Friday, October 21, 2005
Ric Flair
Ric Flair - the Nature Boy - is *the* consummate professional in the world of pro-wrestling! He led by example - and he was a heel most of his career! (... which is lingo for ''bad guy'' or ''villain'' in their business - woo!) 2005 and the man is still wrestling! 1975 - he was in a plane crash and was told by doctors he would NEVER wrestle again! Not only did he make liars out of them; he did so in record time, a mere six months after the plane crash (which had left two other passengers, also wrestlers, paralyzed - and the pilot dead.). Not only was Flair back in action within six months - he was winning championship gold too! Some time after that, Flair revealed he survived another brush with death - as lightning hit his umbrella but ricocheted towards another man standing three feet from him. That man died while Flair was unharmed! Flair could have been fried TWICE OVER - yet he thrives on! Flair is THE MAN - not the Hogans, Cenas or Rocks. Certainly not his many imitators (Triple H, Double J, Y2J, HBK... all ultimately no better than Buddy Landell if you ask me!). AND LEAST OF ALL the jealous oafish brutish numbskulls who want to bully their way to the position that belongs to Flair by right - past and present chumps who attempted this include Lex Luger, ''Sycho'' Sid Vicious, Macho Man Randy Savage... and the Hitman, Bret Hart. None have ever had the finesse, sportmanship, charisma, showmanship and ring generalship of a RIC FLAIR - legitimate in his role as leader of the Four Horsemen as he was also in the role of leader of WCW (against the hordes of the NWO) and the voice of old school tradition in pro-wrestling (as opposed to sports entertainment barker, Vince McMahon). Hart and his four-to-five member version of the Hart Foundation were paler than pale imitations of the Four Horsemen... Luger was pathetic whenever HE was leading the charge for WCW (or for AMERICA - against Yokozuna, in his lame run in the old WWF / WWE...) - and Sid was equally odd and simply not believable as a good guy when WCW used him in that way in the latter days of the NWO... Savage? Elizabeth SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLAIR'S FIRST BEFORE SHE WAS HIS... she would have never been Macho's... or Luger's... and she would still be alive! But that is a whole different territory there... FLAIR will win over Triple H at Taboo Tuesday AND Survivor Series - or the WWE will go bankrupt! Call it... a luminous hunch!
A TRIBUTE TO THE NATURE BOY...
and another...
and another...
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
(Just ask the edgy Mr. Copeland there... and his accomplice in this farce, indy wrestler Rob Eckos...)
And, from Flair's best moments... to his worst... (ALL part of the ACT!)
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Tonight is the Smackdown/Raw faceoff! It is only on pay-per-view so I can't watch it. :(
Ric Flair and Triple H. are supposed to go head to head!
The first time I ever watched wrestling was 2 weeks ago when they had a memorial for Eddie G. I had turned it on because I knew Luciano liked wrestling and that Eddie G. was one of his favorites. So out of respect for him, I watched it. I actually enjoyed it! It shocked me that I liked it!
I never thought I would like to watch wrestling! lol I don't know why I thought I wouldn't. I get to see a bunch of topless and some nearly naked BIG men take down their opponents. I do like BIG men too! :D
So last Monday night I watched WWE:Raw when it came on. This time I didn't have an excuse like I was doing it for Luciano. lol This time I watched because I wanted to. hehehe
I probably will again tomorrow night too. Too bad I won't get to see the match between Ric Flair and Triple H. I saw them both fight others, but not each other.
Go Ric Flair!!
LOL I never thought I would be writing something like this about wrestling! Especially it being about me liking it! hehehe
Luce thanks for talking to me about Eddie G. that night. It made me want to see the memorial. I never would have watched it had it not been for you. :D
God Bless You (\ô/) Luce!
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
Ric Flair and Triple H. are supposed to go head to head!
The first time I ever watched wrestling was 2 weeks ago when they had a memorial for Eddie G. I had turned it on because I knew Luciano liked wrestling and that Eddie G. was one of his favorites. So out of respect for him, I watched it. I actually enjoyed it! It shocked me that I liked it!
I never thought I would like to watch wrestling! lol I don't know why I thought I wouldn't. I get to see a bunch of topless and some nearly naked BIG men take down their opponents. I do like BIG men too! :D
So last Monday night I watched WWE:Raw when it came on. This time I didn't have an excuse like I was doing it for Luciano. lol This time I watched because I wanted to. hehehe
I probably will again tomorrow night too. Too bad I won't get to see the match between Ric Flair and Triple H. I saw them both fight others, but not each other.
Go Ric Flair!!
LOL I never thought I would be writing something like this about wrestling! Especially it being about me liking it! hehehe
Luce thanks for talking to me about Eddie G. that night. It made me want to see the memorial. I never would have watched it had it not been for you. :D
God Bless You (\ô/) Luce!
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
Yeah... I had promised myself never to blog about wrestling again... and then... whammo... EDDIE DIED.
I had to blog about THAT.
So many wrestlers have died - gee... it is mind-boggling there still are so many around... and so many who want to do a profession that obviously shortens lifespans (unless you're a smart one, like... I dunno... oh yeah... Ric Flair!).
I'll make a top 100 of dead wrestlers one of these days... on one blog or another...
I had to blog about THAT.
So many wrestlers have died - gee... it is mind-boggling there still are so many around... and so many who want to do a profession that obviously shortens lifespans (unless you're a smart one, like... I dunno... oh yeah... Ric Flair!).
I'll make a top 100 of dead wrestlers one of these days... on one blog or another...
As for the match... Triple H... Ric Flair...
The Horsemen should reunite - for one night only... and kick Triple H's butt!
Why not? Vader and Goldust came back for 2 nights - to help The Coach out... when the 3 stooges had NEVER BEEN BUDDIES BEFORE! (And they got their sorry rear ends handed to them by BATISTA...)
A Horsemen reunion is LONG OVERDUE!
And let it be longer than just one or two nights!
The Horsemen should reunite - for one night only... and kick Triple H's butt!
Why not? Vader and Goldust came back for 2 nights - to help The Coach out... when the 3 stooges had NEVER BEEN BUDDIES BEFORE! (And they got their sorry rear ends handed to them by BATISTA...)
A Horsemen reunion is LONG OVERDUE!
And let it be longer than just one or two nights!
The Four Horsemen that could be reunited today... even though many former members remain "with us"... causes a problem... sort of!
Those who most definitely will NOT be making a comeback alongside Ric Flair are...
