History TearJerker / RicFlair

* RealLife example: His son Reid Flair was to debut with him in the WWE, but was found dead in a hotel room from an accidental overdose.
** At Reid's funeral, he slipped one of his two WWE Hall of Fame Rings onto his finger, and gave the other one to his elder son, David. Which led to a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} from Wrestling/TripleH, who, after hearing about this, had a third ring commissioned for Ric with Reid's name engraved on it.
** The ESPN-produced 30 for 30 documentary had Flair recall that he "drank himself to death" for over a year after Reid's passing.

* Flair's final match at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 24'' against Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, which was topped the very next night on ''Raw'' when the entire active WWE roster, several legends (including his old compatriots the Four Horsemen (Wrestling/ArnAnderson, J J Dillon, Tully Blanchard and Wrestling/BarryWindham), old enemies like Wrestling/RickySteamboat, and old allies like Wrestling/GregValentine), and even Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] himself came out to give Flair a send off the likes of which will probably never be duplicated or matched ever again.

** At Reid's funeral, he slipped one of his two WWE Hall of Fame Rings onto his finger, and gave the other one to his elder son, David. Which led to a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming from Wrestling/TripleH, who, after hearing about this, had a third ring commissioned for Ric with Reid's name engraved on it.

* Flair's final match at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 24'' against Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, which was topped the very next night on ''Raw'' when the entire active WWE roster, several legends (including his old compatriots the Four Horsemen (ArnAnderson, J J Dillon, TullyBlanchard and BarryWindham), old enemies like Wrestling/RickySteamboat, and old allies like GregValentine), and even Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] himself came out to give Flair a send off the likes of which will probably never be duplicated or matched ever again.
--> '''Shawn''': *preparing the finishing blow* I'm sorry. I love you...

** Even more bittersweet: Flair closing the curtain on WCW, March 26, 2001. In interviews, he clarified that he's inwardly ''rejoicing'', having finally won his freedom from that absurd company. If he cries ''this'' much when he's HAPPY...

** Even more bittersweet: Flair closing the curtain on WCW, March 26, 2001.

* RealLife example: His son Reid Flair was to debut with him in the WWE, but was found dead in a hotel room from an accidental overdose.

* Flair's final match at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 24'' against Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, which was topped the very next night on ''Raw'' when the entire active WWE roster, several legends (including the Four Horsemen, Wrestling/RickySteamboat, and Greg Valentine), and even Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] himself came out to give Flair a send off the likes of which will probably never be duplicated or matched ever again.
* RealLife example: His son was to debut with him in the WWE, but his son was found dead in a hotel room.

* His return to WCW and reformation of the Horseman, ''Nitro'' September 14, 1998.

* TearJerker: Flair's final match at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 24'' against Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, which was topped the very next night on ''Raw'' when the entire active WWE roster, several legends (including the Four Horsemen, Wrestling/RickySteamboat, and Greg Valentine), and even Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] himself came out to give Flair a send off the likes of which will probably never be duplicated or matched ever again.