Ric Flair on Ricky Steamboat's wife affecting his career

[@mg19cal]

"And if you don't believe I'm a 60 minute man, ask your wife"

[@johndoe-bw8wx]

“Why don’t you come home and help the misses with the dishes” I’ll never forget when he told Steamboat that!! 🤣

[@joselozada24]

Yeah, why don't you help the missus with the dishes pal, im going downtown😂

[@markula_4040]

Damn, he's right. Ricky Steamboat has been married just as many times as Flair. The only difference is his 5th marriage is still going while Flair's isn't.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

They've been married the same number of times, but Flair has slept with more wives.

[@furnaccio]

Ironically when flair and steamboat fought each other - the gimmick was Flair was the party guy while steamboat was the family man. Steamboat, at the time, actually has been divorced more times than flair.

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

​@@theevilascotcompany9255 lol. Witty.

[@USSOBRIEN]

You can say what you want, but every Ric Flair feud felt organic. He was that damn good!

[@megamouthspike1930]

There was certainly a time when Ric Flair was the top heel in all of pro wrestling. I think that the chronic pain from the plane crash in 1975, (added to all of the bumps he'd taken in the ring) began to take it's toll on him in the early 1990s. From there, he began to decline. That being said, given his age, and his injuries, Flair had an amazing amount of vigor from the early 1990s to the late 20-teens.

[@RealYRM]

Steamboat is on his fifth wife, you wouldn't think it... but I guess it shows that it doesn't matter what you try to do for women, they'll never be content in the long term.

[@asadr4264]

They saw him coming lol

[@markbusler4988]

Flair said it best. Him and Ricky were tied on the most divorces at 4. Now that's something to aspire to !

[@jeffcarr1754]

Steamboats name should be right up there with the greatest.... its not. Flair is right... she was an attention hog and like a lot of women ....instead of support of her mate..... is actual jealous not over them.... but of him.

[@user-jq2iz9zn4p]

@@jeffcarr1754 My mother-in-law was a Mrs. Steamboat fan.

[@codyjohnson8959]

Not all of them are like that.... or that's what people keep telling me anyways lol

[@bobsmith1693]

The Flair/Steamboat trilogy from 1989 is pro rasslin at it's best. All 3 matches are different and all 3 matches are top shelf.

[@GrimeBot-io7ho]

Ricky Steamboat is so fucking underrated.

[@megamouthspike1930]

Unfortunately, Ricky Steamboat was more or less "black-balled" by Vince McMahon, after he was given his release in 1987, to spend time with his wife and newborn son, Richie. Once Ricky lost his spot in the WWF, he never got it back. 4 years later, Steamboat was brought back into the WWF as "The Dragon", a simple "card filler" position on the roster. He deserved a lot better treatment than that.

[@mr.mr.4772]

No he's not.

[@youngzeus87]

Steamboat is the best babyface worker ever. His offense was pure and he sold like a champ.

[@shanec1669]

He was always my favorite back in those days. I started watching, that I can remember, shortly after WM2

[@Zero8880]

@@megamouthspike1930 According to Bret Hart though, Steamboat almost got the world title during his second run. It was between Steamboat and Bret, on who would take over Hogan's mantle as "The Guy".

[@undertakerzfanz1948]

Ric was wrestling 60-minute matches way before WrestleMania 12

[@Rainchild33082]

Ric's been going 60 minutes since the start. Its crazy

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

twice in a day

[@user-jq2iz9zn4p]

"You can ask any woman in Richmond, daddy, I'm a sixty minute man!" -- Nature Boy Ric Flair

[@CalvinTennessee]

wow thanks captain obvious

[@neilb1334]

I work at a behavioral health/mental hospital 🏥 and I go 720 minutes a night every shift.

[@larryhatcher8927]

That seems so long ago...and it was 40+ year.....and yes I saw one of those hour long Flair Steamboat matches. That's pretty much as good as professional wrestling ever got.

