HBK Shawn Michaels is one of the goats.I think he could do anything in the ring.Ric Flair was another goat.You would need to put Undertaker up there.Bret Hart is another one.Stone Cold Steve Austin is the biggest Star.Hulk Hogan is another one of the biggest stars.Andre the giant is another one of the greatest.Heres some other greats,John Cena,Scott Hall,Randy Savage,Sting,Dusty Rhodes,Tully Blanchard,Haku,Curt Hennig,Triple H,Arn Anderson,AJ Styles,Ricky Steamboat,Bruiser Brody,Bobby the brain Hennin,Kurt Angle, Harley Race,Jerry the king Lawler,Vader,Kevin Nash,British Bulldog,Lex Luger ,Scott Steiner,Rick Steiner,Ron Simmons,The Junkyard dog,Rock,Rick Rude ,Mick Foley,Terry Funk,Marty Jeannette,Owen Hart,The Big Show,Barry Windham,Mike Rutunda, Earthquake,Bam Bam Biggalo,Sid Vicious,Rob Van Dam,Booker T,CM Punk,Roman Reigns,The Miz,Seth Rollins, Daniel Brian and Greg Valentine.
Ric bragging about spending silly money on robes is nauseating. He runs up debts all over the place and cries when he gets bailed out like a kid. A very immature 75 year old- maybe after 6 failed marriages you are the problem ric
And here you are spending your precious time watching him. Did you actually hear what he said about negativity and how he closed the interview? Didn't sound like a mark to me, he's well into being a senior citizen now, he's 75 years old at the time of writing. Given how many of these guys we lost from our childhood, is it that difficult to just be thankful to see a familiar face that made our childhoods what it was and be appreciative of what they put their bodies through almost 365 days out of consecutive years at a time to entertain us? The man survived a few near death experiences too, he deserves at least an ounce of respect.
Yeah he lost kids, had a lot of heartbreak and was treated like a superhero playboy everywhere he went. Anyone that spent 50 years being the life of the party would have some issues to the “normal” fella
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I seriously doubt it as one of those robes cost $10,000 and the really special ones are around $15,000. Now if I convert $15,000 (US Dollars 💵) into Sterling (GB Pounds 💷) which is currently £11,765.85p ($10,000=£7,843.90p) and I’ve definitely spent over £12,000 in the last 11 months let alone 5 years and I’m sure most people watching have spent more than £11,765.85p/$15,000 in the last 5 years. So I don’t know what Ric Flair is getting at or all that drinking and partying has effected his mind into thinking that everyone in that room don’t even earn enough to spend $15,000 over 5 years to spend, even if his most expensive robe was $25,000/£19,609.75p everyone in that room will all spend over $25,000/£19,609.75p in the next 5 years (I’ve spent £681 today alone and I know my dad has paid out just over £2,400 this week as he moaned at me today when I saw him). When you add up your living costs like your rent/mortgage, household bills, council tax (pays for local public services), food, car insurance, car tax (in England you pay an annual car tax the cleaner/lower the CO2 emissions the lower the tax), fuel for the car or payment for public transport, annual taxes to the government, I could go on but you get the point. Ric Flair is out of touch with the reality of the common man and I don’t mean Dusty Rhodes
@@skullzyy6633and in an interview with Chris Van Vliet (I’ve got the surname wrong) Flair talked about Vince McMahon giving him two loans one in 1993 for just over $800,000 and the second one was for $1,300,000 either in the late 90’s like 98/99 or in the early 2000’s I can’t remember when the second one was. I remember the first one as I remember him saying that Vince McMahon gave him the loan even though he was no longer working for him and he had gone back to WCW which he really respected Vince McMahon for and he will always be grateful for helping him out when he needed most which was when he was going through a divorce with the first one and second time to either stop him from going bankrupt or he had just gone bankrupt. And typical Ric Flair he was crying while talking about how he will never forget for what Vince McMahon did for him and he would be eternally grateful for Vince McMahon saving him twice when no one else would
@nichhodge8503 brother...he spent $5k-$10k per robe...in the 70's and 80's. In today's money, that is at least $15k-$30k. You are comparing what you spend today to what Flair spent per robe, as if it is the same money now, with the same spending power.
