The Self-Destruction Of Ric Flair

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Explore the turbulent and compelling journey of wrestling icon Ric Flair in this detailed documentary. Known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is celebrated for his flamboyant style, charisma, and incredible in-ring performances, but his career has also faced significant challenges and controversies. This video delves into the highs and lows of his professional life, including financial struggles, legal issues, and personal battles that have impacted his legacy. Through interviews with wrestling historians, peers, and analysis of key moments in his career, we uncover the complexities of fame and the pressures it brings. This in-depth look at Ric Flair's downfall provides a nuanced understanding of his impact on wrestling and the personal costs of living in the spotlight. Join us as we uncover the story behind the glittering robes and championship belts to reveal the human side of a wrestling legend.
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[@stonehorn4641]

Ric Flair is still beloved to most of the wrestling world

[@WrestlePod]

Me included

[@Em3ga]

Nah.

[@johnathanrush4666]

You can love someone's work and be repulsed by other degenerate aspects of their personality. Crazy, right?

[@sluggliano2000]

drug dealer

[@jamestheheel]

@@WrestlePodclearly not if you made this video. So disrespectful.

[@taylot5072]

“Whoever made this video, I’ll meet you outside in the parking lot of the pizza parlor!” -Ric Flair

[@NickJC1086]

🤣🤣 RF: What's your name? "Nicholas" RF: Nicholas DICKHEAD!!

[@_BigTimer85]

He was just trying to put the place over

[@tommyaddison6539]

@@_BigTimer85🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BIadelores]

I imagined Ric Flair going outside and immediately start blading before the other guy even steps outside

[@taylot5072]

@@BIadelores omg hahahahahahahhahaha!!!! He’s going to make it an hour broadway but first taking flat face bumps in the parking lot

[@LarryXLR]

"I needed the money" -Ric Flair in every era of his career

[@derek-64]

And when he had he money he pissed it all away by spending beyond his means

[@NintendoPsycho]

@@derek-64 and now he donates to Trump.

[@darthsebio1726]

@@NintendoPsychowhy wouldn’t you give money to a billionaire 😂😂😂

[@NintendoPsycho]

@@darthsebio1726 I don't have money to burn?

[@goreyboyz8564]

@@NintendoPsychoI believe they were being sarcastic

[@gregspence2523]

Part of this is Naitch CANNOT STAND to be alone. When you're Ric Flair it's not hard to find companionship, if you will.

[@garydevlin8178]

The irony of at least the road rage incident alone, is we could have been deprived of one of Edge’s finest moments

[@NintendoPsycho]

Edge sucks.

[@asurlybarber3620]

Ric Flair tried to live his gimmick 24/7, and it caught up with him after a while. But I wouldn't call him a scumbag like Buck Zumhoffe or Invader 1.

[@DCOWBOYS4LIFE]

I've watched since I was a kid in the late 80s, and even then people talked about guys who just couldn't let go. He lived his life 24/7 in character. Then he never wanted to let go. Now you can do social media, but constantly being that person leads to alot of the things wrestlers go through.

[@mbp7060]

I knew there was something special about Flair back in 1975 when I was 6 years old. I watched wrestling and then I'd put a white t-shirt over my head like it was blond hair and act like him screaming WOOOO! This was before he had ever played a good guy.

[@dorymoore7094]

You can say whatever you want about the man and what he's done, god knows he's screwed up and done some terrible things, but personally I've always been really uncomfortable with people using his son's death as content for videos. I feel like you could have been a little more tasteful about the subject, starting from not adding in the 911 call. As a man who's been in a similar situation, hearing a father distraught and in immense pain from seeing his son dying in front of him doesn't fucking track for me. You've done amazing documentaries before and I've watched a bunch of em but I can't help but draw the line here. I'm not about to tell you what to do with your content, it's your thing and you'll do it in whichever way you want and I pray you don't take such criticism at face value.