[@soitsanightmare]

It's not fair to flair

[@mushroom13cfh]

Never been a flair fan at all but dam is he one of the best storytellers

[@dethaddr]

WOOOOOOOO!!!! Ric Flair FINALLY got someone to do proper podcasting with! Love the interaction here, he's not annoying and actually lets Ric Speak!!!!

[@brentpotuszynski6181]

I’m no fan of Madden but flairs a dog for what he did to him. His wife has left him apparently because he still wants to party. Loser.

[@JoeKerr420]

Yeah Mark Madden fuckin sucks

[@vincentdimurro8246]

Conrad is his son in law plus he know how to conduct an interview not like Madden always talking over everyone.

[@brentpotuszynski6181]

@@vincentdimurro8246 I don’t deny any of that. But flair dogged someone who was apparently one of his best friends.

[@shayneholder9300]

Thanks to Steamboat he was a awesome wrestler

[@EM-xb1uc]

The professional Wrestling business is not meant for the family man. Working between 200 - 300 days of the year and traveling on a consistent basis will destroy the family household. Family comes first. You can understand why his wife did what she did. Ricky Steamboat has to consider them first. If Ricky Steamboat were to wrestle locally then maybe that would have been a better option for him to remain in the wrestling business without compromising not being with his family. Since he would've been able to spend more time with them more often than not..That's why you hear why some of these Wrestlers are more dysfunctional and their families than the average family are.. Their wives and children are the ones who pay the ultimate sacrifice for the glory of these wrestlers career. Which shouldn't be the case. No career is worth destroying the family household. Financial support alone is not enough. You have to be a good husband, and father as well. By spending times with your family at home. Not traveling 300xs a year without barely seeing them and thinking that's OK. Because it's not. Maybe a few times will be ok. But not in excessiveness. Most of these Wrestlers are miserable and even suicidal because of that. That's not healthy at all. Smh..😮

[@leverage2279]

Or they could just do the same as HHH who married the wrestling promotion's daughter or any woman who works for wrestling and is constantly on tour with them so that they would not be away from each other that much.

[@RealDaveTalk]

Being in the wrestling business, this can be tough, but also it can destroy your family because you don’t see your wife and kids a lot. As result, many wrestlers end up getting divorced from their wives and also have an impact on their children because their father or mothers are never around them. I think smaller promotions like AEW, NWA, or Imapct don’t do house shows unlike the WWE does and the rest of those organizations will get to spend time with their families.

[@vanealmorrow6024]

Yes he left the WWF right after winning the Intercontinental title from Savage and his World title reign was only a few months too.

[@mr.perksy]

Yes, and when he came back towards end of 87 after taking time off he was only with WWF maybe another 6 months.

[@edwardclement102]

@@mr.perksy But he was the best match man in WWE Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage and in NWA Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Ricky's wife seemed pretty controling and possessive as well. The whole angle had good moments but I think the whole family guy vs party man thing did not work. I would not be shocked if it was cause of her wanting to be in the limelights. It should only have been about Flair vs Steamboat and that's it. Ricky was loved cause he was cool, guys liked him cause he was like a ninja. The family man thing made him very uncool. He had his child dressed as a dragon for crying out loud. This was the NWA audience, not the WWF audience. So in a lot towns he was booed. That was the big issue where the wrestling was great but it lacked in the booking to make it a real masterpiece. I know it's rare but wrestling is great when both the booking and wrestling are just as great.

[@danielchamness6393]

If Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat had did a wife swap show, how funny would that be?