Agree. Flair sounds very grounded and introspective here. I think the last image many might have is Flair's incident at the pizzeria in Gainesville, but everyone makes mistakes.
Flair and Taker have both done a lot for the business, love 'em or hate 'em. Taker's probably the greatest big man of all time. Flair cuts the better promos by far, but both wrestlers are iconic.
But the character of taker wouldn’t have been as good if it was done by anyone other than mark callaway. So mark callaway is potentially the greatest performer of all time for keeping that character as over as it was for 3 decades.
If you've seen one Ric Flair match, you've seen them all. So i won't falsely blurt out. He's one of the greatest workers he was just a great worker. But he was one of the greatest personas and promos ever and that can mean as much as being one of the great workers. While Flair is definitely his own biggest fan he has done some cool things in the buisness. But I'll take guys like Angle Hart or Shawn in terms of in ring work before i would Flair.
This is a ridiculous trope that is repeated by people who've only ever seen him in WWE. No, brother. No human being...not the best wrestler ever, not the worst...could possibly have the same match with Road Warrior Hawk, Ricky Steamboat, Harley Race, and Ricky Morton. If he tried to have the same match with all four of those people, at least three of those matches would have looked like a monkey fucking a football. This is absurd.
When are people going to realise that being good on the mic and a good gimmick is more important than quality of matches. It’s always been that way, history dictates it. That’s how you become a draw. The actual “wrestling” part isn’t the draw or what makes money. Otherwise Indy wrestling wouldn’t be Indy wrestling. It’s be the big leagues. But it’s not.
One of these days I'm going to subscribe to Peacock so I can catch up on my #Raw episodes. but I believe whenever I get close to it transcending to Netflix I will no longer want to watch🤔🤷🏽♂️
12:17 age isn’t just a number it’s also how many times you’ve gone around the sun ☀️ (which technically is still a number like I’ve been around the sun 43 times now)
I wish Evolution could’ve gone by the Four Horsemen moniker. Unfortunately, it’s one of the few things Vince didn’t own and he wasn’t willing to pay for its use. But they were the coolest iteration of the Horsemen since the inception of the group when it was Olie, Arn, Tully, and Ric.
succeed verb suc·ceed sək-ˈsēd succeeded; succeeding; succeeds Synonyms of succeed intransitive verb 2 a : to turn out well b : to attain a desired object or end
WWE without Vince isn't all that appealing. And it was kind of losing it's appeal towards the end of his stepdown anyway. I can't stand that Stephanie McMahon on screen. That Girl Boss fake persona and angry face annoys me.
modern wrestling is weak. It has completely lost its roots. boring, bland, terrible storytelling, boring looking wrestlers, women's league wasting airtime etc
@@HULK-HOGAN1 The moment they gave women's wrestling attention was another blow to an already dying animal. It has nothing to do with not wanting women to be involved in sports. But wrestling to me is a man's game. It is SO cheesy SO cringe when I see women bounce around the ring like the guys do. Even my dad before he passed said similar. When they got rid of Kayfabe that's when they got rid of me as a full time wrestling fan.
@LordBelial1978 Fighting is a man's sport. All resources spent on women in wrestling is a complete waste that could otherwise be used to rebuild the garbage WWE has become. It's game over when companies make woke decisions like that. Your father knew what was up. Wrestling was a phenomenon in America, but sadly it's dead now. I wish there was real competition again
Rick making shit joked at the top & middle of this are why I still don’t f with him. Hahah I can’t take my robe on planes haha. You assaulted someone dude. Even if you didn’t you just made an assault joke. Anyway
i watched wrestling since the Von Erich era , and I have zero respect for "Ric Flair " - ZERO - the most overblown "wrestler" in history ! when he came out - i turned off the volume - screaming all the time over nothing , so fake that it was embarrassing , no mention that he diden't know when to quit . his "last match" was emberecment to all wrestling . end of story .
