Ric Flair HATED Working With These Wrestlers

[@bubbabigback8291]

Bret Hart and Ric Flair buried the hatchet a while back. They have been very complementary towards each other recently. Hart was on Flair's podcast too. They chalked up the antagonism to a misunderstanding. The same thing happened with Foley and Flair. They're good now.

[@SirManfly]

And I could see Mick Foley patching things up with Flair because he seems like a pretty easy going guy.

[@TheMetalAllfather]

it's still kind of funny to hear what he said about Bret, knowing how easily Bret could've folded Ric's laundry while he was wearing it for decades.

[@2ndspingarage]

You're correct

[@JehovahJava777]

I think it’s all scripted anyway. There was no real beef

[@jdbankshot]

CHALKED.... not chocked. sorry, can't help myself.

[@CorruptCodeMonkey]

All bullshit aside. Flaire not only outlasted all of his rivals but he also showed he was willing to let himself slip down the card so long as it made sense. Even if you don’t respect him as a person he loves wrestling and genuinely practiced what he preached.

[@aegisofhonor]

I think Paul Roma was the guy who shot/no sold on that German wrestler and Flair was very quick to fire him on the spot for that infamous match.

[@danpoutsma1351]

Alex Wright at SuperBrawl V. Roma's story was that he told them he'd put Wright over, but not on TV. Flair or whoever said no problem, but then when he got to the show, he found out Wright was going over. He agreed to do the job, but was very unprofessional in the process and did what he could to make Wright look bad.

[@michaelpolcyn5187]

Didnt Brets matches pretty much follow a formula? Russian leg sweep, back breaker, mid rope elbow???

[@juanresto6756]

There were exceptions. It really depended on the opponents.

[@j.rivera6402]

Go watch his matches with Bam Bam Bigalow, Undertaker, Stone Cold, HBK, Diesel….Bret made everyone look like a million bucks.

[@johnjones3579]

Bret is a mark for himself. Bret - it’s a work. Settle down. See Montreal. Drop the belt. Setup rematches. Make money. Duh.

[@jeffreywhitaker6627]

You forgot the fake knee injuries lol

[@camerondalton1495]

To be fair, Shawn didn't make it easy. And he probably didn't like how Shawn got the finish change at One Night Only to go over Davey in his home state.

[@ojmcclanahan689]

During the time that Flair was suspended from WCW, the WWF had a Raw in Charlotte, NC. and Flair almost showed on Raw in the crowed. His son Reid had just won a state wrestling championship and they were gonna do an interview Reid on camera with Flair standing right there beside him. Lawyers wouldn't let it happen though.

[@SirManfly]

Ya that's a no-no !!

[@OverTheHeat1]

Ric Flair's hatred towards Eric Bischoff would top all of his wrestler's shit list

[@jeanlongsden1696]

Brett is 100% correct about Flair. every match he has done is by numbers. if you have seen 1 of his matches, you have seen them all.

[@rogueprince1341]

It's the same with Hogan unless he was in Japan, then he put effort into it

[@CPBRENNAN23]

FACTS!

[@IBeNerdy76]

Bret "the hypocrite" hart is incredibly talented and has a legacy...in terms of wwe and his ringwork. Ric flair has history with dozens of companies. Ric flair has an iconic moveset, if you really think Bret is right them that should also apply to stone cold, the rock, John cena, triple h, undertaker, kane and shawn Michaels.

[@Spermwhales93]

Yes, Flair's matches had a lot of the same spots in them. But, that meant that somebody who wasn't that great could be put with Flair and they'd look good, because Flair could just guide them through a Flair-by-numbers match where they knew what spots were coming and how to carry them out. It's not as if Bret wasn't guilty of using a lot of the same spots in his matches...

[@jeanlongsden1696]

@@IBeNerdy76 like you said "dozens of companies". in other words he only had the one match in various territories. he could get away with it back then, as fans would not see him in their town/city for months on end. unfortunately that all changed when he was on TV every week. fans got bored of the same match week in week out.