[@bajorekjon]

Please explain how you make a documentary about Ric Flair's downfall without bringing up his son. And I didn't hear any 911 call

[@thegamingchicken945]

@@bajorekjonits in the first minute of the video

[@jeus_cnt]

Yeah idk I thought u were kinda over reacting a bit but I rewatched the intro and transitioning Ric Flairs phone call for his dead son to the opening title is pretty gross man

[@long060]

@@jeus_cnt i have to agree with you actually. I didn't think I would but after rewatching it, yeah, I have to agree with you

[@ryane5483]

As someone who has lost a child, I wouldn't wish that pain on my worst enemy and I only knew the child I lost for about 30 minutes. She passed away shortly after birth, and it wrecked me. I can't imagine what Ric went through. It was no secret that he absolutely adored Reid and saw him as a chance at redemption for his failings as a father to his older children. And Ric was Reids idol. By no means am I saying that Reid should not have been included in this video. But I do agree with the original commenter, this is an absolutely phenomenal video, but playing the 911 call was, in my opinion a bit too much.

[@alberthenley2988]

Nobody's perfect. But Ric Flair is or was the blueprint of dudes like Rock and Roman. Downfall? What downfall? He had his ups and downs😮 like all the rest of us.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

In 1998 in wcw he was battling the comoany in.wcw from.eric bichoff his marriagebwss falling apart politics

[@maxeybailey718]

I love how some of these comments are people like picking you apart for just stating facts about a person. You weren’t excuse me you are never hurtful derogatory nasty in any of these videos. Were you talking about destruction of wrestlers or how you feel about this or the other I mean, you’re just giving us information that’s already out into the world. Thank you for what you do. Keep it up.

[@WrestlePod]

This is very kind. It is hard to not let my personal opinions natural seep into these videos but I do try to present facts

[@maxeybailey718]

@@WrestlePod well keep it up obviously all of your videos are gonna have a little a self opinion in them and I think that’s why we love you because even if you feel this way or that way about you still present fax and anyone can appreciate that!

[@HEHATEHEHATE]

Very true

[@karlepaul6632]

Except the title is "The Self Destruction of Ric Flair" which is alluding that his life is in shambles and nobody cares about him, which isn't accurate.

[@Paranitis]

@@karlepaul6632 No, that's not at all what it alludes to. What it alludes to is that as his career has moved forward, he reached a peak and then his reputation and career has declined over his own decisions.

[@thekurgan1580]

dont care what he has done we all human he still the nature boy whooooooooooooo

[@stephendriscoll9240]

No addiction problems just drinking.wow gonna end in a horrible way

[@alonelypotato2788]

Flair financial problem Flair acc balance : $2millions My financial problem My acc Balance : $0.16

[@DarthSaggezza]

I started watching wrestling in 1983 when we got cable for a very first time where I lived in Ohio. It was on the superstation WTBS by first saw Ric Flair. The character drew me in to Wrestling along with the American Dream Dusty Rhodes, then in 1985 with Jim Cornett. Growing up as a teenager I always wanted to be these three characters rolled up in the one. Mind you I was in my early teens. I looked up to these people. I think everybody that watch Pro Wrestling at my age, back then, wanted to be a pro wrestler. Larger than life. Decades later, as I grew up and started the pill back the layers of the onion that’s Ric Flair. I saw a man that was desperately seeking this still be relevant in a changing age of professional wrestling. The exploits that he did on the “ Plane ride from Hell “ Now in our set of values in this generation is repulsive. But when it happened in the early 2000s it was just “ Ric being Ric” none of us thinking about how the other people on the plane and the crew felt about it. I feel sorry for him and honor him in the same sentence. His achievements in professional wrestling and pulp culture is iconic. I hope now in 2024. He has learned lessons of his past and his leaving a productive life. He has a Storage career and he has touched a lot of professional wrestling fans and the general public. I want him to be remembered for the man he was and is, instead of all the exploits he has done in the past. As long as he’s learned his lessons and he can share his stories with other professional wrestlers, and people in life in general then he is great in my book. We all make mistakes. Sometimes costly mistakes that hurt people but nonetheless, we are only human. WOOOOOOOOOO!

[@Darth001]

At the start saw some clips of booker t. Can't believe I forgot about him. He always put on a good show

[@WrestlePod]

He’s a legend

[@chadczternastek]

I was so thrilled to see you take on this heavy task. Your writing and info digging is too tier stuff. You have the moxie to take on some controversial topics and i love it. Soon as i seen the length of this, i stopped and got a drink, my vape pen and watched this. Great job. I really mean that. Keep them coming.