Brian Pillman (aka Flyin' Brian) who overtaxed his body with substance abuse (just to be able to keep up with the surtaxing WWF/WWE schedule... he had started out at WCW... he went to bed one night, in his hotel room, and never woke up - just like Eddie Guerrero did recently...) and was the one Horseman "over the edge" (at least he could spell his name right... right Brien?).
Curt Hennig (aka Mr. Perfect) was a Horseman for one month only before betraying the group (as a part of the nWo saga on WCW...) - he was also found dead in his hotel room...
Jeff Jarrett (aka Double J) cannot be a Horseman again - not even for one night - he is NWA TNA...
Steve "Mongo" McMichael will likely never return to wrestling... the business left too much of a bitter taste in his mouth...
Lex Luger - no... we do not want to see the so-called "Total Package" back... ever... that jerk!
"The Iceman" Dean Malenko - he never was much of a Horseman... was really more friends with "The Crippler" Chris Benoit than he was with either "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson or Ric Flair... so why would he come back to lend support to Flair now? (Malenko did make an appearance in the wake of the death of Eddie Guerrero - he was more friends with him too than he ever was with Flair...)
Speaking of him... Chris Benoit (aka, hence, The Crippler) could "switch" from Smackdown to Raw for one night, to help Flair teach a lesson to Triple H... vintage Horseman-style! He never liked Triple H... supposedly... And Flair was a mentor to him - he owes him.
Arn Anderson (aka The Enforcer) cannot come back, other than as a manager-type - his neck injury sustained years ago prevents him from ever wrestling again. He can throw punches though, as other Horsemen hold up the target - again, that is vintage Horsemen-style business carrying...!
Ole Anderson... will never be seen again in a wrestling ring I think - certainly not one owned by McMahon.
That leaves...
hmm...
The guys who could best be qualified as "mercenaries"...
Former Horsemen they are - but they are not exactly "best friends" material either...
Then again, they could be hired thugs - as Vader and Goldust were, for the Coach's benefit (though the slight edge they had didn't last long at all) as they ganged up on Batista... (arrrghh... Batista and Randy Orton should still be under the tutelage of Flair - they remain truer to the Horsemen heritage than anybody else out there today! But that is another story...).
Likewise Big Sid Vicious, "Widowmaker" Barry Windham and "Pretty" Paul Roma (better known as the glory-hound half of "Power and Glory") could come back in that capacity as well - for one night only...?
Ha! Sid Vicious (aka Sycho Sid in his lamentable WWF/WWE tenure - it is funny to see old-timers such as Captain Lou Albano, an 80s WWF mainstay, recall Sid by his WCW name of Vicious and not by his new monicker of Sycho, given to him once he joined the "ultra-creative" WWF in the early 90s - just as Flair did... McMahon had stolen the Horsemen 2 by 2 from the rival WCW; first Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, then Sid and Ric... but he didn't own the copyright on the name "Four Horsemen" - which he now owns, alas...) - Vicious is a big bore; thus perfect goon material! He is hired muscle all right...
In the 90s, he and Arn Anderson actually got into a real fight - a KNIFE FIGHT too - again, in the hotel rooms... and it was all about Flair getting the spotlight that Sid wanted for himself.
Sid was fired from WCW over this harrowing incident - and it was ironically enough Flair who got the main event title victory over Vader in Starrcade 1993 afterwards...
Windham is equally as jealous of Flair...
Roma must be too...
Damn... maybe Flair does not have any back-up anymore... :(
Aside from old-timers Arn, Tully, J.J. Dillon... and the one still active and in his prime Horseman - Benoit!
Sheesh...
Still, Triple H is not so tough that this assemblage should not suffice to give him a tremendous beating... even if a fake one!
STILL - I would rather see big monsters such as "Sycho Sid" beat the tar out of Triple H...
Sycho Sid, Kane and "Isaac Yankem" - all past monstruous McMahon "creations" pale in comparison to this new guy they have been announcing... the BOGEYMAN!
Allying himself to THAT though, even for Horsemen-style / dirtiest player in the game-type of business, is quite simply BENEATH RIC FLAIR though...
Those who most definitely will NOT be making a comeback alongside Ric Flair are...
Brian Pillman (aka Flyin' Brian) who overtaxed his body with substance abuse (just to be able to keep up with the surtaxing WWF/WWE schedule... he had started out at WCW... he went to bed one night, in his hotel room, and never woke up - just like Eddie Guerrero did recently...) and was the one Horseman "over the edge" (at least he could spell his name right... right Brien?).
Curt Hennig (aka Mr. Perfect) was a Horseman for one month only before betraying the group (as a part of the nWo saga on WCW...) - he was also found dead in his hotel room...
Jeff Jarrett (aka Double J) cannot be a Horseman again - not even for one night - he is NWA TNA...
Steve "Mongo" McMichael will likely never return to wrestling... the business left too much of a bitter taste in his mouth...
Lex Luger - no... we do not want to see the so-called "Total Package" back... ever... that jerk!
"The Iceman" Dean Malenko - he never was much of a Horseman... was really more friends with "The Crippler" Chris Benoit than he was with either "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson or Ric Flair... so why would he come back to lend support to Flair now? (Malenko did make an appearance in the wake of the death of Eddie Guerrero - he was more friends with him too than he ever was with Flair...)
Speaking of him... Chris Benoit (aka, hence, The Crippler) could "switch" from Smackdown to Raw for one night, to help Flair teach a lesson to Triple H... vintage Horseman-style! He never liked Triple H... supposedly... And Flair was a mentor to him - he owes him.
Arn Anderson (aka The Enforcer) cannot come back, other than as a manager-type - his neck injury sustained years ago prevents him from ever wrestling again. He can throw punches though, as other Horsemen hold up the target - again, that is vintage Horsemen-style business carrying...!
Ole Anderson... will never be seen again in a wrestling ring I think - certainly not one owned by McMahon.
That leaves...
hmm...
The guys who could best be qualified as "mercenaries"...
Former Horsemen they are - but they are not exactly "best friends" material either...
Then again, they could be hired thugs - as Vader and Goldust were, for the Coach's benefit (though the slight edge they had didn't last long at all) as they ganged up on Batista... (arrrghh... Batista and Randy Orton should still be under the tutelage of Flair - they remain truer to the Horsemen heritage than anybody else out there today! But that is another story...).
Likewise Big Sid Vicious, "Widowmaker" Barry Windham and "Pretty" Paul Roma (better known as the glory-hound half of "Power and Glory") could come back in that capacity as well - for one night only...?