[@yws4645]

0:37 “they were the coolest team in the business……………. And Tully Blanchet”

[@jerrymarshall5965]

To be perfectly fair Bret could’ve had a long career with matches with many many more superstars but Goldberg ended that and he was buried in wcw by bad booking and creative during his run at wcw

[@chrischar9428]

So maybe skip that idiotic figure 4 spot

[@benadams3569]

😂

[@My19812011]

You know Bret wrestled a few matches including a hardcore match against Terry Funk within a 2-3 week period of the match at Starrcade right ? Also Bret CHOSE to do a spot where he put Goldberg in a figure four leg lock around the post outside the ring and hit his head badly on the concrete which may have been the worst concussion he suffered, I’ve always liked Bret but the whole ‘Goldberg ended my career’ thing is a possibility at best rather than fact

[@jerrymarshall5965]

@ the mule kick was brutal let’s b honest and the ring post spot Goldberg didn’t hold his weight that’s y Bret hit his head albeit he should’ve just skipped the spot cus Goldberg was really green from having nothing but squash matches never honing his in ring work and yes Bret had a few matches afterwards b4 finding how bad it was but that mule kick ended him maybe Goldberg called it late or maybe Bret was 2 dazed to react in time cus of the ring post spot either way that kick ended him no doubt about it

[@My19812011]

Yes it was definitely a stiff kick and maybe mistimed but these things happen in wrestling even with the best in ring workers, Bret has said himself he knew how bad it was after the match so why have more matches after until getting better and Bret being the in ring general he was should have skipped the figure four spot for sure Bret knew that Goldberg had never had long matches so as much as Bret wanted the masterpiece match should have limited his expectations and done a basis match, it’s not as if WCW from 1995 onwards was known for great in ring work outside of the CW division

[@TonyMontanaDS]

Brett Heart was right and he's also the reason so many of us became wrestling fans.

[@IBeNerdy76]

Seeing people dog on Ric saying that he's overated and was never good are just flat out ridiculous. He was famous for a reason, he's respected for a reason, he's been a 15 time world champion for a reason, thats because he was always entertaining in any era of wrestling. He's perfectly rated as one of the greats and i don't even like the guy irl. But i still respect what he did for wrestling.

[@legendarybroly2]

He was a true world champ defending it around the world in different territories and not just one company

[@MillaShiesty]

True but he was a 16x champ😊

[@jeffreyivery4299]

Go Back And Look at His Record When He Was With The NWA And look at his Run LOL in my view he is the greatest professional wrestler of all time nature Boy Ric Flair

[@mikewilson7036]

None of the guys who knock him could do what he did as NWA champion.

[@Atalas5]

@@MillaShiesty Flair has said it's more than that, but that is the number WWE recognizes. a few of the reign's he thinks of were unification matches with other world titles, so while not carrying and defending a new world title it was still a tally mark to him.

[@Travelling..Bottle..Digger]

I never cared for Bret Hart. He had the name "Hitman" and that was as far as his character development went.... he was just another guy

[@camerondalton1495]

His anti American gimmick and heel turn was really good though.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Of course some wrestlers hated working with ric you know why cause ric was that guy

[@michaelfolino2312]

Douglas has always maintained that he was and is a fan of Flair' in ring work and mic skills. He considers Flair to be one of the best. His issues with Flair are personal. He felt that Ric was fake, and he didn't like the politics Ric played. From everything presented, I see no reason doubt Douglas.

[@chrischar9428]

So Douglas is any different

[@thevoid99]

bret>>>>flair. bret is what made me love pro wrestling. hogan may have opened the door on what pro wrestling is but it was bret that made me become a fan.

[@arkansasgreg]

Brett is a mark. He was just jealous that he wasn't over like Ric.

[@pinroshan020]

@@arkansasgregyou must be anti-canada. Lmao

[@markula_4040]

@@pinroshan020 you must be anti-intelligent. Lmao

[@joeblo5804]

if you really like BH, utube has some of his stampede matches from 79 - 83. the ones with dyamite are off the charts.

[@DixiePokerAce]

Bret Hart didn't draw money as the WWF Champion. He was a great in ring guy but he had very little personality. Ric Flair wrestled just about EVERYBODY. He could work with anyone.

[@stevencarter4338]

Power & Glory had the best tag team finishing maneuver. In my opinion.

[@mosj9876]

That David Arquette bit was to promote the movie , Ready To Rumble, that had the WCW allstar cast in it. I dont think that was deliberate to have David hold the title for WCW but for the movie. The match was more of a promotion stunt.