Only wrestler who has been broke more times then he has been married. Dude will do anything for a buck and cares less about doing anything for any fan unless making a buck
Is Ric Flair the greatest wrestler of all time, or does Undertaker surpass him? Let us know in the comments below!
Not easy to say. 2 so differed type of legends.
HBK and Undertaker are the all time GOAT's.
He's one of them for sure. But he really should've ended his career in WWE, and just been a Manager from then on.
Not quite sure who could hold that title. There are (and were) a lot of good wrestlers. Brooklyn Brawler. The Red Rooster. Papa Shango. 🤪
HBK Shawn Michaels is one of the goats.I think he could do anything in the ring.Ric Flair was another goat.You would need to put Undertaker up there.Bret Hart is another one.Stone Cold Steve Austin is the biggest Star.Hulk Hogan is another one of the biggest stars.Andre the giant is another one of the greatest.Heres some other greats,John Cena,Scott Hall,Randy Savage,Sting,Dusty Rhodes,Tully Blanchard,Haku,Curt Hennig,Triple H,Arn Anderson,AJ Styles,Ricky Steamboat,Bruiser Brody,Bobby the brain Hennin,Kurt Angle, Harley Race,Jerry the king Lawler,Vader,Kevin Nash,British Bulldog,Lex Luger ,Scott Steiner,Rick Steiner,Ron Simmons,The Junkyard dog,Rock,Rick Rude ,Mick Foley,Terry Funk,Marty Jeannette,Owen Hart,The Big Show,Barry Windham,Mike Rutunda, Earthquake,Bam Bam Biggalo,Sid Vicious,Rob Van Dam,Booker T,CM Punk,Roman Reigns,The Miz,Seth Rollins, Daniel Brian and Greg Valentine.
Ric Flair is the best mark for Ric Flair of all time
Ric bragging about spending silly money on robes is nauseating. He runs up debts all over the place and cries when he gets bailed out like a kid. A very immature 75 year old- maybe after 6 failed marriages you are the problem ric
@@lucaperri4088 ZING !
And here you are spending your precious time watching him.
Did you actually hear what he said about negativity and how he closed the interview?
Didn't sound like a mark to me, he's well into being a senior citizen now, he's 75 years old at the time of writing.
Given how many of these guys we lost from our childhood, is it that difficult to just be thankful to see a familiar face that made our childhoods what it was and be appreciative of what they put their bodies through almost 365 days out of consecutive years at a time to entertain us?
The man survived a few near death experiences too, he deserves at least an ounce of respect.
Living the gimmick
Yeah he lost kids, had a lot of heartbreak and was treated like a superhero playboy everywhere he went. Anyone that spent 50 years being the life of the party would have some issues to the “normal” fella
ITR U r AWESOME at what U do U get all the GOOD interviews with the BEST wrestlers n it doesn't stop THANK YOU for everythin U do i know it takes a lot of work again THANK YOU
Slick Ric had us all engaged within every federation he ever wrestled/worked for 💯%!
