Ric Flair to retire

I'm not really a wrestling fan, but I thought this was a joke post at first. I had assumed that guy had died back with all the Von Erics.

That photo of him with Steve Spurrier looks like something from Surreal Life.
 
I've met him, very cordial and nice and hard to believe at 5'10" that I'm taller then him. I predict that he'll get into politics as he's shown an interest there.....republican btw. I believe he traded in his wife a couple years back for a much younger lady like the Hulkster is doing now. Can't believe he's only 59, guy has serious miles on him.......

BTW, this pic was from an arrest a couple years back for a road rage type of incident which was dismissed before going to trial...
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"To be the man, you have to beat the man... and baby, I'm the man"

"once again it has been your pleasure"
 
Seriously, only 59? Back in the 80s I thought he was already in his 50s. At least he looked like it. No way in hell he was only in his 30s back then.

By no means am I a wrestling aficionado, but greatest of all time? Seriously? He was more important to the practice than Hulk Hogan?
 
This dude provided me with so many great memories during my childhood.

He was Space Mountain. He was a wheelin' dealin', kiss-stealin', jet-flyin', limo-ridin' son of a gun. He was THE MAN.

He was the best of all time.

I'll raise my glass to the Nature Boy.
 
Not really a surprise. A few months ago he was supposedly going to announce his retirement, then the WWE added some gimmick/storyline that says he has to retire the next time he loses. He obviously hasn't lost yet but he's going to rassle San Antonio's Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania so I imagine that will be his swan song. It'll be fun to watch. Too bad it costs like 60 bucks to order that ****.

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I think I'll go put one of my colleagues in a Figure Four leglock, to mourn the Nature Boy's departure.

You gotta' beat the man, indeed.
 
ANyone else notic the caption of the picture with Flair and Spurrier? The news of Pete Carrol's retirement must have been overshadowed by Ric Flair and Brett Favre.
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His battles with Sting were epic.
I still attempt to use the figure four on my wife now and again.
But I just don't have the flair.
 
this does not sit well with me. I feel a great void in the force like millions of voices all crying out at once. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
 
Flair was amazing. He was the face of the N.W.A., which meant he had to go from city to city, territory to territory, and be the bad guy. I can't even imagine what his travel schedule was like when he held the NWA strap. He'd fight a Von Erich in Dallas, then he'd fight Tommy Rich in Atlanta, then he'd fight Dusty Rhodes in Florida, then he'd fight Ricky Steamboat in Charlotte, then he'd fight Harley Race in St. Louis. He was a machine. And yet he did it with such style and grace.

It was a big deal in Dallas when Flair came to town. You could say the same thing for 20 other cities in the NWA territory. And Flair had a way of making the local guys look good while still holding onto the belt.

Nobody else could have done what he did. That's why he held onto the belt for so long. He was one in a million.

Hogan definitely took pro wrestling mainstream. But Flair was the epitome of a professional wrestling champion.

Think I'll pull out some old video and watch him fight Kerry Von Erich from Christmas Day, 1983.
 
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