[@WrestlePod]

So nice to have someone who likes my content so much! Appreciate it

[@sklba632]

Not even three weeks and it's already out of date to Ric making his legacy worse.

[@WrestlePod]

Brutal

[@asurlybarber3620]

Let's be honest, Ric Flair would either have to kill someone or do something nasty with a child to get his fans to stop liking him.

[@MBeats27]

I don't care what he did or didn't he is the fukin goat he gets a pass for entertaining me and millions of others

[@Jayflo7]

Ric Flair's "Nature Boy" "character" from about 85-89 is still the blueprint for the ideal champion in Pro Wrestling. But, it is very hard to look at the blueprint of Richard Fliehr, the human, and say any aspect is ideal. Back in the 90's a young lady was telling me that her and a group of friends hung out with Flair for an eventful and interesting evening at a club in Atlanta. I was immediately envious and excited to hear that story until the the story started with the word "Scumbag". I actually got offended and told her there was no way, that she just did not understand "Pro Wrestlers". She insisted that there was no misunderstanding and continued with descriptions such as "Creepy" and "Disgusting". I thought she was just ribbing me and she said I was free to ask her friends and they would surely verify. So, I did just that and every one of them did confirm her story. I still thought, well, they are probably over reacting. However, it is not a hard stretch to believe when listening to him on the KZbin channel he had with Conrad. Along with everything else that has surfaced with Flair it is hard to describe him as only, an "average human that makes mistakes", the common defense most offered. I'm not so sure that Flair did not pass that marker long ago. I am, now, not even sure that Flair was ever at the marker of "average human that makes mistakes" He just may be the human, the man, that those ladies summed up as "trash".

[@jawojon7508]

We will be seated.

[@hugh2hoob668]

Most alcoholics die in their 40s and 50s Flair is a medical anomaly 😂😂😂 Most healthy people won't make his age

[@Charles-h1x]

I did the living like there's no tomorrow, just like Fast Freddie Filllups (@ Billups) but tomorrow always came bebopping along

[@WrestlePod]

Great quote

[@rebelwithoutaclue9387]

Do you huff on helium regularly?

[@usernameluis305]

A guy with this voice could never be ric flair or understand a guy like ric flair

[@northleedspoppa]

​@@usernameluis305 what a drunk old man who used to be a pretend fighter You seem crazy dumb

[@21stcenturyrambo16]

@@usernameluis305 Its AI

[@_BigTimer85]

Dumb

[@TimeMariner]

Is it male or female?

[@lazy_lefty]

One thing I know for sure is that dutch mantell is a real one 💯

[@bmorris8276]

Life long fan, autographed photos of him on my wall i do think hes a ego maniac and self centered . Doesnt change the fact that he was and is the greatest performer ever

[@bmorris8276]

And the money hes no different than any other sports or movie star that cant manage ultra money

[@northernbohemianrealist]

Meanwhile, Jesse Ventura has been married for FORTY-NINE years. I stopped buying tickets to wrestling matches when the AWA fell apart in the mid-80s. I couldn't take the looney-tooney crap of the WWE. It sounds like the wrestlers weren't just acting like cartoon characters.

[@blondequijote]

For some reason I read that all caps part in Jesse Ventura's voice like he was talking about being in the Navy Seals

[@stacegamble6559]

Jesse is the most unique person in wrestling history. So different from everyone else outside the ring

[@brett_84]

I'm confused. So was it an allegation that on the plane he made a woman touch him or was that proven?

[@dreamersdisease2481]

You can make all your documentaries and say all your words but you remember this to be the man you got to beat the man

[@mikelmugdahan8489]

Ric Flair ! A Living Legend over 40 Years he dominated the Wrestling World ! Nature Boy Thank You and our deepest Respect to You !!!

[@aubreypolgreen9980]

Ric 40 year career. The GOAT. Age beats every one

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Be fair to FLAIR quote the Brain

[@jasongaylor2232]

Yet he's still a better Human Being than Hulk Hogan on his worst day! Never forget that Flair was not selfish. He put guys over that deserved it. He made stars and brought out the best in anyone who faced him.

