History Wrestling / RicFlair

** Ric Flair looks great for 74. His appearance has always confused people: when you go and watch his pre-2000 work, it's surprising by how young he looks. A life of touring, partying and getting dropped on the head for a living took its toll.

* SignatureMove: He wasn't given the nickname "The Dirtiest Player in the Game" for nothing. Thumbs to the eye and kicks to the groin were among his favorite illegal tactics. Flair would also use chop blocks, kicks, ANYTHING that would weaken an opponent's legs and/or knees to soften them up for the Figure Four. He so thoroughly owns the knife-edge chop that if anyone uses it today, the crowd will shout "Wooo!" in honor of Ric.

* GenreBlindness[=/=]HorribleJudgeOfCharacter crossed with an inversion and literalization of HeelFaceDoorSlam: Spent much of July and August 1997 trying to recruit Wrestling/CurtHennig for the Four Horsemen, with Hennig finally agreeing after Arn Anderson's "I'll give you my spot" promo on the August 25 Nitro. At WCW Fall Brawl 97 on September 14, the [=nWo=] (Kevin Nash/Syxx/Buff Bagwell/Konnan) defeated the Horsemen (Flair/Hennig/Chris Benoit/Steve "Mongo" [=McMichael=]) in ''War Games'' when Mongo submitted after Hennig had turned heel, handcuffed Benoit and Mongo to the cage and finished the job by literally slamming the cage door on Flair's head. What makes this utterly blind judgment is that Hennig had already proven two months earlier that he couldn't be trusted when he turned on Diamond Dallas Page in their match against [=nWo=] members Scott Hall and Randy Savage at Bash at the Beach. On top of that, earlier at Fall Brawl, the nWo had attacked Hennig, and he had shown up for the match with a cast on his arm. This was a recycling of the angle from the October 21, 1996 Raw, where Triple H (one of Hall and Nash's Kliq partners!) had "injured" Mr. Perfect prior to what was supposed to be Perfect's return to the ring after a three-year absence, leading to Perfect essentially suckering in WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion "Wildman" Marc Mero into defending his title, since Helmsley had said that he wouldn't wrestle Mero unless the title was on the line. Helmsley won the match and the title after Perfect turned on Mero and hit him with a chair.

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*** "Evolution."

*** With his "Executive consultant", Mr. Perfect.
*** With Razor Ramon for their match on ''Survivor Series '92."
*** With Piper on the 2000's, earning them the World Tag-team gold.

** The Four Horsemen in the NWA/WCW.
** Evolution in WWE.
** Following the Madness of Ric Flair segments, Ric finally turned up in the arena — still wearing his underwear — along with his 'stable': some mental patients and a 'roided up nurse (Asya).
** Millionaires' Club, with Brian Adams, Bryan Clarke, Diamond Dallas Page, Horace Hogan, Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Lex Luger, Miss Elizabeth, Scott Steiner and Wrestling/TerryFunk.
** During Nitro's final lap in 2001, Flair put together another, less notable heel stable, The Magnificent Seven (formerly known as The Elite), comprised of Buff Bagwell, Wrestling/JeffJarrett, Lex Luger, the Steiners, and [[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors Road Warrior]] Animal. In addition to Bischoff, the Seven also feuded with the Rhodes family, which ended up being Flair's final run-in with the Dream.
** In TNA, he started Fourtune, basically a new-generation Four Horsemen of TNA Originals who for a while were the top heels in the company, delivering Horsemen-style beatdowns to everyone on the roster.

** "Team Package" with Lex Luger in WCW.
** In his Mid-Atlantic days, Flair frequently teamed with Wrestling/GregValentine and had multiple reigns with the tag belts.

[[ActionDad Flair has four children — two sons and two daughters — that are or were all involved in wrestling to some capacity]]. His eldest son David[[note]]b. March 6, 1979[[/note]] worked for WCW from 1999 to 2001, and made several televised appearances for WWE during the 2002 run-up to ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 18''. His eldest daughter Megan[[note]]b. 1980s; DOB still unknown[[/note]] has worked as an actress, appearing in numerous wrestling TV shows and, during the mid-1990s, in ''WCW Monday Nitro''. His youngest son Reid[[note]]February 26, 1988 -- March 29, 2013[[/note]] was an accomplished wrestler in high school and continued his craft by working for a number of promotions, debuting for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling two months before he tragically died at 25 from a drug overdose. His youngest daughter Ashley[[note]]b. April 5, 1986[[/note]] has gone on to garner the most success in the industry of all of Ric's kids, becoming one of the biggest names in WWE's women's division since the mid-to-late [=2010s=] as Wrestling/CharlotteFlair.

-->So Tony Khan is a billionaire, and this is the gift that he gets Sting for his retirement? So, he basically gave you a suit, some gold chains, and a black liver.

** Part of his kay fabe character, His entourage. He's famous for his ability to draw women for years and years. In his younger days, Flair's trash talk would invariably end in promises to "take your momma for a ride on Space Mountain, fat boy! WOOOOOOOOO!"

** "If you don't like it, learn to love it!"

### Dancing the Fargo Strut [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen in a mental hospital]]...while ''Also Sprach Zarathustra'' spews from a broken radio

** His entourage. He's been famous for his ability to draw women for years and years.

** "I have spent MORE MONEY! On BAR TABS! Than ALL THREE of you! WILL EVER! MAKE!" Just read through his biography, ''To Be The Man''. Every other page has an example of real life indulgences beyond the dreams of avarice. (Rappers love him.)

** The Nature Boy was custom made from head-to-toe. With rappers, most of the stuff they wear is rented for the videos. Over half of Flair's career was spent in the days of kayfabe being unbroken. At the very height of his career in the late 80s, he spent over $60,000 a year of his own money on limousines alone for himself and the Four Horsemen. He probably has spent more money on spilt liquor in bars from one side of this world to the other, than most people make in a year. He's also run into financial problems at times due to still living the Nature Boy lifestyle without the Nature Boy paycheck. According to his stepson on ''Celebrity Wife Swap'', you would need a six-figure salary to pay for the nightly cost of Ric's restaurant bills. That's right, a pre-teen with a legal pad is a better accountant than Mr. Flair. (Between leaving WWE for the second time and joining TNA, he started a financial advice company. This is not a joke. It actually existed: Ric Flair Finance. It went bust, unsurprisingly.)

* MemeticHandGesture: The four-finger salute of the Horsemen. Also, pointing at his Rolex.