LEGEND/LORE
"I spent more money on one robe than guys spend in five years." - Ric Flair
Just remember he would’ve been bankrupt if he didn’t wrestle in his 60s/70s/80s
I seriously doubt it as one of those robes cost $10,000 and the really special ones are around $15,000. Now if I convert $15,000 (US Dollars 💵) into Sterling (GB Pounds 💷) which is currently £11,765.85p ($10,000=£7,843.90p) and I’ve definitely spent over £12,000 in the last 11 months let alone 5 years and I’m sure most people watching have spent more than £11,765.85p/$15,000 in the last 5 years. So I don’t know what Ric Flair is getting at or all that drinking and partying has effected his mind into thinking that everyone in that room don’t even earn enough to spend $15,000 over 5 years to spend, even if his most expensive robe was $25,000/£19,609.75p everyone in that room will all spend over $25,000/£19,609.75p in the next 5 years (I’ve spent £681 today alone and I know my dad has paid out just over £2,400 this week as he moaned at me today when I saw him). When you add up your living costs like your rent/mortgage, household bills, council tax (pays for local public services), food, car insurance, car tax (in England you pay an annual car tax the cleaner/lower the CO2 emissions the lower the tax), fuel for the car or payment for public transport, annual taxes to the government, I could go on but you get the point. Ric Flair is out of touch with the reality of the common man and I don’t mean Dusty Rhodes
@@skullzyy6633and in an interview with Chris Van Vliet (I’ve got the surname wrong) Flair talked about Vince McMahon giving him two loans one in 1993 for just over $800,000 and the second one was for $1,300,000 either in the late 90’s like 98/99 or in the early 2000’s I can’t remember when the second one was. I remember the first one as I remember him saying that Vince McMahon gave him the loan even though he was no longer working for him and he had gone back to WCW which he really respected Vince McMahon for and he will always be grateful for helping him out when he needed most which was when he was going through a divorce with the first one and second time to either stop him from going bankrupt or he had just gone bankrupt. And typical Ric Flair he was crying while talking about how he will never forget for what Vince McMahon did for him and he would be eternally grateful for Vince McMahon saving him twice when no one else would
And there you have it. You just did a lot of something for someone
@nichhodge8503 brother...he spent $5k-$10k per robe...in the 70's and 80's. In today's money, that is at least $15k-$30k. You are comparing what you spend today to what Flair spent per robe, as if it is the same money now, with the same spending power.
Wow, really impressed with Ric Flair’s mindset here. Much respect 💕✅
Agree. Flair sounds very grounded and introspective here. I think the last image many might have is Flair's incident at the pizzeria in Gainesville, but everyone makes mistakes.
Flair and Taker have both done a lot for the business, love 'em or hate 'em. Taker's probably the greatest big man of all time. Flair cuts the better promos by far, but both wrestlers are iconic.
U can’t hate taker it’s honestly impossible
@@Lindforce1i do since he's a trumper.
After listening to Stevie Richards show, no sympathy at all for Ric the man
do you have a youtube link or something love to know what your talking about
Did you think the man was a saint?
Taker is the best character of all time,flair is ONE of the best wrestlers/performers of all time. That's the difference.
But the character of taker wouldn’t have been as good if it was done by anyone other than mark callaway. So mark callaway is potentially the greatest performer of all time for keeping that character as over as it was for 3 decades.
Ric Flair spent more on spilt liquor then you make in a year… WOO
If you've seen one Ric Flair match, you've seen them all. So i won't falsely blurt out. He's one of the greatest workers he was just a great worker. But he was one of the greatest personas and promos ever and that can mean as much as being one of the great workers. While Flair is definitely his own biggest fan he has done some cool things in the buisness. But I'll take guys like Angle Hart or Shawn in terms of in ring work before i would Flair.
This is a ridiculous trope that is repeated by people who've only ever seen him in WWE.
No, brother. No human being...not the best wrestler ever, not the worst...could possibly have the same match with Road Warrior Hawk, Ricky Steamboat, Harley Race, and Ricky Morton. If he tried to have the same match with all four of those people, at least three of those matches would have looked like a monkey fucking a football.
This is absurd.
When are people going to realise that being good on the mic and a good gimmick is more important than quality of matches. It’s always been that way, history dictates it. That’s how you become a draw. The actual “wrestling” part isn’t the draw or what makes money. Otherwise Indy wrestling wouldn’t be Indy wrestling. It’s be the big leagues. But it’s not.
@@FuntClaps101thats what AEW needs to learn
Time frame for this interview? 🤔
Probably 2019. Active Undertaker but still only wrestled when he wants to. Sounds pretty 2019 Undertaker to me 😂.