[@madbrowniac7871]

Bonnie Steamboat (uh Bonnie Blood?😏) with Randy Savage would've been Classic TV. Two born Controllers figuring each other out. Meanwhile, Rick Steamboat would've been Elizabeth Hulette's complete knight in shining armor. Incidentally, "Bonnie Blood" would be a great name for a Punk Music group or a Faction with Drew McIntyre, Miss Nikki Cross, Miss Kay Lee Ray, and Miss Piper Niven!😂🎤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤼‍♀️🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Oh and The WrestleMania 3 History that they made magically in Detroit!🤔🎤🚘🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Johnny: I couldn't tell You. Must be a KZbin deal. Prefer to be known as "B.W." Not accidental. Nicknamed myself in honor of the great Barry Windham as a tribute to what people in The Sport call Him. Other than that, this "@" business perplexes me. (Su)perplexes me?!😂🎤🐴💎👔👞👞🤠🐴🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@madbrowniac7871Randy would be calling up Ricky every five minutes, wanting to talk to Elizabeth though. He was an insanely jealous and paranoid guy..

[@ROCKSTAR123620]

Flair vs steamboat blew the roof

[@edwardclement102]

Ricky Steamboat was a great Mr. NC, NWA World, WWE I C, and Flordia State Champ in HS, and the perfect style for a great match or karate style to take down a giant like Brock Lesnar. He can be seen to on NWA Power working on the National Title Tournament. Dream match Ricky Steamboat vs Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania for WWE World and two more Steamboat vs Flair at Starcade for NWA World and Ricky Steamboat vs AJ Styles at a Bound For Glory.

[@MrKirbbdogg]

A big what if is steamboat not leaving WCW in 94.If he had stayed and either The NWO we might have gotten to see Steamboat wrestling Hogan for the WCW title. Hall Nash Sean waltman Benoit Y2J Dean Malenko Goldberg DDP.Or rematch with Savage.Or if he had came back and went to WCW him and Austin for the WWE title HBK rematch with bulldog or work with Owen.Or even wrestle The rock and triple h.There is so much that Ricky could have done.

[@ii9714]

Hulk would have burst Ricky because he has less talent in ring

[@mr.perksy]

Did steamboat leave in 94 or did he have to retire because of injury? He and Rude both

[@MrKirbbdogg]

@@mr.perksy he hurt his back wrestling Steve Austin.kind of like what happened with HBK in 98.Steamboat’s back healed a few years after he got hurt.But chose not to make a comeback.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

We could have seen Crow Steamboat lol

[@mr.perksy]

@@MrKirbbdogg I guess he felt it was time. In 94 he was 41 with almost 20 years of wrestling under his belt. And that 20 years was a lot harder than today since they worked every night with more mileage on the road.

[@shayneholder9300]

We appreciate u Ric Thanks so much Greensboro Rules NWA 4 Horsemen

[@connerhuston2613]

I don't think I have watched the 1989 chi-town Rumble match on KZbin (if it's somewhere on there) I have to search for it. I think I have seen the second encounter of the flair/Steamboat 89 trilogy on KZbin. The music city showdown. I have to watch that again I watched the 3rd encounter they had at the clash of champions April 2 of that year (excellent match IMO).

[@shoeplayisbad1]

may wad the wrestlewar one I'll have to look it up again

[@jesusleyva4386]

That 2 out of 3 falls match is still one of my favorites

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

His wife was jealous of his fame and wanted it for herself.

[@richie9308]

Kinda like Phil Hartman's wife.

[@JosephMiller-hu7bq]

She wanted to be Elizabeth but she never at the IT factor like Elizabeth plus Macho made the fans love her by treating her bad and Ricky was a good guy so he didn't need a Elizabeth.

[@frankenstein7472]

Ric you are amazing! Thank you

[@huh8662]

"Women weaken legs"

[@rolandmeyer7853]

"Your gonna eat lightning and your gonna crap thunder"

[@allanfuentes9694]

Yes but they make other things hard.

