrade El Idolo on Him Discovering Ric Flair Suffered Legit Heart Attack During His Last Match Months Later, Mercedes Martinez Provides Update on Her Torn ACL Injury & Surgery, Steven & Garrett Borden Makes Tag Team Debut at Rhodes Wrestling Association’s Fall Fury 2026 Event

Andrade El Idolo Comments on Him Discovering Ric Flair Suffered Legit Heart Attack During His Last Match Months Later

A recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast featured former WWE and current AEW talent Andrade El Idolo as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Andrade’s thoughts about him competing in a tag team match with his then father-in-law Ric Flair against Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett in Flair’s last wrestling match in his career in July of 2022. Andrade also gave his thoughts about how he only discovered Flair had suffered a legitimate heart attack during the match months later.

“I was with him in the corner. I was a little scared. I heard a couple months later. At the time, I thought he was selling. I said, ‘Sir, are you okay?’ ‘Let’s go. Let’s go.’ Before the match, I was talking with my ex-wife and said, ‘I was scared.’ He’s strong and he trained, but I was scared because if something happened, what do I say to my ex-wife? If I was there, what do I do? I was a little scared. I’m happy nothing happened. He’s out there, he’s drinking, he’s fine in the locker room. Everything was fine. I think he went to the doctor later. ‘You had a heart attack.’ That’s when I knew. I was surprised. I was scared in the moment, but I thought he was selling.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Mercedes Martinez Provides Update on Her Torn ACL Injury & Surgery

As noted before, former WWE and AEW talent Mercedes Martinez’s retirement tour for 2026 was cut short this past August due to a torn ACL injury and officially retired from her in-ring wrestling career as a result. Martinez underwent surgery this past October to repair her knee.

Martinez provided an update on Monday on Twitter about her recovery from her surgery for her torn ACL injury.

“3wks POST-OP

Some days I see progress in 2 days, other times it takes a full week.

Either way, SHOW UP. Keep pushing, trust the process, & celebrate the little victories.

Progress isn’t always big leaps. Small gains lead to BIG progress!

SMALL GOALS. BIG GAINS

#ACLRecovery“

3wks POST-OP Some days I see progress in 2 days, other times it takes a full week. Either way, SHOW UP. Keep pushing, trust the process, & celebrate the little victories. Progress isn’t always big leaps. Small gains lead to BIG progress! SMALL GOALS. BIG GAINS #ACLRecovery https://t.co/hZH5wzKjyq

— Mercedes Martinez 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 (@RealMMartinez) November 9, 2026

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Steven & Garrett Borden Makes Tag Team Debut at Rhodes Wrestling Association’s Fall Fury 2026 Event

This past Sunday’s Fall Fury 2026 event for Rhodes Wrestling Association in Cedar Park, Texas featured WWE Hall of Famer and former AEW wrestler Sting’s sons Steven and Garrett Borden making their official tag team debut in their wrestling careers.

Steven & Garrett Borden faced off against The 8th Day (Father Oday & Timur The Great) in a tag team match at the event.

Garrett and Steven Borden making their tag team debut tonight at Rhodes Wrestling Association! https://t.co/WgGcjohckl

— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) November 8, 2026

Garrett Borden made his official in-ring debut for his wrestling career this past May while Steven has been wrestling since October of 2025 and currently is signed with AEW.