[@JustRifff]

Negative videos show what kind if person you are

[@Tucj-zh1dy]

Get off your high horse. Just because you have a "positive" attitude dosnt make you a better person.

[@JustRifff]

@@Tucj-zh1dy Such an angry reply, I think you must have been touched as a child

[@doubletime9098]

​@@JustRifffjust like you you fruit

[@matthewcurran82]

You mean to tell me no more jet flyin', limousine ridin'?

[@ChrisDWXX]

The greatest showman ever WOOOOOOO

[@create-a-new-handle]

by 6:32, question answered “why is ric flair so influential in hip hop?”

[@Geena860]

@Ricflair and I both got colon surgery, im glad he made it through. We are miracles, me x3 bc my colon broke 3x

[@jamesmainstream3112]

He is but one droplet in a torrent of reasons not to idolize others. If you have been honest with yourself and in your relationships, you won't need false idols.

[@daves2822]

Legends live forever

[@louissuppa490]

Ease up he was 53 for that plane ride not 70

[@NintendoPsycho]

Tony the Snowman will pay you Ric!

[@GattoriSancho]

his biggest flaw was aging

[@Longlostpuss]

Whilst I can picture Ric being over the top at parties and backstage/on plane trips etc, I have severe doubts that he would have forced himself on anyone. Someone with his status and popularity at the height of his fame would have had women throwing themselves at him, where would the need come to force himself on anyone? I'd get these allegations for the really ugly rich guys who the women would never look at in the first place, but not guys like Flair who really took care of himself, just doesn't ring true to me.

[@Ghost-304]

The GOAT. The real worlds Hw champ isn’t in the gutters . Ric Flair has most definitely had a rough career

[@vivahernando1]

He’ll be around forever though.

[@GarrettS-eb5ow]

I heard that if you're in the gym with Vince McMahon you can't listen to your headphones and if you're on a plane with Vince McMahon you can't sleep. F*** that guy...

[@Brooks22n]

“ Almost “ Urinated on ? , AAAAAAAAAALMOST DOESNT COUNT 😅

[@GarrettS-eb5ow]

Why do these people keep getting married two different women. I would be constantly worried about the amount of money I might end up losing in the back of my mind?

[@shanefoy3720]

Hhh actually saved flair from going under, flair hated himvand vince and the 50 50 owner ship, it was hunter who picked him up told him who the hell he was, and then both created evolution but it was hunters idea, and both helped randy and batista get over.

[@OFmissleanalee]

Ric Flair is the greatest of all time.

[@JohnCambridge-c6t]

Rics biggest problem was that he could never admit the fact that his wrestling career was over

[@kevinbrooks1104]

How can you blame a father, for the sins of the son. Yeah he could have been there more often, but the reality is flairs name alone is bis business. He could have done more about opening businesses for his family. But he couldn't have seen , his sons death from a mile away

[@YaYatheGremlin]

There was no downfall 😂

[@LaRuestafish401]

People love to talk bad about people, shit is Sad!WOOOOOOOO THE NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR"REAL LEGEND "

[@BuJammy]

Flair clearly wants to die in the ring.

[@duro845]

Wouldn't exactly expect civil behavior from the avg wrestler. Dont deserve a free pass but imagine from the physicality to mental strain

[@hugh2hoob668]

911 operators ask the DUMBEST questions i swear "what color is his shirt?" Like who cares 😂

[@willyb-gg5fq]

Woooooo !!! Still love ya Natch . 🏆 🐐

[@booradley420]

Whooo for life

[@jayell8253]

10:14 I'd like to see that pic without the words on the screen.

[@Dan-ti6wg]

Ric ego killed his health and life and he made fun with money failed when he was a champion of a belt that had no champion and wrestling gimmick made them look worth millions but actually broke riding with others NWA lost alot when Vince bought alot out for power and ego and won Ric followed the cash cow that put him out with a gutter ball on his last match and he supposedly had a heart attack so youtube could make rating with it where the match didnt ..

[@kingly.]

It’s a wonder his entire forehead isn’t scarred from all those slices.

