WWE: Joe Hendry on His Current WWE RAW Abscense, WWE Reschedules 8/31 WWE RAW Show in Charlotte To February 2027, Charlotte Flair Launching New “Off The Pedestal with Ashley Fliehr” Podcast Project, New Trademarks

Joe Hendry on His Current WWE RAW Abscense

Joe Hendry has been absent from WWE since the May 25th WWE RAW show in Columbus, Ohio due to a storyline attack at the hands of The Vision’s Austin Theory.

A recent episode of the Early Bird Special podcast featured Hendry as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Hendry providing an update on the status of his current abscense from WWE.

“Things are a little crazy right now. Logan’s injury happened, we thought he was going to be gone for a long time and he’s reappeared. I got attacked by Austin Theory with 87 chair shots, so I’m still recovering from that. Things are a little crazy at the moment.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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WWE Reschedules August 31 WWE RAW Show in Charlotte To February 2027

As noted before, WWE recently made two changes to their upcoming events schedule for this summer including a listing for the WWE RAW show on August 31st in Charlotte, North Carolina being removed for reasons unknown at the time.

Host venue Spectrum Center in Charlotte recently announced that the August 31st WWE Raw show has been postponed to February 19, 2027 and will now be a SmackDown branded show instead. and is now a SmackDown event.

Event Info

Charlotte, NC (Moves from Monday Night RAW on Monday, August 31 to Friday Night SmackDown on Friday, February 19, 2027) Monday Night RAW scheduled for Monday, August 31st at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC, has been rescheduled to Friday, February 19, 2027, where Friday Night SmackDown will now take place. All tickets purchased for the Monday, August 31 event will be honored on Friday, February 19, 2027. Purchasers that cannot attend the rescheduled date and prefer a refund, this option is available until Tuesday June 30 by accessing your Ticketmaster Account and selecting the Request Refund button.

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Charlotte Flair Launching New “Off The Pedestal with Ashley Fliehr” Podcast Project

WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair revealed on Twitter that himself and his daughter and WWE talent Charlotte Flair recently were on the set of a new podcast project for Charlotte.

In his tweet, Flair tagged an account for this new podcast series called “Off The Pedestal with Ashley Fliehr.”

Fun Day With The Queen! WOOOOO!@timeforselfcare @otpwithashley@MsCharlotteWWE pic.twitter.com/Ksbbl6HwtX

— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) June 17, 2026

An Instagram page for this new upcoming podcast was also recently released that stated that this new podcast will be launching soon.

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WWE Files New Trademarks

WWE filed new trademarks for “Kylee Quinn,” “Milos Jovik,” “Vanta,” and “Vanta the Unknown” on June 19 for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

In regards to “Vanta the Unknown,” this was revealed to be the new ring name of WWE developmental talent Jessica Bogdanov on her Instagram page.

Portion of trademark filings:

IC 041: Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.