[@g.holland4862]

It was a horrible idea

[@KTKZon58]

That promo Steiner cut on Flair is among the greatest in wrestling history

[@bubbabigback8291]

The part where he forgets that Buddy Rogers is dead, calls for him to get hired and then realizes he's dead is amazing. Also the shar pei line. 🤣

[@mister54336.]

Puppy

[@mister54336.]

​@@bubbabigback8291 scott Steiner: "ahh I didn't know that buddy Rogers is dead, God rest his Soul."

[@chrischar9428]

Yeah marble mouth wouldn't know a good promo if it injected itself in his ass

[@geraldmorgan6906]

I still remember watching it live to this day. Couldn't believe they didn't cut his mic off after the first ten seconds. Thankfully they let him go though because it was glorious.

[@Teddy42O]

Ric Flair called Teddy Long N word & bullied him, but he didn't call Ron Simmons or Butch Reed N word to their face without gun, they would end him 😂

[@AllenJr3]

Facts

[@erykahm4307]

Exactly

[@jamesrussell6123]

Ric Flair know better not to do just that

[@DixiePokerAce]

I have no idea if this is true but I never heard Flair having heat with Butch Reed or Ron Simmons.

[@shooter86-uw8ce]

He called S D Jones the N word as well

[@KumaKumeTheBear]

I remember watching a teddy long interview... he said Ric Flair said some wild stuff to him back in the day

[@Blackseed1999]

I haven't watched this yet but i can bet that Paul Roma is going to be on this list

[@Morbos1000]

I always thought Flair was massively overrated. I wouldn't put him in my list of the all time greats. I say that as someone who was a kid in the 80s and so saw him at his peak in the WCW. Also, his behavior on the plane ride from hell has made me lose all respect for him.

[@IrishKyokushin]

Sadly he tarnished his legacy by staying on longer than he should have. His recent runs and that "Last Match ever" were horrible and embarrassing. He could have a nice Legends contract with WWE [and you know Hunter would take care of him]

[@brianezell5790]

It doesn’t matter where you would put him. He was the second biggest draw of the 1980s. He put butts in seats. He sold like no other. He took Sting to greatness. He took Ricky Steamboat to greatness. Ric Flair’s promos are legendary. People still remember his promos to this day.

[@seanlamar29]

​@@brianezell5790 no they dont

[@reignkaida]

@@brianezell5790”If you’re not first, you’re last “ -Reese Bobby.

[@AndreNDP]

Plainly, Flair and Hogan are 1-2 on any best ever list of someone who knows what they're doing. You can do either order, but it has to be one of the two.

[@danpoutsma1351]

I think some of the heat between Flair and Foley went back to 1994 when Flair was booking WCW But not because Foley thought he was a bad booker (which I disagree with, the WCW product was good in both 1989 and the first part of 1994 (before Hogan came in) under Flair), but because Foley spat on the WCW tag team belt while doing a promo in ECW. Flair found out somehow and he got pissed off without actually watching the promo and the context. Foley wasn't long for WCW after that, sticking around for about another 3 months.

[@thegreatone5268]

Excellent video.

[@csnide6702]

Nobody worked a match like Flair ----- WOOOOOOO

[@ValleyProud916]

I didn't really like Flair or Hogan until they got older. I had to give them props once they got in their 40s

[@MadBenzo]

Flair had the juice to win the Royal Rumble as the first name called. Flair can wrestle!!!

[@YourFired-md8tq]

Great job on this video but you also left out the honky tonk man he hated flair with a passion to

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

10:37 Totally thought that was Will Sasso as Stone Cold for a second

[@TheOther644]

Yeah, I'm with Bret and call bull about him being hurt after a match with Warrior. Warrior was stiff, as were some others too, but he never hurt anyone like that. Even if he hated you he wouldn't purposefully hurt anyone. Like Jimmy Hart once said that Warrior was just so intense that when he grabbed you or hits you he could leave you bruised and/or sore. That's it and no one ever needed to see the doctor backstage, missed work, gone to the hospital or had their career ended because of Warrior. I'm not saying the man is perfect, but careless and injuring others he did not.