0:14 crickets
The GOAT!!!Love me some Nature Boy wooo!
Flair is the GOAT!!
One of these days I'm going to subscribe to Peacock so I can catch up on my #Raw episodes. but I believe whenever I get close to it transcending to Netflix I will no longer want to watch🤔🤷🏽♂️
If you did more shorts I would know you exist
Ric flair dripp!!!!
12:17 age isn’t just a number it’s also how many times you’ve gone around the sun ☀️ (which technically is still a number like I’ve been around the sun 43 times now)
Literally nobody cares about this interview
Learn what literally means
Those are the most uncomfortable looking chairs to do a long interview in.
I wish Evolution could’ve gone by the Four Horsemen moniker. Unfortunately, it’s one of the few things Vince didn’t own and he wasn’t willing to pay for its use. But they were the coolest iteration of the Horsemen since the inception of the group when it was Olie, Arn, Tully, and Ric.
The WWE has been nothing but 💩 for the past 25 years
It is even worse now Vince isn't in the picture at all. That annoying daughter of his is his replacement it would seem.
Ok, boomer
@@Eagles883that’s a compliment
20 years not 25
@@AngryDad. Not sure if he's talking to me or someone else. But I is Gen Z baby.
1:13 well the company failed after brining both of you in so 🤷🏻♂️ keep rewriting history lol
company had been a failure until then.
Lost money every year until 95.
The company being sold has fuck all to do with ric flair being employed there 😂
😂
Flair was so saggy and needed to stop wrestling by late 90s Nitro.
That match on one of the last Nitros with Ric and Sting was just so bad.
How can you tell Ric Flair is lying? His lips are moving.
"We wouldn't have succeeded without him [Hulk Hogan]"
...but WCW didn't succeed 😂
succeed
verb
suc·ceed sək-ˈsēd
succeeded; succeeding; succeeds
Synonyms of succeed
intransitive verb
2
a
: to turn out well
b
: to attain a desired object or end
@warriorgman they definitely did neither of those meanings
They absolutely did. May not have been for long but they did
That’s like saying Blockbuster didn’t succeed
Flair is nothing but a sad drunk now.
WWE without Vince isn't all that appealing. And it was kind of losing it's appeal towards the end of his stepdown anyway. I can't stand that Stephanie McMahon on screen. That Girl Boss fake persona and angry face annoys me.
modern wrestling is weak. It has completely lost its roots. boring, bland, terrible storytelling, boring looking wrestlers, women's league wasting airtime etc
@@HULK-HOGAN1 The moment they gave women's wrestling attention was another blow to an already dying animal. It has nothing to do with not wanting women to be involved in sports. But wrestling to me is a man's game. It is SO cheesy SO cringe when I see women bounce around the ring like the guys do. Even my dad before he passed said similar. When they got rid of Kayfabe that's when they got rid of me as a full time wrestling fan.
@LordBelial1978 Fighting is a man's sport. All resources spent on women in wrestling is a complete waste that could otherwise be used to rebuild the garbage WWE has become. It's game over when companies make woke decisions like that. Your father knew what was up. Wrestling was a phenomenon in America, but sadly it's dead now. I wish there was real competition again
Wrestling has fallen from grace so badly. It doesn't even slightly resemble its carny vibe from the territory days. It's too formulaic and soft
Rick making shit joked at the top & middle of this are why I still don’t f with him.
Hahah I can’t take my robe on planes haha. You assaulted someone dude. Even if you didn’t you just made an assault joke.
Anyway
Waaaah waaaah
Hulk hogan sucks
i watched wrestling since the Von Erich era , and I have zero respect for "Ric Flair " - ZERO - the most overblown "wrestler" in history ! when he came out - i turned off the volume - screaming all the time over nothing , so fake that it was embarrassing , no mention that he diden't know when to quit . his "last match" was emberecment to all wrestling . end of story .
Only wrestler who has been broke more times then he has been married. Dude will do anything for a buck and cares less about doing anything for any fan unless making a buck