History Trivia / RicFlair

** Flair greatly regretted the storyline in early 2021 in which he was in a relationship with Wrestling/LaceyEvans, young enough to be his granddaughter, and was only ended when Evans became pregnant in real life. It went to the point that it was reported to be the reason why Flair asked for his release from WWE in August of that year.

** Flair greatly regretted the storyline in early 2021 in which he was in a relationship with Wrestling/LaceyEvans, young enough to be his daughter, and was only ended when Evans became pregnant in real life. It went to the point that it was reported to be the reason why Flair asked for his release from WWE in August of that year.

** Flair didn't like much of his time in WCW, especially during the time Wrestling/EricBischoff headed the promotion. This bled into storyline, with Flair infamously being suspended for almost a year after enacting legal action against Bischoff. His his treasured memory from WCW? Watching it go out of business!

* After his surprise appearance at Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s ''Triplemanía XXIX'', it was reported that Flair actually paid for his own personal expenses, from traveling to accomodation, and that his appearance was his and Wrestling/{{Andrade|CienAlmas}}'s idea (after Flair asked for his release from WWE only four days prior), and that his presence (pleasantly) shocked AAA's personnel.

-->'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsisEDlVz2c#t=800s Wrestle! Wrestle!]]''''': You need look no further than Wrestling/RandyOrton, who is a walking sleeping pill. That guy, he's going for "intense", but he's just so static. He's boring. He talks in a monotone. "Josh Matthews. At [=WrestleMania=]. I will be. The WWE champion." Yawn. Fucking ''yawn!'' Ric Flair would get in front of that camera, he's like, "'''''I'M GONNA''''' '''WIN''' '''''AT WRESTLEMANIA! I WILL''''' '''BE''' '''''THE WORLD CHAMPION WOOOOO!!'''''" That's what that guy brings. You know, watching Ric Flair, that Ric Flair will ''die for your sins'' in that ring.

** Flair vs. Luger. The duo would reunite in WCW during the eighties, again building toward a monumental Flair/Luger feud that would last until 1991: again Luger doggedly fought Flair for the title, and again the Horseman managed to interfere/cheat their way to victory. At long last, Jim Herd booked Flair to drop the strap, so Ric took his ball and went to WWF -- but he would never fully recapture the glory of the decade he owned. As for Luger, somewhere along the line it started to go wrong for him, and despite chasing Flair from WCW to the WWF and back, he stayed a midcarder for the remainder of his career.

** Vince was handed one of ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the greatest, already trimmed and manicured storylines of all time]]'' when Flair finally left the NWA. When Ric left Atlanta in 1991, he took the championship belt with him. He paraded it about the WWF ring to drum up even more heat. (When WCW asked for the belt back, Flair simply replied that they didn't return Flair's $25,000 deposit he had made for the belt, a deposit that per regulations was required of reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champions and was to be returned after the conclusion of their reigns.) There was a build-up for a possible showdown at [=WrestlMania=] between the two "World Champions" -- WWE's Hogan and WCW's Flair -- but, for various reasons, that wasn't in the cards yet. Instead, Flair connived and cheated like his always does, enlisting Wrestling/TheUndertaker to cripple Hogan and get him out of the way. Bear in mind that, at the time, both men were ''[[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny undefeated]]'' in their respective promotions; Flair left Atlanta before WCW could drop the belt to someone else. This could have been the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] (the invader coming in to take over) five years prior to the nWo.
** Reportedly, he and Hulk and had horrific house show matches, and is why they backed out of Hogan-Flair for WM 8.

* WrittenInInfirmity:
** The plane crash is why he went from big muscle-y guy to the technician he was. The crash almost ended his life, but it saved his lengthy career.
** He appeared on TV for a while in 2013, and there were rumors that they would pair him with the Miz. But the truth is his appearances weren't exactly great and the way he talked and generally handled himself seemed a bit off, so they decided to take him off TV but still have him around. Best guess is he knew he had some health issues and needed some extra money so he asked WWE for part-time work.
** Ric Flair was set to appear at ''NXT Takeover 2'', but was pulled from the show due to personal reasons. Flair was wildly speculated to be the man to introduce the NXT crowd to Kenta, now known as Hideo Itami.

** Vince was handed one of ''[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the greatest, already trimmed and manicured storylines of all time]]'' when Flair finally left the NWA. When Ric left Atlanta in 1991, he took the championship belt with him. He paraded it about the WWF ring to drum up even more heat. (WCW had the chutzpah to [[DidntThinkThisThrough ask for the belt back]], but possession's nine-tenths, donchaknow.) There was a build-up for a possible showdown at [=WrestlMania=] between the two "World Champions" -- WWE's Hogan and WCW's Flair -- but, for various reasons, that wasn't in the cards yet. Instead, Flair connived and cheated like his always does, enlisting Wrestling/TheUndertaker to cripple Hogan and get him out of the way. Bear in mind that, at the time, both men were ''[[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny undefeated]]'' in their respective promotions; Flair left Atlanta before WCW could drop the belt to someone else. This could have been the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] (the invader coming in to take over) five years prior to the nWo.

** WWE would try and duplicate this with Evolution and the Authority but neither ever took off with the fans, so they had to start telling them what the groups were called.