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Really? Ask Bobby Heenan about that. He purposely hurt his neck. He tried stiffing Andre, until Boss had enough. Warriors best match was WM6 and Hogan had to lead him through it when he wanted to quit after 10 min

[@TheOther644]

@@c.l.freeman7654 Heenan had neck issues long before Warrior, and according to Heenan he asked Warrior not to touch his neck but he did. 2 things with that, Warrior could have touched is neck in the heat of the moment, or Heenan never told him. Cuz according to Warrior, Heenan never ones told him about it before or after. Heenan was a well known 2faced liar. But given how much the 2 hated each other, I'd take anything they say about each other with a grain of salt. Warrior was stiff with everyone, its just how he wrestled and he didn't purposefully hurt anyone. Andre health was bad and when Warrior hit him it hurt more then normal. He did ask Warrior to slow down, but he would get pumped and come in flying like normal. Still, Warrior and Andre had no issues with each other. Even after Andre popped him one/let him run into his fist to let him know to slow down, Warrior had nothing but respectful things to say about him. Not sure how long Warrior's matches have anything to do with what I said? But Warrior had many great matches other then WM6, and Hogan is a liar. The guy that once admitted to being jealous of Warrior actually said 5 to 6mins into a 24+min match. He claimed Warrior wanted to quit 5 or 6mins in, but the moment he says it happened was really 14mins in. But if you want to believe a guy that claims that he wanted to be Hollywood Hulk Hogan right after he lost that match in 1990. Or that he was the last guy to wrestle Andre the Giant before he died. Even tho their match was at WM3 in 1987, and Andre passed in 1993 and was with AJPW the year before. And his last solo match in WWf was actually with Warrior in 1989, and not Hogan. Among the many lies this man continues to tell.

[@30907bng]

Warrior dropped Flair on his head during a match in Phonenix AZ in '92, Flair was supposed to go to the mayo clinic for observation due to his equilibrium being off, but didn't go, read his book it's in there.

[@TheOther644]

@@30907bng I'm sorry but just cuz Flair wrote it in his book doesn't mean its actually true. I'm not saying accidents don't happen, but after re-watching that match, not once did Warrior drop Flair on his head. According to the vid he said Warrior messed up his equilibrium by beating on him, in his book he says it was cuz Warrior dropped him on his head? All excuses he used for putting on a bad match with Bret years later. They've had 7 matches with Warrior winning 2 (which were after the Phoenix one) and the rest by DQ, and no mention or anything of Warrior hurting him. But Bret calls him out for the bad performance years later, and before Flair's book, and suddenly its Warrior's fault?

[@Damien-q8t]

Nothing more than a washed-up drunk these days....so sad to see him fall so far.

[@WidSilson]

He's now promoting his weed strain

[@GuidoGrasso]

Flair has made more money in the last 10 years than he has his entire wrestling career.

[@Damien-q8t]

@GuidoGrasso be that is it may be it doesnt change the FACT he is a washd up drunk well past it.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

Man its unbelievable when fans start being total idiots. He did more in his career than any of you haters did in your entire lives

[@Damien-q8t]

Its not about hate .its about the REALITY.he is a washed up drunk​@KINGMONKEY1989

[@andyjackson304]

Flair said in an interview that he didn't consider himself the greatest wrestler of all time but he considered himself the greatest wrestler who had hardly any offense. He said he had the chop, figure 4, a basic working punch, and the low blow to the jewels. He did say if he was wearing green trunks, it usually was a tell that he was not going over.

[@kizunadragon9]

if you were working with Rick you knew you were going to have a great match and a great night. For all his bluster and bravado in front of the camera, when it was off he is one of the most caring down to earth people ever. You really had to be a special kind of asshole to really get on Rick's bad side

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Scott Steiner f'd me up real bad in Puerto Rico

[@stevegallo8483]

Paul Roma was a good hand in the ring, but he wasn't Horsemen material. Should be no surprise that Flair hates Russo and Bischoff.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Kmart has only 2 stores left in existence.