Ha! Sid Vicious (aka Sycho Sid in his lamentable WWF/WWE tenure - it is funny to see old-timers such as Captain Lou Albano, an 80s WWF mainstay, recall Sid by his WCW name of Vicious and not by his new monicker of Sycho, given to him once he joined the "ultra-creative" WWF in the early 90s - just as Flair did... McMahon had stolen the Horsemen 2 by 2 from the rival WCW; first Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, then Sid and Ric... but he didn't own the copyright on the name "Four Horsemen" - which he now owns, alas...) - Vicious is a big bore; thus perfect goon material! He is hired muscle all right...
In the 90s, he and Arn Anderson actually got into a real fight - a KNIFE FIGHT too - again, in the hotel rooms... and it was all about Flair getting the spotlight that Sid wanted for himself.
Sid was fired from WCW over this harrowing incident - and it was ironically enough Flair who got the main event title victory over Vader in Starrcade 1993 afterwards...
Windham is equally as jealous of Flair...
Roma must be too...
Damn... maybe Flair does not have any back-up anymore... :(
Aside from old-timers Arn, Tully, J.J. Dillon... and the one still active and in his prime Horseman - Benoit!
Sheesh...
Still, Triple H is not so tough that this assemblage should not suffice to give him a tremendous beating... even if a fake one!
STILL - I would rather see big monsters such as "Sycho Sid" beat the tar out of Triple H...
Sycho Sid, Kane and "Isaac Yankem" - all past monstruous McMahon "creations" pale in comparison to this new guy they have been announcing... the BOGEYMAN!
Allying himself to THAT though, even for Horsemen-style / dirtiest player in the game-type of business, is quite simply BENEATH RIC FLAIR though...
Something else that is beneath Ric Flair... beating up people on the streets!
Ruffians like a Sycho Sid would be expected to do something like that - but not the Nature Boy!
At their peak, the Horsemen were all CLASS - Flair, their manager J.J. Dillon, Tully Blanchard and even Arn - all were classy GQ-worthy gentlemen who lowered themselves each time they competed with lowlives such as... well, anybody that Vince McMahon would hire! ;)
Now, however, news coming from Flair Country (aka Charlotte, North Carolina) are that Flair displayed some rather... disturbing road rage!
The Charlotte Observer has run articles about both Flair's problems with the IRS... with his divorcing wife... and the latest is about some road rage battery charge pending against him!
Proof positive that the "loss" to Triple H did not mean squat - and was all theatrics!
Flair has bigger fish to fry...
First, the road rage incident report - as details of the OTHER stuff did not get divulged until very recently...
Posted on Tue, Nov. 29, 2005
Flair expects to pin driver's road rage claim
MELISSA MANWARE
mmanware@charlotteobserver.com
Ric Flair is accused of road rage.
A 29-year-old driver claims the professional wrestling legend got out of his vehicle on Interstate 485 in Charlotte on Wednesday, grabbed him by the neck and then kicked the door of his sport utility vehicle.
"The Nature Boy" told the Observer on Monday that it didn't happen that way. "I didn't do anything wrong at all," Flair said in a telephone interview from Cleveland. "As usual, I will be exonerated."
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges stem from an incident that took place about 6:30 p.m. on the day before Thanksgiving. The driver told police Flair grabbed him, leaving two bruises on his neck, and then kicked the driver's side door of his Toyota 4Runner, leaving a large dent.
On Friday, a magistrate issued warrants charging Flair with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors. Julia Rush, a Mecklenburg Sheriff's Office spokeswoman, said Monday the warrants had not been served.
The platinum-blond Flair has been in trouble with the law before. In his book, "To Be The Man," he writes about getting 82 moving violations in four years. He has also been sued for allegedly harassing attendants on a charter flight.
Said Flair: "It's nice to be Ric Flair 95 percent of the time."
A mere few days ago, this got posted...
Posted on Fri, Dec. 02, 2005
Ric Flair wrestles with a divorce
Accusations exchanged; IRS was owed a million
SCOTT DODD
sdodd@charlotteobserver.com
Pro wrestler Ric Flair has been pinned by the IRS over back taxes and is fighting a nasty divorce battle with his wife.
Flair, one of Charlotte's best-known celebrities, owed the federal government $1 million in 1997, according to a statement from his accountant. The IRS began garnishing Flair's wrestling salary this year, seizing more than $200,000 so far.
Flair and his wife Elizabeth separated in February after 22 years of marriage. In a divorce filing, she accuses Flair of "cruel behavior" and says he slapped, kicked, choked, threw, bit and spit on her and pulled her hair.
Her complaint, which was filed in May, also accuses Flair of abusing alcohol and steroids, causing him to become "enraged, paranoid, emotionally unbalanced and violent," and says he exposed himself to her friends and committed adultery.
Flair acknowledges in court filings that he had a "tumultuous" marriage, but he denies the abusive behavior and steroid use and says his wife is trying to humiliate him with the allegations.
He accuses her of destructive behavior and says she hit him -- not the other way around.
Flair, whose real name is Richard Fliehr, and his wife did not return calls for comment.
Flair's attorney also wouldn't comment on the allegations, saying the divorce "isn't news" because it was filed months ago.
"We're defending the case, and we're not going to talk about their domestic problems," said Bill Diehl, perhaps Charlotte's best-known lawyer. "She accused him of being a bad boy. He accused her of being a bad girl. That's where we stand."
Flair was in the news earlier this week after being accused of road rage on Interstate 485.
The divorce case file at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse has grown as thick as two phone books, stuffed with financial records, credit card bills and property tax records.
There's also a letter from the judge, ruling that Flair must pay Elizabeth $20,000 a month until the case is settled, based on their previous living expenses.
Judge Jane Harper says the payment includes $2,000 for gifts, which Harper calls "obscenely high although far less than she says she needs," and $200 for religious contributions. "Whether she makes this or not," the judge writes, "I've included it to encourage someone in this family to share a tiny smidgen of their huge wealth with someone besides themselves."
The judge also says she'll consider freezing the couple's assets until the case is decided, because Flair used money from a retirement account "to get $92,000 for his girlfriend's finger."
Flair, in response to his wife's complaint, denies her charges and says it was her abusive conduct that led him to leave her. His response and counterclaim, filed in August, calls her "emotionally unstable, verbally abusive and physically violent."
He also accuses his wife of hitting him in an effort to provoke him into retaliating physically.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police records going back to 2002 don't show any calls for service relating to domestic abuse at the Fliehrs' south Charlotte home.
Elizabeth says she once called police to report abuse and Flair pulled open a wrestling scar to appear bloody, so it would look like she attacked him.
Flair says he and his wife have been separated three times and that she condoned and encouraged his "marital misconduct."
The wrestler says he is involved with a woman who he has taken on trips and bought gifts, but he invokes his right to privacy on the question of whether the relationship is sexual.
