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June 22, 2008
Ric Flair will be at the NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest on August 15 in Charlotte, N.C. For more info, check out: http://www.nwalegends.com/2008/ricflair.htm
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May 20, 2008
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair was in New Orleans last night to watch the Game 7 NBA playoff game between the San Antonio
Spurs and the New Orleans Hornets. Broadcaster Marv Albert noted, "Wrestling icon Ric Flair is here." Flair is a
big Hornets fan going back to when they played in Charlotte.
Source: PWInsider.com
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Born February 25, 1949....Ric Flair ( Richard Morgan Fliehr)
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FLAIR FOREVER
THANKS RIC
FOR 36 YEARS!
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59 years old
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March 25, 2008
Ric Flair received the key to Columbia, S.C., earlier this month
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Triple H will induct Ric Flair into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
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February 18, 2008
Ric Flair was announced as the first inductee for this year's WWE Hall of Fame. The event, set for March 29, 2008
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October 5, 2007
The WWE and Flair last met on September 20 at Titan Towers where Flair brought his attornies, which Vince McMahon did
not like.
It may be that Ric Flair will never wrestle for the WWE again.
The first plan was for a last Flair run ending at or around Wrestlemania XXIV next year 2008.
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Ric owns about 15 rhinestone velvet robes at a cost of 5 to 7 thousand dollars each.
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Some of Ric's moves:
Chopfest and Reversal
Back-body drop
Thumb to the eye
Knee-begging
Strut
Mid-ring chops
Flair Flop
Chop Block
Figure-Four Attempt
Figure Four Reversal
Figure Four Pin
Whoos
Top-rope toss
REAL NAME: Richard Fliehr
BORN February 25, 1949
6'4", 243 pounds
AKA: Ric Flair, the Nature Boy
"man of the people"
"the dirtiest player in the game"
In the summer of 1991, Flair arrive in the WWE
On the weekend of May 19-20, 2006, Ric Flair will be part of the fifth induction class of the Professional Wrestling
Hall of Fame and Museum at a ceremony held in Amsterdam, New York.
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"Rise & Fall of ECW" DVD recently passed the Ric Flair DVD as the second highest selling DVD of all-time just
behind WrestleMania XX,
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Ric Flair: To Be the Man, cowritten with Keith Elliot Greenberg, chronicles the anguish and exhilaration of Flair's life and
career -- in painfully honest detail.
August 30th - RIC FLAIR will be signing copies of his autobiography, To Be The Man, beginning at Noon at Wal-Mart, Davis
St. San Leandro, CA.
Ric Flair: To Be the Man, cowritten with Keith Elliot Greenberg, chronicles the anguish and exhilaration of Flair's life and
career -- in painfully honest detail.
Ric Flair's autobiography is currently No. 5 on the New York Times best seller list.
Ric Flair's anxiously anticipated autobiography, To Be The Man, goes on sale Tuesday, July 6 at WWEShopZone.com and wherever
books are sold.
"I learned the craft from guys like Dick Murdoch, Harley Race, the Funks," said Flair. "I'm trying now to
give something back and the young guys today enjoy wrestling with me. They can learn how to play off a crowd, how to play
off that energy and all about ring psychology. (flair quote) from slamsports.com
Sometimes Flair signs everything:
He would sign one item, as is customary, fans bring either his book or DVD. stuff from Wal-Mart. like the new Flair
'legends' action figure, and the new Raw magazine with him on the cover, now out (August 2004 issue)
6' 1"
243 lbs
From: Charlotte, N.C.
Finishing Move: Figure four leglock
Nicknames: "Dirtiest Player in the Game.".."The Nature Boy."
Seconding fellow EVOLUTION MEMBERS , Randy Orton ..Triple H...Batista to the ring.
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 30, 2004 01:45 PM
reports:
Three professional wrestlers and World Wrestling Entertainment are being sued in Maricopa County by flight attendants
who allege the wrestlers sexually harassed them aboard a chartered luxury airplane.
The suit, filed late Monday in Superior Court, accuses Ric "The Nature Boy" Flair, Scott "The Diamond Stud"
Hall and Dustin "Golddust" Rhodes of "extreme and outrageous" behavior on a return flight from Europe
aboard Phoenix-based SportsJet on May 5, 2002.
Ric Flair
Debut Match: March 1, 1976
Holds 16 World Championships with the Wrestling World
DVD: "THE ULTIMATE RIC FLAIR COLLECTION." out Nov 18, 2003....10 hours of material covering his best years...His
life and signature " WHOOOO OOOO
When asked if a movie was to be made about his life...who would he want to play him.....Ric said.... Sean Connery
RIC FLAIR: was on a radio show talking about Wrestlemania. He also talked about steroids and said he never used them. The
host announced that Ric was going to be a Grandfather soon.
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Trained by Verne Gagne, Flair cut his teeth in AWA rings after debuting with a ten-minute draw against George "Scrap
Iron" Gadaski in 1972. After remaining with the AWA for the first two years of his career, Flair headed south to the
Mid-Atlantic area where he defeated Paul Jones for the Mid-Atlantic Television title.
(credit Slamsports.com)
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