[@pip7967]

In a promo Stevie Richard's said somthing about flair not giving the younger guys a spot. Which is true. I don't need to see flair vs triple h for the 400th time.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

Regarding the big gold belt - yes, we can all agree it was a prop - but the whole dramatic or theatrical import of such a prop is to invest it with gravitas. Ric Flair did that with both the WCW title and when he won the WWF one. I actually have more time than most, for Vinnie Russo, but his mishandling of the belt really was a massive denigration of the confectionery festooned around it. He could have done his crash TV thing without devaluing the prime McGuffin. Some have said that he put it on himself to fulfil a childhood dream. But McMahon did this angle quite successfully because it was in the service of a totally self-ironic storyline, and in the furtherance of his “top guy”, as he was constantly thwarted. I think they did the same thing for different reasons. Vince McMahon always wanted to have his grandiose character humiliated; Vince Russo wanted to shit on others. I think I can say this with authority because my name is Vinny. 😅

[@JasonPeck-pf6rn]

I think John Tenta should be in hall of fame

[@SuperNovaDwarf]

Paul Roma : "Flair, You're jealous of my looks!" Flair : "I'M RIC FLAIR!, WHAT DO I HAVE TO BE JEALOUS OF!?"

[@seanbates282]

My favorite version of the four horsemen were Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and Barry Windham

[@minimaltrace]

Flair really was of the old school where the heat between the matches almost mattered more than the stuff IN the matches, whereas Bret was always about what was put in the ring and in front of the fans. As for Mick Foley .. to say that someone who has given so much of his life, LITERALLY almost his LIFE, to a buisness, when the most Flair has done was cut his forhead a little or maybe twist an ankle .... yeah, that's just denial and a clear indication that Flair should have retired 20 years ago when his mind was still at 20%.

[@MrDan11422]

Ric Flair raped woman. Needs prison.

[@CraigzyRock]

Mick Foley did great stunts. Yes, he was the best ever in that aspect. Bret Hart was one of the two best technically skilled in the ring. Bret Hart also put his money where his mouth is and expected that of everyone. Rightfully so. Ric Flair was pretty good in the ring and had a big heart and passion for the wrestling entertainment industry. But the promos he did with all that yelling and arrogance was always a complete turnoff to me. I couldn’t ever actually like Ric Flair. I see people respect him. I see people really like him. Others don’t. But I don’t care so much for him because of his M.O. He’s just an egomaniac and a nut job that is completely overrated and annoying as hell. That is his identity. I’m sorry.

[@g.holland4862]

Ric almost died in a plane crash traveling between gigs. He was pretty close to losing his life for wrestling as well.

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Flair is dead wrong about Bret. Bret Hart is a _wrestler's wrestler_ and could fold up a guy like Ric ten ways from Sunday in a real wrestling bout. Ric Flair is a showman, probably the showman in all of pro sports, but he's not a *WRESLTER.* Bret Hart was offered a spot on Team Canada's Olympic Wrestling team more than once, and there's the high probability he could've competed against Kurt Angle had he accepted, and made it into the finals, but he was too busy being THE GUY in The WWF. Ric hasn't a leg to stand on compared to _actual_ athletes like Kurt Angle, Bret Hart, Dean Simon (Dean Malenko) or Brock Lesnar, and Shelton Benjamin, or even Scott & Richard Reichsteiner, "The Steiner Brothers". Men with actual colligate wrestling backgrounds and actual wrestling ability. It's kinda laughable to hear Ric talking about someone the likes of Bret who had almost a decade worth of experience in the ring before Vince McMahon bought Stampede, knowing full well he'd get embarrassed in an actual athletic contest that wasn't pre-determined in his favor.

[@edselhannahs2353]

He was a successful amateur wrestler in high school

[@RomanZ-zy1ef]

Flair used to be my favorite but after learning he had a massive debt behind the scenes i immediately removed him from my favorite list his debt is massive because he owes people money including his exes from his previous failed marriages that's why he can't retire to this day and will keep wrestling even in his 90s until he dies in the ring.

[@Darren-r8l]

Bret and Ric are cool with each other now.Scott Steiner doesn't realize Flair put in a word with upper management to help get Scott Steiner hired in 1991.

[@chrischar9428]

Uhh steiner came in 89

[@DeadKoby]

Paul Roma was a good talent....... he didn't have the history with the group and felt out of place. He just didn't have the history in WCW as the others.

[@xodiaq]

Flair was always a slapstick cartoon of wrestling. If anybody watched a Flair match and had any thought that it wasn’t scripted, they had to be high AF.