[@evilwillhunting]

Ric Flair is a legend. Ric Flair is an icon. But Ric Flair, like so many men terrified of aging, clutches immaturity throughout his life.

[@dewilew2137]

Sexual assault is not “immaturity”, it’s a deliberate violent crime.

[@bigmacc523]

So what

[@GLKHD]

@@bigmacc523 the average wrestling fans' intellect right here lmfao imagine unironically looking up to this psychopath

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

​@GLKHD the average modern wrestling fan. A basement dwelling and sexless waste of human flesh.

[@randallgoeswhere]

Flair was just the guy from the 70's party that never grew up. It's not a good look when youre older.

[@gregspence2523]

Agree. Some alcohol-related stories might be humorous amongst your friends but it eventually becomes not so much to not at all.

[@megamanxhunter]

I think Ric Flair's problem is he cannot separate himself from his character, just like Hulk Hogan.

[@dewilew2137]

Most of those guys didn’t sexually assault women.

[@megamanxhunter]

@@dewilew2137 that we know of.

[@willleon9165]

Typical boomer🤣🤣

[@Jerry-zc5qt]

Bret hart has talked about people becoming wrestling tragedies. More often than not it was because they didn't know when to stop being their on screen character and just be the every day person

[@Yriel129]

In a case of soft irony it's funny Bret would say that because it kind of seemed he was being himself the entire time. And don't get me wrong, I love Bret Hart. But I suppose his bitter output about the business sometimes makes me think if he ought to make more of a distinction between his ideal version of wrestling and what is actually going on.

[@crispycruiser4654]

@@Yriel129 Bret has one of the most tragic stories in the history of the business. Gets screwed on live TV (and a lot of it was his fault, don't care what anyone says, not getting into it), Vince then kllls his brother on live TV, and then gets kicked in the head by Goldberg at the height of the Monday night wars and ends his career at 43, when a guy like Bret easily had another decade near the top. He then had a stroke and lost all contact with his brother's widow and has spent the last decade and a half bashing guys who deserve it like Goldberg, to petty backstage politics issues he should've let go long ago with guys like Hogan and Michaels. I don't believe he's truly ever forgiven Shawn Michaels and he's still going on and on about Hogan for a political stunt he pulled 31 years ago that Bret rebounded from a year later at WM 10. Let it go Bret. You have every right to hate Vince and Goldberg, but the rest is water under the bridge.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

​@@crispycruiser4654As you've stated yourself, sir, Bret did bring nuch, not all of it of course, on himself💯

[@zemox2534]

​@@michaelvaughn8864How did he deserves getting screwed in front of his family?

[@DEUltra82]

Bret was great in the ring. He had the personality of a wet towel, but still great in the ring. His biggest problem, it seems anyway, is that he honestly views himself as a legit hero of the Canadian people. It's like dude, to Canadian wrestling fans, yes. But to just everyday people who aren't wrestling fans? C'mon bret.

[@knucklestheechidna5718]

I had the weirdest dream the other night that Ric came to my house to party but he was broke and kept trying to steal stuff LMAO

[@WrestlePod]

Don’t eat cheese before bed

[@ChrisHughes-q1v]

Bro, I had that same freaking dream, except it was Little Tokyo. 😮

[@TrapGambino]

That was actually me and it wasn’t a dream

[@craighoward6243]

Rick Flair is his own man; the only thing he did wrong. is believe his PR. IT'S A WORK RICK..LOVE.U MAN

[@bajorekjon]

He's a wheelin and dealin, laptop stealin, son of a gun, WOOOO!

[@BonsaiM]

People will always love Ric Flair, the gimmick, but Richard Fleir is a man haunted by his mistakes, the death of his son and his need to continually live the gimmick until it ultimately results in his death. Which it will.

[@bigmacc523]

What person doesnt make mistakes?

[@JAKESMMATAKES]

Im sorry but this just sounds so dumb to me because you said his lifestyle will result in his death as if he's not already 100 years old and been living that way for damn near all 100 of them lmao

[@JAKESMMATAKES]

I'm sorry but this just sounds so crazy to me because you said his lifestyle will result in his death as if he's not already 100 years old and been living that way for damn near all 100 of them lmao.