Much of the case file deals with the family's financial situation and wrangling over money.
Flair says he and his wife "lived well beyond our means" and racked up substantial debt to the IRS and other creditors.
In an affidavit asking for support payments, Elizabeth estimates that she spends $65,000 a year on clothing and $50,000 on vacations. She said she spent $50,000 on Christmas gifts in 2004. The family also owns a boat, a country club membership, and a house in the Piper Glen neighborhood with an estimated $1.2 million tax value, according to court records.
Flair, known for his "Nature Boy" persona and piercing "Wooooo," said he's due to make $500,000 from his WWE contract this year. But he hasn't received a paycheck since April, he says, due to the IRS' actions.
Flair also says he's concerned about his future in wrestling.
"I am 56 years old," the star writes, "working in a business that demands physical fitness and is dominated by performers much younger than I."
"There is no guarantee that even next year, I will be employed."
Road Rage Charges
Ric Flair was charged last week with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors, after a 29-year-old driver filed a complaint against him.
The driver says Flair got out of his vehicle on Interstate 485 in Charlotte on Nov. 23, grabbed him by the neck and then kicked the door of his Toyota 4Runner, leaving a large dent.
Flair told the Observer on Monday that it didn't happen that way. "I didn't do anything wrong at all," Flair said in a phone interview. "As usual, I will be exonerated."
Flair surrendered to authorities at the Mecklenburg County jail Tuesday morning and was released on $1,000 bond less than two hours later.
So much for a post-wrestling potential POLITICAL career for the Nature Boy... then again, the people of North Carolina are a forgiving lot and will always adore their Nature Boy...! Woooo!
The link to
The Charlotte Observer is necessary still - for copyright purposes AND also because there is a nice link on the page linked here - to some
• Video: (about the) Life and Times of Ric Flair
No wonder Flair is a little more than "stressed" - in REAL LIFE...
Once again, reality proves to be more compelling (if not altogether stranger) than fiction...
We are all actors in this huge movie called LIFE... and it is going to get wilder and wilder henceforth, folks...!
Wooooooo!
Ruffians like a Sycho Sid would be expected to do something like that - but not the Nature Boy!
At their peak, the Horsemen were all CLASS - Flair, their manager J.J. Dillon, Tully Blanchard and even Arn - all were classy GQ-worthy gentlemen who lowered themselves each time they competed with lowlives such as... well, anybody that Vince McMahon would hire! ;)
Now, however, news coming from Flair Country (aka Charlotte, North Carolina) are that Flair displayed some rather... disturbing road rage!
The Charlotte Observer has run articles about both Flair's problems with the IRS... with his divorcing wife... and the latest is about some road rage battery charge pending against him!
Proof positive that the "loss" to Triple H did not mean squat - and was all theatrics!
Flair has bigger fish to fry...
First, the road rage incident report - as details of the OTHER stuff did not get divulged until very recently...
Posted on Tue, Nov. 29, 2005
Flair expects to pin driver's road rage claim
MELISSA MANWARE
mmanware@charlotteobserver.com
Ric Flair is accused of road rage.
A 29-year-old driver claims the professional wrestling legend got out of his vehicle on Interstate 485 in Charlotte on Wednesday, grabbed him by the neck and then kicked the door of his sport utility vehicle.
"The Nature Boy" told the Observer on Monday that it didn't happen that way. "I didn't do anything wrong at all," Flair said in a telephone interview from Cleveland. "As usual, I will be exonerated."
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges stem from an incident that took place about 6:30 p.m. on the day before Thanksgiving. The driver told police Flair grabbed him, leaving two bruises on his neck, and then kicked the driver's side door of his Toyota 4Runner, leaving a large dent.
On Friday, a magistrate issued warrants charging Flair with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors. Julia Rush, a Mecklenburg Sheriff's Office spokeswoman, said Monday the warrants had not been served.
The platinum-blond Flair has been in trouble with the law before. In his book, "To Be The Man," he writes about getting 82 moving violations in four years. He has also been sued for allegedly harassing attendants on a charter flight.
Said Flair: "It's nice to be Ric Flair 95 percent of the time."
A mere few days ago, this got posted...
Posted on Fri, Dec. 02, 2005
Ric Flair wrestles with a divorce
Accusations exchanged; IRS was owed a million
SCOTT DODD
sdodd@charlotteobserver.com
Pro wrestler Ric Flair has been pinned by the IRS over back taxes and is fighting a nasty divorce battle with his wife.
Flair, one of Charlotte's best-known celebrities, owed the federal government $1 million in 1997, according to a statement from his accountant. The IRS began garnishing Flair's wrestling salary this year, seizing more than $200,000 so far.
Flair and his wife Elizabeth separated in February after 22 years of marriage. In a divorce filing, she accuses Flair of "cruel behavior" and says he slapped, kicked, choked, threw, bit and spit on her and pulled her hair.
Her complaint, which was filed in May, also accuses Flair of abusing alcohol and steroids, causing him to become "enraged, paranoid, emotionally unbalanced and violent," and says he exposed himself to her friends and committed adultery.
Flair acknowledges in court filings that he had a "tumultuous" marriage, but he denies the abusive behavior and steroid use and says his wife is trying to humiliate him with the allegations.
He accuses her of destructive behavior and says she hit him -- not the other way around.
Flair, whose real name is Richard Fliehr, and his wife did not return calls for comment.
Flair's attorney also wouldn't comment on the allegations, saying the divorce "isn't news" because it was filed months ago.
"We're defending the case, and we're not going to talk about their domestic problems," said Bill Diehl, perhaps Charlotte's best-known lawyer. "She accused him of being a bad boy. He accused her of being a bad girl. That's where we stand."
Flair was in the news earlier this week after being accused of road rage on Interstate 485.
The divorce case file at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse has grown as thick as two phone books, stuffed with financial records, credit card bills and property tax records.
There's also a letter from the judge, ruling that Flair must pay Elizabeth $20,000 a month until the case is settled, based on their previous living expenses.
Judge Jane Harper says the payment includes $2,000 for gifts, which Harper calls "obscenely high although far less than she says she needs," and $200 for religious contributions. "Whether she makes this or not," the judge writes, "I've included it to encourage someone in this family to share a tiny smidgen of their huge wealth with someone besides themselves."
The judge also says she'll consider freezing the couple's assets until the case is decided, because Flair used money from a retirement account "to get $92,000 for his girlfriend's finger."
Flair, in response to his wife's complaint, denies her charges and says it was her abusive conduct that led him to leave her. His response and counterclaim, filed in August, calls her "emotionally unstable, verbally abusive and physically violent."