[@RyanVanDoren]

@@rolandmeyer7853another great, less known Mickey line. Rocky: yeah but I really like this girl Mick… “Well let her train ya then!” And Rocky concedes

[@anthonybranco]

I met Bonnie at Maple Leaf Gardens. Someone came up to me and said, "that's Ricky Steamboat's wife". I didn't believe it so I confronted her. She was sitting in the gold seats just a few rows from ring side. At this point there were a few people around her and I distinctly remember her showing either me or the person net to me a picture she had in her wallet. Not sure if that pic was Ricky but she was trying to prove to us that she was indeed his wife. I thought was she nice and polite.

[@josephmiller9424]

I think Rick Steamboat wife wanted to the next Miss Elizabeth but she didn't have the IT factor Eliz had it where the fans loved her Rick's wife I think fans didn't like his wife so I think he could've been one of biggest stars ever

[@markant9534]

I wondered why she appeared with Steamboat doing an interview during a wrestlemania when I saw the clip on a OSW review.

[@TMC1982Part2]

I remember Ric wrote in his "To Be the Man" book is that the difference between Bonnie Steamboat and Elizabeth is that Elizabeth drew heat to Randy Savage's character whereas Bonnie made her husband, Ricky look like he was pussy-whipped.

[@marcoslaureano5562]

Same thing with all these wives nowadays in this social media "look at me! look at me!" era. Just look at Aiysha Curry. This is what happens when you overlook warning signs in women because you are so "in love". Attention is like heroin to these broads.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

Like bread and butter, peanut and jelly. Ric and Steamboat.

[@noetoledo8501]

Ric doesn't know why Steamboat's wife didn't like him ? Gee Ric she didn't like you because you were a Saint.

[@geneseofootball1915]

Respond with sarcasm after failing to see sarcasm. You're a bright one.

[@JerGer918]

Ten successful marriages between Flair and Steamboat.

[@DUARTE99]

Bonnie was the Yoko Ono of wrestling.

[@richie9308]

Or the Brynn Hartman or Meghan Markel of Wrestling.

[@mindmesh7566]

The Four Divorcemen!!……OMG I slay me!

[@madbrowniac7871]

Except that Arn Anderson and his Wife Erin remain together. Nonetheless, that is a tremendous quip and I wish that I had thought of it! Also, isn't J.J. Dillon still married to his Wife? I know that they have a special needs child.🤔🎤🐴💎👔👞👞🤵👰🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@derkzo2034]

That’s why Ricky never had long term reign as Intercontinental Champion, TV Champion or US. The run from 1991 to 1994, Ricky always win titles only at Clash of the Champions.

[@BruceColon-BSides]

She ruined both his major title runs. No question.

[@soitsanightmare]

It's still real to me dammit!

[@dhenderson1810]

Getting pregnant isn't ruining things. It was Vince, getting upset about Steamboat wanting paternity leave but allowed Shawn Michaels and Seth Rollins to have it.

[@realdealnealcrook8940]

​@@dhenderson1810 he allowed Hulk to have it as well didn't he?

[@patrickwall8517]

I remember when my dad had high blood pressure the doctor told him he could only have three beers a day, he asked the doctor if he could have six if he drank light beer.

[@watsonvillian]

I don't think it's up to Ric regarding the choices steamboat made in his personal life.

[@tommynwo4life194]

Ric i love your honesty and so genuwine with your words. I can see you love Ricky Steamboat to death and you both shared and still share a passion a desire, just like my favorite wrestler Dusty Rhodes would say, "Passion". Women will never come between friends if the friendship means something !

[@frankbonini9128]

It Reminds Me of a Story About Jeffrey Hunter & His Wife. Around the Time He'd Done the Pilot for What Would Eventually Become "Star Trek", They Wanted to Hire Him for the Show, & His Wife Told Them Something to the Effect of " ... He's a Movie Star ... He Doesn't Do Television ... You're Lucky You Had Him Do THAT Silly Pilot!"

[@madbrowniac7871]

Which they did incidentally twice. On the Desilu Backlot. Which means that The Godmother of Modern Television Miss Lucille Ball gave "Star Trek" permission to "live long and prosper!"🖖 Incidentally, before Lucy was beloved (so to speak) by Television Audiences from 1951 on She was a Pinup, Radio Star, and Serious Movie Actress.💃📻🎥📺B.W.