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

​@@JAKESMMATAKESlol re read this and see if you can realize how much of a fuc king mark you sound.

[@drexlspivey5828]

To me it seems quite simple, the wrestling character is more fun to them than their real life, so they just become that character 24/7 instead

[@ethanporto1745]

It’s not them. I think this really only applies to rich flair and hulk hogan. The majority of old school wrestlers hated it and only did it because they didn’t have other options. Like Roddy piper for example.

[@averagejackmedia609]

​@ethanporto1745 scott hall was also another that fell into becoming his character.

[@Darthloozer]

@@averagejackmedia609I think Scott Hall seemed to move past that in his interviews. But it seems like Flair never did.

[@johnalddrumph456]

That’s part of it I’m sure but also consider back in the day they HAD to be the character 24/7. If they were ever spotted in public they had to portray the exact same character that was in the ring. I gotta imagine that has to take some sort of mental toll after all those years

[@jmtexx]

@@johnalddrumph456or they have become sociopaths

[@kes9684]

Flair, vince, hogan, 3 guys who have done more or as much for wrestling as anyone are probably 3 of the scummiest people in wrestling 😢

[@WrestlePod]

So sad to think about it that way, but might be true

[@josephfinkelstein5979]

How do you not let success corrupt you

[@MrAjking808]

Don’t even know these people lmao

[@perfumegoose]

Are there any humans on earth who are not scummy?????????????

[@jamesdixon6332]

At least Ric Flair doesn't tell grandiose lies on an epic scale like Terry Bollea

[@alphamega1811]

Perhaps not but they're both doing these things for the same reason, and that's ego.

[@nc3music920]

Sure he does.

[@heilzorak64]

I don't believe a damn thing those industry gatekeepers say

[@karlepaul6632]

More people love Ric Flair than hate him... that's just a FACT!

[@mrbillyb1966]

Kind of the opposite about loser trump.

[@Scorch1028]

What was revealed in _Dark Side of the Ring: Plane Ride From Hell_ has heavily tarnished Ric Flair’s reputation.

[@sluggliano2000]

and owing money to everyone

[@uploadvidz4490]

Hearing Teddy Long talk about his experiences with Ric Flair on multiple occasions tarnished his rep for me.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Always funny considering he’s been telling stories of the robe thing for years and years. People always laughed about it until there was public anger from this doc. Sure, the argument about the change will focus on how he cornere the flight attendant but would there really be argument that over years of exposing himself unsolicited like that didn’t include events like this occurring multiple times? Who he is and what he’s done has never been a secret culture and what is seen as accepted behavior has simply changed in the years since then.

[@michaelkeller5927]

​@@Matt-cr4vvbro he was like 55 years old when that happened and he had kids the same age as that flight attendant. Dude knew better but was literally a sex offender

[@declan-kr5if]

The gal making those claims in that episode had recently robbed a jewelry store with her partner and has a long criminal record of identity theft and fraud

[@Guiltless765]

Never put another man on a pedestal. Idc what they do. Especially these entertainers. They are not to be idolized.

[@JustinR941]

You say that and the first person that comes to mind is Donald Trump. He's got little old church ladies wearing his shirts and waving his flag when we all know he is morally corrupt. Never excuse bad behavior from an adult. We all know right from wrong.

[@Journeyman107]

That’s why we have mythological/fictional characters and personas: Robin Hood, Ric Flair, Superman, Wonder Woman, Barbie, Luke Skywalker, Mad Max, Harry Potter, Cody Rhodes… all are perfect in what they represent because they are fictional constructs built for that purpose. People are just people, praying to false idols remains a grave mistake

[@fakeaccount6211]

Bingo

[@TrueLifeAdventures]

I had three aunts named Barbara when I was growing up. One of them always reminded me of Ric Flair.

[@PrettyDimeTheWordsmith]

Lol

[@premiertrainingFL]

An obviously talented, high strung, large ego boy that never grew up. A staple of the alcoholic. Love the man but it’s tough to watch.

[@Journeyman107]

Wooo!

[@mewinthedark8513]

ric flair pulls out his favorite move the wiener helicopter!

[@WrestlePod]

Woooooo!