[@jameswilson4399]

As a wrestling fan I have read the problem with Paul Roma as a horseman was not his cosmetic look but 2 factors 1 he was a mid card talent wrestler at best and he had a sub par work ethic and was booked into a position greater than his ability a poor choice on Dusty's part

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Methinks Dusty decided to f**k with Arn and Ric when he put Roma in the Horsemen

[@jazzy_xxx]

"Methinks" 😂

[@terminat1]

I wonder what Flair thought of Hercules (and vice versa).

[@gary_stavropoulos]

If you think Ric Flair represents class, I am glad I don’t have to personally interact with you.

[@jamesstough5695]

My buddy, Rick flair. One of the best in the business! He was such a great talent. I only regret we never had a match together.

[@Abraxus81]

I dont know where you get the bullshit at 6:00 what flair supposedly said about Bret, search for "What Ric Flair REALLY thinks of Bret Hart" he got immense respect for him and saying: "he is probably one of the 2 or 3 best Wrestlers of all time. Maybe the best Technichian in the History of the Business.

[@Outlier68]

Flair was a master heel and a sensational performer. He was never afraid to bump for somebody and goof when he needed to. He was a durable champion and skilled on the mic. He WAS WCW.

[@THECONTROVERSIALCYCLIST]

Brett nailed it. I love flair but all his matches all the same. I come for the promos and in hope of A Whoooooo off. Whooooo😮😂 Dick Flair 😂😂😂 Dude you simp for Dick Flair 😮

[@timfitzgerald1035]

I remember R.F. when he started in the AWA.

[@daniloferrazbr]

Flair had a killer promo and was a staple in the territory days. But if you look at his work objectively, it's just chops, beg-off and low blows. Entertaining, yes. Greatest wrestler of all time? C´mon.

[@AngelusNielson]

Counterpoint in Heart's favor. He's not a creepy sex offender.

[@chrischar9428]

Serial cheater

[@BRYANTYLER-w7r]

Good or bad, Rick Flair is an Icon. You gotta give the man credit for all He's been through and all that he's done through thick and thin. Nobody sold it like him. Watch his matches.

[@jdbankshot]

i remember when ric said "paul roma". laughter first, followed by stunned silence. hey paul, if you ever read this, i dunno, congrats on being able to read.

[@bradleylove8606]

He had good matches when he was younger but his matches after mid 80s were all the same. They should have retired the dummy. He turned into a joke.

[@michaelkeller5927]

Flair sucks. He only knows how to have one match and they're all boring. If youve seen one flair match youve seen them all.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

Yeah, not many huge Superstars ever did that 🙄. His career speaks for itself. This means nothing coming from a no mark 🤡

[@Keethsteel]

Greatest of all time wooooo!!!!!

[@joejacobs3537]

And only made millions of dollars doing it....

[@ChristopherJohn4389]

Thank you for settling the debate 😒

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

@@joejacobs3537Its not what you make, its what you save.

[@l-wolverine2211]

Shane Douglas will always be one of the biggest jokes in Wrestling History

[@bdono555]

If you want to get into it the company didn't turn a profit when flair was the number one guy, it took a bunch of WWE guys to make WCW profitable. And I've never understood flairs appeal in the ring, I think Brett is right there isn't a lot of variation in his matches and he wrestled a lot of stinkers against big men.

[@CliffordMoore-k6r]

Flair sandbagged Scott Steiner as well. I’m sure there are more examples. Btw I’m a huge Ric Flair fan.

[@thehellobandwiscthehelloba7655]

paul was a body who worked up north and stations didnt bleed over.. he had no idea what the horsemen were.. and paul got the females flair couldnt get cuz he had the bodty the horsemen didnt have..

[@McMahonHater]

They probably hated working with him too.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

Flair was an anchor on WCW .

[@graemenicol6377]

Roma didn't replace Tully in the Horsemen Tully left in 1988 Roma didn't join till about 1993.

[@IrishKyokushin]

I think they meant that Roma took Tully's spot and tag team partner for Arn Anderson.

