Ric Flair on Verne Gagne's Bootcamp

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[@mathewwatson3331]

What Verne did by not letting Ric quit the program, goes beyond his eye for talent. He made Ric face his fears, he toughened him up and got him (and the others) ready to be champions. Verne taught these men values that can be applied to all walks of life. He set them on their way - they took the ball and ran with it! Thank you Verne & thank you Ric 🙏

[@mrmike9793]

I think we can all think of at least one time when we could have used a presence like that in our lives.

[@ferox965]

Stu Hart, Verne Gagne, Eddie Sharkey and Hiro Matsuda basically built modern wrestling.

[@emptyhand777]

And Vince McMahon profited.

[@kmk900___]

@@emptyhand777 I mean I think the wrestling business wouldn't be as big at all if it wasn't for Vince.

[@wewin03]

God Bless Verne Gagne for not letting Ric quit. Usually trainers work you hard to drive you off.

[@angelvalle9963]

That camp produced some legends.

[@angelvalle9963]

Thank god vern did what he did the man had an eye for talent.

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

He sure did. I wonder if there was anyone that went through his camp didn’t land a solid position somewhere. The only guy who comes to mind is Chris Taylor.

[@anthonychurch726]

Thanks to Verne for not allowing Ric to become Ramblin' Ricky Rhodes.

[@timsullivan3715]

Star studded class. Like OVW having Cena, Randy Orton, Batista & Brock Lesnar.

[@weseisenschenkslostmusclec9123]

This class is the greatest graduating wrestling class in the history of wrestling.

[@Bat21bravo]

I went thru old school US NAVY Bootcamp @ 17, i get it. Ric is one tough SOB. Verne was US NAVY UDT Seals. Born again Hard.

[@emptyhand777]

That entire crew is still alive because Verne beat toughness into them.

[@grawakendream8980]

there's new insight everytime he shares this, this time him not being in shape and also that he would have came back eventually if he'd let him. maybe he would have traveled down to memphis to break in

[@johnjones3579]

Verne was a US Marine. Old school. “He slapped me and told me to get out there….”

[@alexirizarry3954]

Hey ric, could you do a video on Chris Benoit and your thoughts and his career and the tragedy? Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on it

[@q2rawgaming247]

At the bar in Tampa 💯

[@welshhibby]

wHOOOOOOOOO !!

[@bobbyhulll8737]

Brian Oldfield was an American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s. A standout shot putter, Oldfield was credited with making the rotational technique popular. With his "Oldfield spin," he set the indoor and outdoor world records in the sport many times.

[@Sargebri]

He was the first to put the shot 75 feet. Unfortunately, it wasn't recognized as a world record due to the fact that Oldfield was a professional and only amateur records were recognized at the time. Of course, track is now a professional sport.

[@bobbyhulll8737]

@@Sargebri cover of SI too

[@Sargebri]

@@bobbyhulll8737 I forgot about that.

[@chad3452]

what is really amazing to me is how many average joes think they can take these wrestling athletes in a fight

[@jonmccormick8683]

Getting in a fight with Flair you better expect to take some chips and a few "Wooo's". -and a 1hr match.

[@chad3452]

@@jonmccormick8683 😂 yeah but honestly imagine prime flair locking onto an average joe... there would be wrist locks, elbows, punches jus a slaughter idk how it would exactly go but those guys are really tough especially the old timers

[@MegaSammy70]

Anyone that doesn't think that Flair is legitimately tough need to go back and watch some of the matches he had with Wahoo McDaniel,Rcky Steamboat,Terry Funk,or Ronnie Garvin and see some of the chops that he would take from them.

[@jonathanhensley6141]

The old trainers made sure u had love for pro wrestling and people today would have quit. I heard Ole was just as tough and there was also the snake pit.

[@rareform6747]

300 lbs ...

[@curthennig9448]

Maybe more like 265 or 270 max.

[@redfoley9608]

Iron Sheik. Ken Patera. Flair