[@paulbookwood6410]

I watch wrestling to be entertained. Flair was always entertaining, particularly his mic work. When I look for saints I don't think I'll start looking for them in professional wrestling.....🤔

[@PrettyDimeTheWordsmith]

💯

[@positivevibetec]

the most ridiculous things about this is he did that all the time it wasn't just on that plane ride he did it every time he was on a plane watch old interviews before this happened they talk about it freely especially JJ Dillon

[@WrestlePod]

It’s all so gross

[@conman823]

So that makes it right?

[@Paranitis]

Just an FYI, that portion at about 9:00 where you were reading off the locations he went through, for L.A. you said Louisiana. I am pretty sure he was referencing Los Angeles. Simply based off the fact everything else in that list was also a city and not a state.

[@perfectblindguy]

My list of 5 Star Flair Matches 1. Chi town Rumble vs Steamboat 2. Two out of Three falls match vs steamboat Clash of the Champions 3. Wreslewar 89 vs steamboat 4. Flair vs Funk Troy NY 89 5. Flair vs Vader Starrcade 6. Flair vs Vader battledome 7. 92 Royal Rumble 8. Flair vs HBK Wrestlemania 9 Flair vs Ronnie Garvin Detroit MI 87 10. Flair vs Taker Wrestlemania Those are the ones off the top of my head. I am sure there are more. I am not sure if Flair vs Savage at WM8 is a 5 star or not, I can see both sides of the argument.

[@petercondos1018]

Flair vs Funk I QUIT MATCH Pittsburgh Pa 1989

[@MikeScala-ee9ms]

Flair vs funk they went Broadway can't remember 89 I think

[@jessegago7163]

Ric Flair VS Harley Race Starcade 1983.

[@bryanpanvert5288]

Top man

[@Garf_malarf]

Rick does three things better than anyone on earth: alcoholism, crying and blowing money, woo!

[@tommyaddison6539]

He put those three things over

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Wrestlers are still dying

[@rockyjez6357]

Rick flair will never be a disgrace and there is no downfall! Shitty name for his biography. He's the nature boy! He's had ups and downs but has enjoyed his life to the fullest. We love you Nature Boy!!! WHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@QuinnCheryl02]

Actors , entertainers , wrestlers , singers ... They are also human beings . We tend to judge people , but we sometimes forget we too do make mistakes .

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

I don't make mistakes......I am one 😂

[@marcoosorio3705]

Nah, a vast number of them are actually raging narcissists

[@matthewmazar7132]

​@@marcoosorio3705 This. It became blatantly obvious when the pandemic hit.

[@russellward4624]

Theres a difference between mistakes and criminal acts though. Being late to work is a mistake. Masterbating in public hundreds of times isn't a mistake. Its a choice.

[@PrettyDimeTheWordsmith]

💙‼️

[@2020Bookworm]

He was adopted, it makes you wonder if alcoholism runs in his family. Obviously he was an unplanned pregnancy.

[@chrischar9428]

Yeah no. He was stolen. Then sold for adoption

[@raining_buud]

Flair is trash. Everyone defending him are trash

[@WrestlePod]

People are allowed a different opinion

[@raining_buud]

@@WrestlePod if people think sexually assaulting women and trying to force themselves on them is ok then I no longer care about there opinion

[@jamestheheel]

This is such a disgusting hit piece.

[@jdbankshot]

the t-nuc that runs this channel, what tf has he ever accomplished? survive a plane crash? wrestle after the doctors said "never again"? wrestle over 1,000 "broadways"? (which are 60min time limit draws) conquer japan? travel over 250,000 miles by car across the u.s over a 15yr period? make 30,000$ over 4 days in 1980's texas?