He also accuses his wife of hitting him in an effort to provoke him into retaliating physically.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police records going back to 2002 don't show any calls for service relating to domestic abuse at the Fliehrs' south Charlotte home.
Elizabeth says she once called police to report abuse and Flair pulled open a wrestling scar to appear bloody, so it would look like she attacked him.
Flair says he and his wife have been separated three times and that she condoned and encouraged his "marital misconduct."
The wrestler says he is involved with a woman who he has taken on trips and bought gifts, but he invokes his right to privacy on the question of whether the relationship is sexual.
Much of the case file deals with the family's financial situation and wrangling over money.
Flair says he and his wife "lived well beyond our means" and racked up substantial debt to the IRS and other creditors.
In an affidavit asking for support payments, Elizabeth estimates that she spends $65,000 a year on clothing and $50,000 on vacations. She said she spent $50,000 on Christmas gifts in 2004. The family also owns a boat, a country club membership, and a house in the Piper Glen neighborhood with an estimated $1.2 million tax value, according to court records.
Flair, known for his "Nature Boy" persona and piercing "Wooooo," said he's due to make $500,000 from his WWE contract this year. But he hasn't received a paycheck since April, he says, due to the IRS' actions.
Flair also says he's concerned about his future in wrestling.
"I am 56 years old," the star writes, "working in a business that demands physical fitness and is dominated by performers much younger than I."
"There is no guarantee that even next year, I will be employed."
Road Rage Charges
Ric Flair was charged last week with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors, after a 29-year-old driver filed a complaint against him.
The driver says Flair got out of his vehicle on Interstate 485 in Charlotte on Nov. 23, grabbed him by the neck and then kicked the door of his Toyota 4Runner, leaving a large dent.
Flair told the Observer on Monday that it didn't happen that way. "I didn't do anything wrong at all," Flair said in a phone interview. "As usual, I will be exonerated."
Flair surrendered to authorities at the Mecklenburg County jail Tuesday morning and was released on $1,000 bond less than two hours later.
So much for a post-wrestling potential POLITICAL career for the Nature Boy... then again, the people of North Carolina are a forgiving lot and will always adore their Nature Boy...! Woooo!
The link to
The Charlotte Observer is necessary still - for copyright purposes AND also because there is a nice link on the page linked here - to some
• Video: (about the) Life and Times of Ric Flair
No wonder Flair is a little more than "stressed" - in REAL LIFE...
Once again, reality proves to be more compelling (if not altogether stranger) than fiction...
We are all actors in this huge movie called LIFE... and it is going to get wilder and wilder henceforth, folks...!
Wooooooo!
All of this stuff was alluded to, of course, on the latest episode of Monday Night RAW (though it completely shatters the "image" Triple H wanted of a "career killer" after his Survivor Series staged show with Ric Flair ... but McMahon's Circus relishes those real-life scandals; as long as he is not endangered by it and stands to make some money out of it!).
On a new segment called The Cutting Edge, smooth slacker Adam Copeland (aka "Edge" the "Rated R Superstar"... sheesh!) and his own real-life scandal - the girlfriend he stole from a fellow wrestler, Amy Dumas (not dumbass *lol* - aka Lita) sort of had their usual anti-establishment ranting session... briefly focusing on Flair's case.
All they said of importance though was that Flair went from "limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun" to "mugshot-posing, IRS-owing, dejected divorcing..." he might have said "son of a bitch", but off to the top of my head, I don't quite recall right now...
Lita (who, ironically enough, does the same job for her precious Edge as Woman, Baby Doll, Elizabeth, Sherri and Debra all did, at one time or another, FOR FLAIR...) added that it was a disgrace that Flair was reduced to beating up people on the street - when he couldn't get the job done in the ring anymore...
No Arn Anderson to come speak up for Flair (as was the case on WCW) - so, instead, it was old NWA Flair opponents (and sometimes tag-team partners too) MICHAEL P.S. HAYES (of Fabulous Freebirds fame) and SGT. SLAUGHTER himself who came to shut Edge and Lita up...
Then it actually got REALLY INTERESTING...
Hayes said that he didn't know what it was with kids today - NO RESPECT. For it is thanks to guys like FLAIR, Hayes and Slaughter that punks like Edge have their job with all the benefits that they enjoy...
And besides - the real questions to ask were about Edge himself... does he measure up to Flair's accomplishments? Hayes asked "how many times did you pack up an arena and turned them away? How many times did you make the main event? How many times have you been world champion?".
Hayes supplied the answer too: "let me do the math for you, real quick... oh yeah... zero!"
An incensed Edge got the microphone Hayes was using to be cut (his segment; he can make the calls) and replied that he wouldn't shut up - he feared not a beating from the Freebirds... because Hayes had no back-up - not his usual back-up anyway... The Fabulous Freebirds are no longer, see? They were sort of like the Four Horsemen (and were immortalized in the opening moments of the movie Highlander - the original film, yes... but that is another story) and used to hand out punishment as a tightly-knit fighting unit... in other words, like a street gang!
Two low blows followed, in rapid succession: first, Edge mentioned who he had in mind, and why he wasn't there...
"Terry - where's Terry? Terry Gordy is not here... cause Terry is dead" he said... Hayes turned in pain and disgust (could simply NOT be acting - not this time) before replying with a low blow of his own; "You son of a bitch - the only reason why you have this (segment here) is because you are banging Matt Hardy's former girlfriend!".
Violence ensued - as is to be expected with these "segments"... a good thing Ric Flair did not show up as the guest, as had been originally scheduled and planned - he does not need to deal with a one-two punk & bitch punch as Edge and Lita at this time - they made surprisingly short work of Sgt Slaughter (G.I. Joe would NOT be proud - and to think that an Army representative was in attendance - because the WWE will dispatch some live entertainment again for the troops stationed in Afghanistan - very shortly... Flair will not make the trip this year, I don't think... send Edge and Lita, on penance, please WWE!). Then, after Hayes delivered some good shots (well-deserved too), the duo did their usual routine two-fold attack (she hops on their backs and scratches their eyes and he finishes them off with a halliburton briefcase shot to the head... always does the trick. Horsemen Mongo and Double J - and Flair himself - used to do exactly that all the time... with the assistance of ditzy Debra.)
And so ended the sickening segment...
Edge, Lita, Triple H - all of them will be getting theirs... one of these days!
Speaking of Triple H... funny that only NOW (as Flair is undergoing some rather nasty divorce procedures befitting of the self-proclaimed "dirtiest player in the game") NOW "The Game" (Triple H's preferred nickname) is acknowledging his real-life WIFE... Stephanie McMahon... that's right - the boss' daughter!