* RealSongThemeTune: Used Music/LinkinPark's "Faint" in SHIMMER.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Flair’s current girlfriend and prospective fifth wife, Wendy. She used to play his valet, "[[FrenchMaid Fifi the Maid]]", on those ''Flair For the Gold'' segments.

* MoneyDearBoy: He can't run a business and his attempts to invest money resulted in him getting swindled. So if he wants to live, he's gotta sing for his supper.

** Nature Boy was always rollin' in dollas and hot women, whereas later in life Flair has had problems with both money '''and''' women.
** There is no material difference to Dusty and Flair's upbringing. Ric didn't grow up rich; was part of a "black market" baby brokerage scheme based out of the infamous Tennessee Children's Home society and adopted by the Fliehr family. He doesn't definitively know his birth name or the names of his biological parents.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:The Mid-Atlantic stuff. While it is on Website/YouTube, the quality isn't always there.

** His most treasured memory from WCW? Watching it go out of business!
** Ric has made it no secret that he regrets going to TNA, for several reasons.

** Nature Boy was always rollin' in dollas and hot women, whereas Ric has had problems with both money '''and''' women. (Also, if you caught the WWE edition of ''Celebrity Wife Swap'', Wendy is clearly not used to doing housework.)
--->'''''{{Website/WrestleCrap}}''''': I would point out the irony here about Fifi the maid being a terrible maid in real life, but she herself said that exact thing on the show, so I’m left with no joke for this panel.

-->'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsisEDlVz2c#t=800s Wrestle! Wrestle!]]''''': You need look no further than Wrestling/RandyOrton, who is a walking sleeping pill. That guy, he's going for "intense", but he's just so static. He's boring. He talks in a monotone. "Josh Matthews. At [=WrestleMania=]. I will be. The WWW champion." Yawn. Fucking ''yawn!'' Ric Flair would get in front of that camera, he's like, "'''''I'M GONNA''''' '''WIN''' '''''AT WRESTLEMANIA! I WILL''''' '''BE''' '''''THE WORLD CHAMPION WOOOOO!!'''''" That's what that guy brings. You know, watching Ric Flair, that Ric Flair will ''die for your sins'' in that ring.

-->'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsisEDlVz2c#t=800s Wrestle! Wrestle!]]''''': You need look no further than Wrestling/RandyOrton, who is a walking sleeping pill. That guy, he's going for "intense", but he's just so static. He's boring. [[AC:he talks in a monotone.]] "[[AC:[[DullSurprise josh matthews. at wrestlemania. i will be. the wwe champion]].]]" Yawn. Fucking ''yawn!'' Ric Flair would get in front of that camera, he's like, "'''''I'M GONNA''''' '''WIN''' '''''AT WRESTLEMANIA! I WILL''''' '''BE''' '''''THE WORLD CHAMPION WOOOOO!!'''''" That's what that guy brings. You know, watching Ric Flair, that Ric Flair will ''die for your sins'' in that ring.

** Ric has made it no secret that he regrets going to TNA, for several reasons. When Ric "Alimony" Flair wants nothing to do with your company, something has gone horribly wrong somewhere.

* WagTheDirector: Flair was a member of NWA's booking committee in 1989, which resulted in the acclaimed Flair-Steamboat trilogy that year.

-->'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsisEDlVz2c#t=800s Wrestle! Wrestle!]]''''': You need look no further than Wrestling/RandyOrton, who is a walking sleeping pill. That guy, he's going for "intense", but he's just so static. He's boring. [[AC:he talks in a monotone.]] "[[AC:[[DullSurprise josh matthews. at wrestlemania. i will be. the wee champion]].]]" Yawn. Fucking ''yawn!'' Ric Flair would get in front of that camera, he's like, "'''''I'M GONNA''''' '''WIN''' '''''AT WRESTLEMANIA! I WILL''''' '''BE''' '''''THE WORLD CHAMPION WOOOOO!!'''''" That's what that guy brings. You know, watching Ric Flair, that Ric Flair will ''die for your sins'' in that ring.

** At an NWA TV taping in 1986, Flair, Ole, and Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and manager JJ Dillon were placed in an impromptu interview spot together due to time constraints. The four wrestlers had been working as something akin to a stable before this, but then Arn said "The only time this much havoc had been wreaked by this few a number of people, you need to go all the way back to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!" during the interview; just weeks later, fans were carrying "Four Horsemen" signs to NWA events. The name stuck, and the Four Horsemen went on to become arguably the most successful and powerful stable in pro wrestling (until the New World Order came along).

* RomanceOnTheSet: Flair’s current girlfriend and prospective fifth wife, Wendy. She used to play his
valet, "[[FrenchMaid Fifi the Maid]]", on those ''Flair For the Gold'' segments.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Flair’s current girlfriend and prospective fifth wife, Wendy. She used to play his valet, "[[FrenchMaid Fifi the Maid]]", on those ''Flair For the Gold'' segments.

** Two years later, Flair played a major role in recruiting Hogan for WCW, again raising hopes for a clash of the titans. Instead, Bischoff sidelined Naitch and focused all of the company's attention on their new acquisition, replacing Flair with...er, Wrestling/EdLeslie?

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:The Mid-Atlantic stuff. While it is on YouTube, the quality isn't always there.

** Ric has made it no secret that he regrets going to TNA, for several reasons. When Rick "Alimony" Flair wants nothing to do with your company, something has gone horribly wrong somewhere.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen :