Other Sports The sad decline of Ric Flair

Deberg_1990 · 01:18 PM

Long but fascinating read. Has there ever been a Pro Wrestler who had a well adjusted family life?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...tler-real-life

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Today the story is about a man known in the court system as Richard Morgan Fliehr, 62, born in 1949 and adopted by parents who raised him in Minnesota. That’s what he was called this past April, when a judge ejected Fliehr from his Charlotte home because he couldn’t pay his rent. That’s what he was called in May, when he faced an arrest order for an unpaid $35,000 loan. That’s what he’s called on the paychecks from Total Nonstop Action, a second-tier outfit where he’s still compelled to perform despite suffering from alcoholic cardiomyopathy, and where almost everything he earns goes toward old debts: lawyers, ex-wives, the IRS, former business partners, and anyone who made the mistake of lending him money.

Crush · 08-31-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Long but fascinating read. Has there ever been a Pro Wrestler who had a well adjusted family life?

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...tler-real-life

I think Shawn Michaels got his life in order.

4th and Long · 08-31-2011, 12:45 PM

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Crush · 08-31-2011, 12:50 PM

The day John Cena leaves the business is the day that I will watch wrestling again.

Radar Chief · 08-31-2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Crush

The day John Cena leaves the business is the day that I will watch wrestling again.

Really? What’s the issue with him?

**loochy** · 08-31-2011, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Really? What’s the issue with him?

His character is not very good and it panders to the little kid crowd that stands for everything we,as older fans, loathe about modern wrestling.

**Predarat** · 08-31-2011, 12:55 PM

Things really went down hill when the WWF took over WCW.

NaptownChief · 08-31-2011, 12:55 PM

I guess I'm not shocked as nearly all of them end poorly but would have though Flair might be one of the rare few that had it somewhat together given his longevity.

Radar Chief · 08-31-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

His character is not very good and it panders to the little kid crowd that stands for everything we,as older fans, loathe about modern wrestling.

Interesting, didn’t realize there was that much of a shift.

Crush · 08-31-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Really? What’s the issue with him?

He is the poor man's Hulk Hogan. His entire career could be described as "Lex Luger 1993: Extended Edition."

MOhillbilly · 08-31-2011, 12:58 PM

I loved the nature boy back when. Friggin wildman.

SnakeXJones · 08-31-2011, 01:02 PM

nobody can elbow drop a jacket better than flair

Crush · 08-31-2011, 01:03 PM

That man had so many great feuds. Funk, Steamboat, Savage, Austin/Pillman, Luger, Sting, Dusty, and so on.

NaptownChief · 08-31-2011, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Crush

That man had so many great feuds. Funk, Steamboat, Savage, Austin/Pillman, Luger, Sting, Dusty, and so on.

Apparently you can add 3 ex-wives to that list as well.

Crush · 08-31-2011, 01:06 PM

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Apparently you can add 3 ex-wives to that list as well.

Depends, did he carry them to at least a **** match?

08-31-2011, 12:38 PM
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