Hmm... Flair should target HER to get to him! That is something that the "dirtiest player in the game" would do... All in the spirit of a "good storyline" - of course!
However, we have already seen here that REAL LIFE is much more intriguing, compelling and fascinating than the scripted sleaze...
;)
On a new segment called The Cutting Edge, smooth slacker Adam Copeland (aka "Edge" the "Rated R Superstar"... sheesh!) and his own real-life scandal - the girlfriend he stole from a fellow wrestler, Amy Dumas (not dumbass *lol* - aka Lita) sort of had their usual anti-establishment ranting session... briefly focusing on Flair's case.
All they said of importance though was that Flair went from "limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun" to "mugshot-posing, IRS-owing, dejected divorcing..." he might have said "son of a bitch", but off to the top of my head, I don't quite recall right now...
Lita (who, ironically enough, does the same job for her precious Edge as Woman, Baby Doll, Elizabeth, Sherri and Debra all did, at one time or another, FOR FLAIR...) added that it was a disgrace that Flair was reduced to beating up people on the street - when he couldn't get the job done in the ring anymore...
No Arn Anderson to come speak up for Flair (as was the case on WCW) - so, instead, it was old NWA Flair opponents (and sometimes tag-team partners too) MICHAEL P.S. HAYES (of Fabulous Freebirds fame) and SGT. SLAUGHTER himself who came to shut Edge and Lita up...
Then it actually got REALLY INTERESTING...
Hayes said that he didn't know what it was with kids today - NO RESPECT. For it is thanks to guys like FLAIR, Hayes and Slaughter that punks like Edge have their job with all the benefits that they enjoy...
And besides - the real questions to ask were about Edge himself... does he measure up to Flair's accomplishments? Hayes asked "how many times did you pack up an arena and turned them away? How many times did you make the main event? How many times have you been world champion?".
Hayes supplied the answer too: "let me do the math for you, real quick... oh yeah... zero!"
An incensed Edge got the microphone Hayes was using to be cut (his segment; he can make the calls) and replied that he wouldn't shut up - he feared not a beating from the Freebirds... because Hayes had no back-up - not his usual back-up anyway... The Fabulous Freebirds are no longer, see? They were sort of like the Four Horsemen (and were immortalized in the opening moments of the movie Highlander - the original film, yes... but that is another story) and used to hand out punishment as a tightly-knit fighting unit... in other words, like a street gang!
Two low blows followed, in rapid succession: first, Edge mentioned who he had in mind, and why he wasn't there...
"Terry - where's Terry? Terry Gordy is not here... cause Terry is dead" he said... Hayes turned in pain and disgust (could simply NOT be acting - not this time) before replying with a low blow of his own; "You son of a bitch - the only reason why you have this (segment here) is because you are banging Matt Hardy's former girlfriend!".
Violence ensued - as is to be expected with these "segments"... a good thing Ric Flair did not show up as the guest, as had been originally scheduled and planned - he does not need to deal with a one-two punk & bitch punch as Edge and Lita at this time - they made surprisingly short work of Sgt Slaughter (G.I. Joe would NOT be proud - and to think that an Army representative was in attendance - because the WWE will dispatch some live entertainment again for the troops stationed in Afghanistan - very shortly... Flair will not make the trip this year, I don't think... send Edge and Lita, on penance, please WWE!). Then, after Hayes delivered some good shots (well-deserved too), the duo did their usual routine two-fold attack (she hops on their backs and scratches their eyes and he finishes them off with a halliburton briefcase shot to the head... always does the trick. Horsemen Mongo and Double J - and Flair himself - used to do exactly that all the time... with the assistance of ditzy Debra.)
And so ended the sickening segment...
Edge, Lita, Triple H - all of them will be getting theirs... one of these days!
Speaking of Triple H... funny that only NOW (as Flair is undergoing some rather nasty divorce procedures befitting of the self-proclaimed "dirtiest player in the game") NOW "The Game" (Triple H's preferred nickname) is acknowledging his real-life WIFE... Stephanie McMahon... that's right - the boss' daughter!
Hmm... Flair should target HER to get to him! That is something that the "dirtiest player in the game" would do... All in the spirit of a "good storyline" - of course!
However, we have already seen here that REAL LIFE is much more intriguing, compelling and fascinating than the scripted sleaze...
;)
The preceding was rewritten - and polished - and made for my post on Monday December 5th 2005 - on the Big Brother of this blog; The Luminous Blog!
The following is... yet another article from The Charlotte Observer...
Give and take: Judge's letter sparks debate
SCOTT DODD
sdodd@charlotteobserver.com
The judge handling Ric Flair's divorce case sure got people talking when she laid the smackdown on the wrestler and his wife for their lavish spending.
Two thousand dollars a month on gifts? "Obscenely high," Judge Jane Harper wrote in a letter to the lawyers in the case.
Nearly $300 a month for pets? Those are some "very well-cared-for pets."
Fifteen hundred a month for meals? "Beyond my imagination ... for someone who has a kitchen at home," the judge wrote.
Harper ordered Flair to pay his wife $20,000 a month for support, based on an itemized list of their prior living expenses.
That includes $200 a month that Flair's wife says she gives as religious contributions.
"Whether she makes this or not," the judge wrote in September, "I've included it to encourage someone in this family to share a tiny smidgen of their huge wealth with someone besides themselves."
Harper also wrote that she would consider freezing the couple's assets after Flair liquidated a retirement fund "to get $92,000 for his girlfriend's finger."
After her comments were reported in Friday's Observer, some readers cheered the judge, while others said Harper had overstepped her bounds.
The case was widely discussed on pro wrestling message boards and news sites, where the "Nature Boy" -- or "Dirtiest Player in the Game," as he's also known -- is a polarizing character.
"Flair earns his money honestly and legally. It's none of this judge's business whether or not the Flairs share their money with anyone else," said Frank Krewda, a senior writer with Pro Wrestling Illustrated, in an e-mail to the Observer. "It's a shining example of a judge using her socialist principles and her position of power to hurt the wealthy."
Harper said she can't comment on the details of Flair's case while it's still in court. But she wrote the letter, which is now part of the public record, not long after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast.
"I told the lawyers, `It's hard for me to hear a case like this when there are people drowning and rioting in the street,' " Harper said Monday. "I try my best to keep my poker face on, but I don't always succeed."
It's not the first time she's suggested that wealthy divorcing couples should be a little more generous with their charitable contributions, she said. "It's probably none of my business," Harper said, "but sometimes I just can't help myself."