[@danpoutsma1351]

​@IrishKyokushin It wasn't made clear.. Tully and Arn were going to come back together in 1989 after giving notice to the WWF, but Tully failed a drug test before they left. So Jim Herd didn't bring him back, and Arn was forced to take a pay cut because Herd felt he wasn't as valuable without Tully. Then WCW was going to bring Tully back again in 1993, but there were financial disagreements, and they brought in Roma to take his place.

[@johnreece5540]

For me Ric Flair career breaks down into two categories. Before 1998 and after 1998. Before 1998 Ric Flair is definitely one of the greatest of all time. After 1998 Young people see Ric Flair as that old man getting beaten up all the time. Ric Flair definitely is one of the all time great. There are very few professional wrestlers that could wrestle marathon sixty minute matches night after night after night for over twenty years. Flair recited some of the greatest promos. While "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes greatly embodied the good natured and loveable working man. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair embodied the company CEO very sure of themself and full of themself. Always charasmatic, condensing, and someone that everyone wanted to beat the tar out of them one time or another. Ric Flair could definitely play the role of the "Baby Face". Ric Flair was more loved "The Heel" With the exception of watching the match where Ric Flair was placed into Retirement by Shawn Michaels and a few other matches. Really difficult to watch a Ric Flair match after 1998. Another indication was a match that Ric Flair had with Billy Kidman. Ric Flair was showing in that match that "Father Time" had definitely passed him by. Oddly enough Billy Kidman match with Hulk Hogan was a display that "Father Time" was passing "The Hulkster" by. So 1998 that a good many Professional Wrestling Journalist and podcasters and fans will breakdown Ric Flair's Professional career before 1998 and after 1998.

[@graemenicol6377]

@@danpoutsma1351 do you mean the drug test that was faked by Vince because to this day Tully insists he never took any drugs apart from proscribed medication.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Thought Hogan would be here

[@middlefinger1565]

Or Dutch Mantell.

[@daocvet]

Flair "Foley is a glorified stunt man": Me "yea that's what all wrestlers are, your point?". Flair had the same problems as Hogan, they stayed too long as wrestlers, can't blame em, hard to stop getting that money and wrestlers didn't have pension back then or insurance so them staying too long makes sense. Flair never wanted to let go of the championship, and as a WCW fan, it got old, REAL quick. It was super annoying how they always had him win, especially when there were wrestlers that were more popular, but WCW never could cash in on it cause Flair never helped to put anyone over. It's the biggest reason why WCW never could compete with WWF(WWE) back in the day. Wasn't until Hogan came over with the whole NWO gimmick that really put WCW on the map, and that got mismanaged to all hell. Respect to Flair for what he accomplished, but it's not like he was winning all those matches on his own(as if they were real and not scripted for him to win). He was champion for too long of stretches without ever losing the belt, always with the 4 horseman doing some kind of run in for him to win, and it was just tiring. And it has always been known that he took his gimmick from that one wrestler(he admitted it himself way back yonder), I can't think of that wrestlers name off the top of my head(it was before my time), but it would be super easy to look it up, almost everything is exact, the look, the entrance, etc...

[@kennygunter9327]

I don't care what anyone says bloodline will never see the day they as impactful and good as the Four Horseman

[@AnthonyChobotdoespopcult-jz7jr]

Never like him

[@josegarciacontreras5915]

He is problaby worried😂

[@flintironstag2381]

I almost forgot that Paul Roma was part of the four horseman. Nothing against Paul, but he didn't really fit in. I dont recall them pushing Paul Roma to elevate him beforehand, then it might have worked better. Personally, I liked him better in power and glory. Eric bischoff made Ric flair looked like a total chump against hulk Hogan in WCW. It was awful IMHO. By this time, hulk Hogan's usual psyche up, point, block, punch, boot off the ropes, leg drop for the win was very stale. When i was at a WCW event when hulk Hogan was still the hero and flair the villain, hulk got BOOED loudly and flair was cheered.

[@SPACEM0NKEY1102]

Flair was a flabby old grandpa in the 90’s. Never liked him

[@donsmeltzer4083]

Yes, he was past his prime in the 90s. But the late 70s and early 80s was his heyday.

[@DixiePokerAce]

Flair should have been done by about 1995.