[@joemckim1183]

Ric Flair really has no room to criticize another wrestlers marital issues.

[@codyjohnson8959]

He was doing it jokingly about a guy that's his friend. Don't get your panties in a bunch cupcake.

[@dannytomlinson4533]

Did you even listen? He never spoke bad about Steamboats marriages. He criticized himself though.

[@johnmcnott8549]

He was asked the question and literally said Ricky's s good guy im a bad guy you 🤡

[@MABMGuitar]

Ric Flair has been verbally bashing this broad for 30 + years.

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

Who cares?

[@jeffcarr1754]

I hope he bashes her another 30.... blessings

[@johnguanciale258]

I love it

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

because he cares about Ricky.

[@mkl62]

@@LT1HILLINGHOE If she telling things to my kids wrestling coach about me, I'd be pissed off at the bitch, too.

[@TheHannibalTV]

👽

[@itz-luigi1210]

Of course she had an effect on his career, any wife would but the Bloods (Steamboats) are still together so, I guess it was worth it

[@stevewarren4813]

Crowd went banana...

[@MRPERFECT_79]

The dragons dragon mustve been dragon the ground lol

[@TheBrockLanders420]

Did ole slick Ric take her to space mountain

[@InvestBetter.]

Like my car's battery, sometimes you go through what is known as "Parasitic losses"

[@JoshPosh-wk6hx]

Steamboat came back to the wwf as a real dragon.

[@ironman2326]

Maybe he should've been called Ricky Speedboat

[@edwardclement102]

He was Mr. NC, were you?

[@humanipulationnation]

Mrs Steamboat was full of hot air

[@ChadPlainview_]

Ricky the Speedboat Dragon

[@mariacardenas4665]

Now that’s a lot

[@floridagator1765]

Bottom line...fans REALLY DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS!

[@shoeplayisbad1]

obviously

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@shoeplayisbad1 dont tell aew fans that they think they are best friends with entire roster lol

[@shoeplayisbad1]

@@bb-gc2tx yes thats true

[@iseepisces1915]

And that's REALLY BAD when you have a WOMAN that's is jealous of the attention her MAN gets; because in our culture WOMEN are supposed to get all the attention and HIM getting lots of attention is a threat to her sense of security and thats ALL WOMEN CARE ABOUT.

[@troylechampion8082]

That was in Cleveland when Ricky tore off Ric’s clothes. I watched the dvd back in 04 lol

[@teetime6792]

Conrad is soooo much better than Madden. Nice upgrade.

[@carloslozada470]

She was another Lucy Ricardo just like Brandi Rhodes and all the rest

[@slidecounter]

I agree with Flair

[@josephrhodes5025]

to be the man you gotta beat the man and steamboat you have the impossible task of beating the man twice

[@carlosdanger947]

So Rick Steamboat was faithful to his wife and a very good husband and father . Everything that Flair wasn’t .

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

He married 4 times like Flair

[@markterryonline]

I don't know the heat and dont care but man is Conrad so much easier to watch/listen to than Madden. Madden sat there not listening and looking for a chance to talk.

[@dwade6322]

BBC...'Bitches Be Crazy'.

[@willielominchar7290]

Bonnie wanted the Elizabeth character but didnt have the look

[@Muertes-tf2oj]

It's easy to see why Ric fired Madden and replaced him with Conrad. Now he has a real podcast.

[@FuzzyStayBuzzin183]

Ric flair ninja wooooo I would love to smoke a joint with Ric And just listen to him talk

[@abusivegamer7788]

Would be nuts for sure..

[@14DaveHunter]

Bonnie and Ricky are both divorced.

[@mkl62]

Best decision he ever made.

[@SouthBeach.]