Harper started her career with four years as a legal aid lawyer. "All of my clients were pretty poor," she said. "It certainly gave me perspective on how hard it is for people to get by."
At 65, she's retiring next year, and the divorce of Richard and Elizabeth Fliehr -- the wrestler's real last name -- will probably be one of her last big cases.
Tate Sterrett, a veteran family law attorney, says Harper is usually straightforward and thoughtful in court and well-respected by the bar. He said he was surprised by the tone of her memo, but he didn't find it inappropriate in a letter to lawyers.
"She doesn't usually do that," Sterrett said. "But I think all judges do from time to time. Judges all have tendencies."
Harper said she'll probably keep encouraging people to donate, regardless of any backlash. Whether they do is up to them.
"In this holiday season, I would love to see people give more of themselves," she said.
Judge Jane Harper
• Age: 65.
• Position: Mecklenburg County district judge.
• First elected: 1990.
• Prior experience: Family law specialist and staff attorney for Legal Services of Southern Piedmont.
• Education: Graduated from UNC Law School in 1980.
• Accomplishments: Helped start Mecklenburg's SelfServe Center in 1999, which assists people who argue their own cases, often because they can't afford lawyers.
• Family ties: Husband Woody Connette is a Charlotte lawyer.
Online Extra
See the judge's letter and read the full text at www.charlotte.com/news.
Scott Dodd: (704) 358-5168
Who needs JUDGE JUDY... when you have JUDGE JANE... right Nate?
;)
The following is... yet another article from The Charlotte Observer...
Give and take: Judge's letter sparks debate
SCOTT DODD
sdodd@charlotteobserver.com
The judge handling Ric Flair's divorce case sure got people talking when she laid the smackdown on the wrestler and his wife for their lavish spending.
Two thousand dollars a month on gifts? "Obscenely high," Judge Jane Harper wrote in a letter to the lawyers in the case.
Nearly $300 a month for pets? Those are some "very well-cared-for pets."
Fifteen hundred a month for meals? "Beyond my imagination ... for someone who has a kitchen at home," the judge wrote.
Harper ordered Flair to pay his wife $20,000 a month for support, based on an itemized list of their prior living expenses.
That includes $200 a month that Flair's wife says she gives as religious contributions.
"Whether she makes this or not," the judge wrote in September, "I've included it to encourage someone in this family to share a tiny smidgen of their huge wealth with someone besides themselves."
Harper also wrote that she would consider freezing the couple's assets after Flair liquidated a retirement fund "to get $92,000 for his girlfriend's finger."
After her comments were reported in Friday's Observer, some readers cheered the judge, while others said Harper had overstepped her bounds.
The case was widely discussed on pro wrestling message boards and news sites, where the "Nature Boy" -- or "Dirtiest Player in the Game," as he's also known -- is a polarizing character.
"Flair earns his money honestly and legally. It's none of this judge's business whether or not the Flairs share their money with anyone else," said Frank Krewda, a senior writer with Pro Wrestling Illustrated, in an e-mail to the Observer. "It's a shining example of a judge using her socialist principles and her position of power to hurt the wealthy."
Harper said she can't comment on the details of Flair's case while it's still in court. But she wrote the letter, which is now part of the public record, not long after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast.
"I told the lawyers, `It's hard for me to hear a case like this when there are people drowning and rioting in the street,' " Harper said Monday. "I try my best to keep my poker face on, but I don't always succeed."
It's not the first time she's suggested that wealthy divorcing couples should be a little more generous with their charitable contributions, she said. "It's probably none of my business," Harper said, "but sometimes I just can't help myself."
Harper started her career with four years as a legal aid lawyer. "All of my clients were pretty poor," she said. "It certainly gave me perspective on how hard it is for people to get by."
At 65, she's retiring next year, and the divorce of Richard and Elizabeth Fliehr -- the wrestler's real last name -- will probably be one of her last big cases.
Tate Sterrett, a veteran family law attorney, says Harper is usually straightforward and thoughtful in court and well-respected by the bar. He said he was surprised by the tone of her memo, but he didn't find it inappropriate in a letter to lawyers.
"She doesn't usually do that," Sterrett said. "But I think all judges do from time to time. Judges all have tendencies."
Harper said she'll probably keep encouraging people to donate, regardless of any backlash. Whether they do is up to them.
"In this holiday season, I would love to see people give more of themselves," she said.
Judge Jane Harper
• Age: 65.
• Position: Mecklenburg County district judge.
• First elected: 1990.
• Prior experience: Family law specialist and staff attorney for Legal Services of Southern Piedmont.
• Education: Graduated from UNC Law School in 1980.
• Accomplishments: Helped start Mecklenburg's SelfServe Center in 1999, which assists people who argue their own cases, often because they can't afford lawyers.
• Family ties: Husband Woody Connette is a Charlotte lawyer.
Online Extra
See the judge's letter and read the full text at www.charlotte.com/news.
Scott Dodd: (704) 358-5168
Who needs JUDGE JUDY... when you have JUDGE JANE... right Nate?
;)
The WWE.com bio on Ric Flair:
Height: 6 foot 1
Weight: 243 pounds
From: Charlotte, N.C.
Signature Move: Figure-Four Leglock
Career Highlights: WCW World Heavyweight Champion; WWE Champion; United States Champion; Intercontinental Champion; WCW World Tag Team Champion; WWE Tag Team Champion
WWE Debut: 1991
(never mind the fact that he'd been wrestling since 1975 - and made the NWA stand up to McMahon FOR YEARS (from circa 1980 to 1990, really; and then, from 1992 to 2001, he helped WCW trounce WWE on many an occasion!)
Trained By: Verne Gagne
(wow - McMahon naming a competitor - an erstwhile one really, which is why he does mention him...!)
Entrance Video: WATCH
Ric Flair has always known who he is — “a kiss-stealing, wheeling, dealing, jet-flying, limousine-riding son-of-a-gun” — despite never knowing for certain where he came from. Born in Memphis, he was less than a month old when a loving couple from Edina, Minnesota, adopted him from the Tennessee Children’s Home Society (an agency that became mired in scandal in the fifties for stealing infants from mothers on public assistance). Also born with a fondness for “going out and being the party,” it’s no surprise that Flair would leave a promising career as an insurance salesman (his first job after dropping out of the University of Minnesota) to train as a wrestler under the hard-hitting guidance of American Wrestling Association promoter Verne Gagne.