[@jaredwhite200]

Rick Flair is one of the most overrated wrestlers of all time

[@DixiePokerAce]

You are nuts. Flair helped make the careers of TONS of guys. Flair had a real world champion schedule to maintain. No other performer could do what he did in the 80s as the NWA Champion.

[@MojoMedicineMan]

Barry Windham was a good "Horseman". 👍

[@bradpeterson7957]

I met him once. Once was enough.

[@mikephilbeck5199]

Yea, I met him once in the 70's at a bar. We knocked down a couple cold ones and had a great time.

[@watersandblue6001]

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[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Flair HATED working with those wrestlers? There should be a list of wrestlers who HATED working with HIM! Flair was like Hogan, taking opportunities away from the younger wrestlers

[@MrDan11422]

Rick raped women. This ass needs prison

[@chrischar9428]

Aside from the tons of jobs he did

[@My19812011]

Flair’s main issue is he always believes he’s right or things should be his way even when they shouldn’t, at times with some of these he is right but in some he certainly wasn’t right

[@AndreasMischke-q2f]

I do not get it. They earned there money with wrestling each other. And after years they shit in each other.

[@ShadowCloutJutsu]

Ok Bret Hart is definitely bitter & talks a bunch of shit out of anger cus from the screwjob down to Goldberg kicking his head off ending his career but honestly when Flair said put him & hart next to each other & who’s Bret like what flair is a legend great mic skills but Hart was 10x better wrestler in the ring. Bret didn’t lie when he said flair has had the same match same moves every time cus he has since like 76 lol always did the feint spot & before he got too old he’d do that flipping the rope and landing outside on apron to get knocked down off the apron

[@dewaynesharp3898]

If Ricky Morton had been bigger he would have been world champion

[@johnreece5540]

Ricky Morton didn't want to put a stranglehold on Robert Gibson's career. That's why the World Title went to "The Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin.

[@Tsmoke1414]

I never liked Flair.

[@JerichoMile4]

Ole Anderson truly did not like Ric Flair !!!

[@DEADHEAD16090976]

No mention for flairs hatred of the ultimate warrior?

[@benadams3569]

Bret Hart whined and complained? It's so unlike him. *coughssarcasmcoughs*

[@darylwille4878]

Sting should’ve never been a horsemen! Big mistake! Greg” the Hammer” Valentine would’ve been the perfect horsemen

[@ts.elliot5870]

I hated Flair as a kid. The kid was right.

[@bassclay100]

its funny cause if foley said the shit steiner said flair would have stabbed mick but yet flair wont touch what steiner said lololol jee i wonder y????

[@Micheal-w8i]

RI flair there will never be another best promo only man to be the 60 minute man consistently night after night flair will always be the greatest of all time the real GOAT

[@jaxondawson8947]

I guess if you consider doing EVERYTHING that Ric wants or says & having zero input as "easy to work with", then yes he certainly was easy to work with

[@roobear78]

Flair is a teenager in a old mans body that never wants to grow up! Brets a self indulged lunatic but was spot on with his call out of flairs matches! Ric flair was an attraction but it all went to his head and he believed his own gimmick and lately tarnished what legacey he had left by his antics and constant need to make money because hes blown his over and over!

[@brianpegram6002]

Vince and Flair agreed for Flair to leave and as this is scripted Sports Entertainment wrestling it is what it is. An agreement like all others so why not let him win and move on.

[@j.rivera6402]

Flair didn’t draw shit in the 90s, 00s, or the 10s and was absolutely the same Match, 100% of the time. He couldn’t draw in the 90s to the point that Ted Turner had to buy Hulk Hogan. Flair also had a 20 year head start on Bret…while Bret had to be the guy after the steroid scandals. Flair also didn’t make anyone look good in the 90s/00s/10s. Folks had to carry his old ass through matches.

[@JJbm4233]

My agree with your assessment of rent and flare in the past it doesn’t acknowledge the friendship now

[@timfox5337]

Ric is the greatest of all time

[@walterhager8626]

Flair a one trick pony that struck gold at the right time. I don't know who their own biggest fan of himself Flair or Hogan😂

[@seanlamar29]

I didnt care for flair

[@chrischar9428]

He's losing sleep

[@seanlamar29]

@chrischar9428 get off his sack

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Clearly, neither Flair nor certain people he worked with were WOOed by the other side.