Fast Cars & Fast Women... Nothing wrong with that... lolz 😂 I'm so Kewl

[@soitsanightmare]

Mr. Steamboat...hahaha!

[@chrisblester37]

These guys were making big money but you had to be working to make the money and you had to be working to be hot so you could make the big dollars. If his wife had understood that he could have made his money and they could have had enough to retire on I'm sur Vince would have given him a week of for the baby to be born. When 8 was born my father had a sick day his first ever and his boss had one 2 month earlier when his daughter was born..

[@skipklauber1162]

I guess Flair never worried much about deferring to a spouse

[@gregorywilliams8555]

Who Knew Steamboat Wuz A Playa?

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Ricky is a good-lookin' dude and a fine talker. Steamboat is my hero so I wasn't surprised

[@regulardadhere8832]

Okay just a joke now. Your mom knew. 😜

[@timfrederick9305]

I always thought if I looked like Ricky Steamboat I wouldn’t have any trouble scoring with the ladies 😂

[@trurobertson]

So is HBK still the man ? Because he beat you Flair ...

[@mikenyce539]

Hell NO!!!!

[@PicklezTV]

He's been around 4 times & he's a "good guy"

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Dragons a beta

[@clintsaines9274]

People don't like Ric because he's a crook.

[@charlesrussell6305]

His marriage affected his career? Well shouldn't it? Duh

[@ivancook1247]

Flair was nwa

[@CLewey44]

4 Divorcemen

[@d.p.6940]

I really wish Ric would stop his incessant giggling with respect to his divorces. Divorce is a tragedy and not something to be celebrated.

[@geneseofootball1915]

Shut up.

[@jeffcarr1754]

The dudes a dude... get a hormone shot

[@Dakingsnake]

Grow a pair

[@David29497]

LMAO

[@nothingfancy4024]

Some people way of dealing with things is to try to laugh it off.

[@mrdeeds72]

Love and respect Ric, but this was incoherent as heck.

[@abusivegamer7788]

Detail why it is?

[@rolltide9547]

Flair has sounded like this since nearly dying a few years ago.

[@chuckgreen8989]

I don't hear that at all.

[@rolltide9547]

@@jeremyb5198 He has lived the life of 100 men

[@stonecoldflipper9503]

Hey, you wrestle 1 hour matches, 9 times a week for 15 straight years and then wrestle another 30 years at almost that rate and you will sound like that also. Also he has been married 5 times and had 4 kids and kept them all up for many years, plus travel, work out and party all night and still had the energy to kick 5 girls out of bed every morning. WOW! And at the end of the day go Wooooooo. Let’s see you try that for just 1 year and then get back on here and let’s see how you talk and feel then, hotshot. Wooooo.

[@bullettoothjosh]

So it's your fault?

[@rooseveltheath]

Flair is trying to be relevant any way he can

[@Jcrash71]

Internet fans and their dumbest takes

[@studlygrish]

Ricky Steamboat’s wife might have cost him the intercontinental belt wanting to spend time with his newborn son but it also won him the world heavyweight championship being a family man versus playboy nature boy Ric Flair

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

that whole storyline was a disaster. The babyface Steamboat was getting booed cause of that Family Man garbage

[@MarkSmith-ho5yc]

Being a househusband doesnt pay the bills.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@johnnyskinwalker4095 Maybe it should have led to a Steamboat heel turn. Steamboat could cut a promo saying that the fans are all jealous because they have dysfunctional families. A heel Steamboat could have been interesting.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@dhenderson1810 Yea but again do we want heel "family man" Steamboat or heel ninja Steamboat where he would really hurt guys with his martial arts? Family man sucks any ways we look at it lol

[@dhenderson1810]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 But because the family man gimmick was booed, it would give him more heel heat and he could get booed out of buildings. It could have made him a main eventer.

[@ashutoshtripathi-rx3hs]

Steamboat's wife is so wonderful.🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