[@ole-mariusbergesen7818]

The ai voices are terrible

[@jonvia]

If Brennan Schlaub has your t-shirts, I'd rethink what you're doing B

[@franzpattison]

That weird AI voice intro of JR is cursed

[@WrestlePod]

🤣 I need a new one I agree

[@DJReyzor357]

After what happened last week, this video aged so perfectly 👌 well... 😅😅😅 The Nature Boy is a Legend Amongst Us All, but his personal life.... 😔

[@NXSProductions]

Self destruction? Bruh, please! You act like the man isn't in his seventies, hasn't lived one hell of a life, and isn't STILL ingratiated by millions upon millions of fans to this very day!! Time waits for no man, but Flair has been cheating death since his twenties. Sure, there are some dark spots on his life (as if you or I don't have any ourselves) but he's lived a very successful life, made a lasting impact in a business he loved more than anything, and has more memories and conquests than you or I will ever dare to achieve. Your video is quality in terms of content and production, but the rundown of what we were going to be seeing, in great detail, before we even get to any of the story is annoying and unnecessary. That entire monologue should have been cut, removed from this documentary, and used as a trailer for it on your channel, instead. Don't bury the lead; get right into things, and other than your transitional comments when moving from one period/topic/example to the next, cut out the filler talk or rundowns of what's to come. Doing this will help your narration flow in context. Your audience is smart enough to go off of segment title screens or a 1-2 sentence transition when moving from one topic to the next. Keep it up, though.

[@NXSProductions]

I read your reply (that I can't find on here) via my email notification. I think you're taking what I said a little too personally. All I was saying is, it's not really a case of self-destruction, it's a case of a complex individual with a complex life who, through ups and downs, has lived a pretty incredible life. It's sad to see what he's become, but what he was is incredible in his prime. I do agree that your title is bad; it should maybe be an updated retrospective. You shouldn't be telling your viewing audience that if they don't like the video, then they shouldn't have clicked on it. Insulting your audience, when they are offering you a fair critique, is pretty off-putting and thin-skinned. Like I said, take my feedback for the constructive criticism it is; don't get offended, upset and try and run off your audience. I'm clearly not the only person to take umbrage with your title. Again, YOUR TITLE, not the context of the video. I never once said anything about your covering of his many pitfalls, now did I?

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Lil Naitch made his presence known on The Plane Ride From Hell, too😂😂hehe

[@toma.4808]

Ric flair has endured hardship in his life, nearly died and he triumphed. He was an example of what you could accomplish if you pushed yourself to make it. His reputation in and out of the ring is well known. Ric flair the wrestler is one of the greatest in ring performers of all time, a pop culture icon. Even if you didnt watch wrestling you knew " wooooo!" Was ric flair. I even got to meet flair in 2018. He was a class act. I hope he gets his life together before its really too late.

[@timcarr6401]

He has to get right with God. His earthly time is running out.

[@datacipher]

The truth is, many - if not a majority - go through as much or more hardship than did flair, and with a tiny fraction of the resources and opportunities. Ric made bad, silly, selfish, immature choices - daily - for decades. Fanboys can romanticize it all they like - but that is the truth.

[@Captain_AAhab_]

Hard to respect a guy who drank, groped, and divorced his fortune away

[@YezzyYae88]

I never understood why wrestlers have to play their “ring character” in real life smh it’s insanity. They are I’m the entertainment business, athletes, & actors/actresses. Once I understood wrestling was entertainment I understood the wrestlers wasn’t their characters so ADULTS should never have thought these wrestlers were their characters! They are the reason Ric Flair acted this way for decades because if he acted like anyone but “Ric Flair” they would have been pissed! So the ppl who is saying he never immatured is the same people who would bash him if he wasn’t being “Ric Flair” in public. Smh Ric Flair can’t win!

[@WrestlePod]

I agree, great point

[@Stevedrums741]

Not that my opinion matters in the least, but I will always love what Flair did in the ring. I don't think I'd have any use for the man outside of it. That's why it's usually not a good thing to meet those you admire in the entertainment field. Most aren't particularly good people.

[@Jay9999]

What a legend.💪💪💪👊👊👊🍻🍻🍻🍻 Woooo

[@lucasm7177]

I definitely worry that Ric is going to be make headlines soon for bad reasons. Doesn't seem like he's on a very good path and he's seems to be quite erratic and unfortunately there's a line of people ready to put a microphone and video camera in front of him to record his struggles. Some might say that's karma but I still don't enjoy watching anyone suffer with mental health and addiction issues. I hope he gets help before it's too late.

[@mikebb1000]

I like and enjoy your videos and I think your research is on point but you have just spent the first seven minutes of this video repeating yourself over and over and over again and it’s annoying