Even before inheriting the “Nature Boy” moniker from WWE Hall of Famer Buddy Rogers, Flair made his name on wrestling hour-long marathon matches, his cocky interview style, and his knack for shouting “Woooooo!” into microphones (a talent he developed after listening to Jerry Lee Lewis sing “Great Balls of Fire” on the car radio). Yet incredibly, he almost didn’t become the most celebrated champion in sports-entertainment history. On October 4, 1975, he was among five passengers injured after an improperly fueled Cessna 310Q twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed down in Wilmington, North Carolina. Doctors insisted that Flair, who had broken his back in three places, would never wrestle again. So he did the only thing he could do: ignore the doctors, rehab, and become a ring legend with a “flair” for championship gold. “I wish I could say that the plane crash humbled me,” he says, “but I just started living the life of the ‘Nature Boy’ and didn’t look back. I took my insurance settlement and bought my first new Cadillac.”
Despite experiencing his share of the business’ ups (he describes running with the Four Horsemen as “more fun than people could experience in five lifetimes”) and downs (he still refuses to forgive Eric Bischoff’s treatment of him during his final years at WCW), “Slick Ric” maintains that the party he started four decades ago is far from over. (“I’m having too much fun,” he says.) While at times he has been the dirtiest player in the game, Flair has never strayed from being “The Man” who most young sports-entertainers—WWE Superstars included—idolize. Even those unfamiliar with his storied career, the “styling and profiling” in custom-tailored sequined ring robes, or his “Nature Boy” strut know one thing when they hear “Woooooo!” shouted at a WWE live event, a craps table in a Las Vegas casino, or on the scoreboard at the RBC Center, home of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes: they’re in “Ric Flair Country.”
Whoooooooooooo!
;)
Height: 6 foot 1
Weight: 243 pounds
From: Charlotte, N.C.
Signature Move: Figure-Four Leglock
Career Highlights: WCW World Heavyweight Champion; WWE Champion; United States Champion; Intercontinental Champion; WCW World Tag Team Champion; WWE Tag Team Champion
WWE Debut: 1991
(never mind the fact that he'd been wrestling since 1975 - and made the NWA stand up to McMahon FOR YEARS (from circa 1980 to 1990, really; and then, from 1992 to 2001, he helped WCW trounce WWE on many an occasion!)
Trained By: Verne Gagne
(wow - McMahon naming a competitor - an erstwhile one really, which is why he does mention him...!)
Entrance Video: WATCH
Ric Flair has always known who he is — “a kiss-stealing, wheeling, dealing, jet-flying, limousine-riding son-of-a-gun” — despite never knowing for certain where he came from. Born in Memphis, he was less than a month old when a loving couple from Edina, Minnesota, adopted him from the Tennessee Children’s Home Society (an agency that became mired in scandal in the fifties for stealing infants from mothers on public assistance). Also born with a fondness for “going out and being the party,” it’s no surprise that Flair would leave a promising career as an insurance salesman (his first job after dropping out of the University of Minnesota) to train as a wrestler under the hard-hitting guidance of American Wrestling Association promoter Verne Gagne.
Even before inheriting the “Nature Boy” moniker from WWE Hall of Famer Buddy Rogers, Flair made his name on wrestling hour-long marathon matches, his cocky interview style, and his knack for shouting “Woooooo!” into microphones (a talent he developed after listening to Jerry Lee Lewis sing “Great Balls of Fire” on the car radio). Yet incredibly, he almost didn’t become the most celebrated champion in sports-entertainment history. On October 4, 1975, he was among five passengers injured after an improperly fueled Cessna 310Q twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed down in Wilmington, North Carolina. Doctors insisted that Flair, who had broken his back in three places, would never wrestle again. So he did the only thing he could do: ignore the doctors, rehab, and become a ring legend with a “flair” for championship gold. “I wish I could say that the plane crash humbled me,” he says, “but I just started living the life of the ‘Nature Boy’ and didn’t look back. I took my insurance settlement and bought my first new Cadillac.”
Despite experiencing his share of the business’ ups (he describes running with the Four Horsemen as “more fun than people could experience in five lifetimes”) and downs (he still refuses to forgive Eric Bischoff’s treatment of him during his final years at WCW), “Slick Ric” maintains that the party he started four decades ago is far from over. (“I’m having too much fun,” he says.) While at times he has been the dirtiest player in the game, Flair has never strayed from being “The Man” who most young sports-entertainers—WWE Superstars included—idolize. Even those unfamiliar with his storied career, the “styling and profiling” in custom-tailored sequined ring robes, or his “Nature Boy” strut know one thing when they hear “Woooooo!” shouted at a WWE live event, a craps table in a Las Vegas casino, or on the scoreboard at the RBC Center, home of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes: they’re in “Ric Flair Country.”
Whoooooooooooo!
;)
UPDATE 2007
Following the sad tragic events in Atlanta, I can safely assume that there will be NO HORSEMEN REUNION EVER NOW...
Chris Benoit committed the unthinkable.
And unspeakable.
''Woman'' aka Nancy Daus is dead.
Their son is no more either.
Ric Flair attended the funeral of the latter two, I do believe...
Pillman, Hennig and now Benoit are dead.
Windham, Vicious, Sting remain...
Ole, Arn, Tully and Roma are out of wrestling.
J.J. Dillon is retired, surely...
So will be Flair, before long...
Besides, McMahon never wanted to reform the Horsemen - it is not one of his ''creations'' - it was intrumental in the success of his competition for years and years...!
He allowed for a DVD to be released that celebrated the group - out of respect for Flair, but truly and mainly out of the desire to make a quick buck really...
He authorized a new version of the group - but under a name HE created: ''EVOLUTION''...
Now, with the Benoit stygma...
There will never be another team of Horsemen.
+++
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Following the sad tragic events in Atlanta, I can safely assume that there will be NO HORSEMEN REUNION EVER NOW...
Chris Benoit committed the unthinkable.
And unspeakable.
''Woman'' aka Nancy Daus is dead.
Their son is no more either.
Ric Flair attended the funeral of the latter two, I do believe...
Pillman, Hennig and now Benoit are dead.
Windham, Vicious, Sting remain...
Ole, Arn, Tully and Roma are out of wrestling.
J.J. Dillon is retired, surely...
So will be Flair, before long...
Besides, McMahon never wanted to reform the Horsemen - it is not one of his ''creations'' - it was intrumental in the success of his competition for years and years...!
He allowed for a DVD to be released that celebrated the group - out of respect for Flair, but truly and mainly out of the desire to make a quick buck really...
He authorized a new version of the group - but under a name HE created: ''EVOLUTION''...
Now, with the Benoit stygma...
There will never be another team of Horsemen.
+++
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