The Self-Destruction Of Ric Flair

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  • Опубликовано: 15 апр 2024
  • Explore the turbulent and compelling journey of wrestling icon Ric Flair in this detailed documentary. Known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is celebrated for his flamboyant style, charisma, and incredible in-ring performances, but his career has also faced significant challenges and controversies. This video delves into the highs and lows of his professional life, including financial struggles, legal issues, and personal battles that have impacted his legacy. Through interviews with wrestling historians, peers, and analysis of key moments in his career, we uncover the complexities of fame and the pressures it brings. This in-depth look at Ric Flair's downfall provides a nuanced understanding of his impact on wrestling and the personal costs of living in the spotlight. Join us as we uncover the story behind the glittering robes and championship belts to reveal the human side of a wrestling legend.
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Комментарии • 594

  • @stonehorn4641
    @stonehorn4641 Месяц назад +193

    Ric Flair is still beloved to most of the wrestling world

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +26

      Me included

    • @Em3ga
      @Em3ga Месяц назад +16

      Nah.

    • @johnathanrush4666
      @johnathanrush4666 Месяц назад +48

      You can love someone's work and be repulsed by other degenerate aspects of their personality. Crazy, right?

    • @sluggliano2000
      @sluggliano2000 Месяц назад +4

      drug dealer

    • @jamestheheel
      @jamestheheel Месяц назад +8

      @@WrestlePodclearly not if you made this video. So disrespectful.

  • @randallgoeswhere
    @randallgoeswhere Месяц назад +85

    Flair was just the guy from the 70's party that never grew up. It's not a good look when youre older.

    • @gregspence2523
      @gregspence2523 16 дней назад +3

      Agree. Some alcohol-related stories might be humorous amongst your friends but it eventually becomes not so much to not at all.

    • @megamanxhunter
      @megamanxhunter 3 дня назад +2

      I think Ric Flair's problem is he cannot separate himself from his character, just like Hulk Hogan.

  • @LarryXLR
    @LarryXLR Месяц назад +123

    "I needed the money"
    -Ric Flair in every era of his career

    • @derek-64
      @derek-64 Месяц назад +13

      And when he had he money he pissed it all away by spending beyond his means

    • @NintendoPsycho
      @NintendoPsycho 29 дней назад +6

      @@derek-64 and now he donates to Trump.

    • @darthsebio1726
      @darthsebio1726 15 дней назад +2

      @@NintendoPsychowhy wouldn’t you give money to a billionaire 😂😂😂

    • @NintendoPsycho
      @NintendoPsycho 15 дней назад

      @@darthsebio1726 I don't have money to burn?

    • @goreyboyz8564
      @goreyboyz8564 5 дней назад +1

      @@NintendoPsychoI believe they were being sarcastic

  • @Jerry-zc5qt
    @Jerry-zc5qt Месяц назад +189

    Bret hart has talked about people becoming wrestling tragedies. More often than not it was because they didn't know when to stop being their on screen character and just be the every day person

    • @Yriel129
      @Yriel129 Месяц назад +13

      In a case of soft irony it's funny Bret would say that because it kind of seemed he was being himself the entire time. And don't get me wrong, I love Bret Hart. But I suppose his bitter output about the business sometimes makes me think if he ought to make more of a distinction between his ideal version of wrestling and what is actually going on.

    • @crispycruiser4654
      @crispycruiser4654 Месяц назад +4

      @@Yriel129 Bret has one of the most tragic stories in the history of the business. Gets screwed on live TV (and a lot of it was his fault, don't care what anyone says, not getting into it), Vince then kllls his brother on live TV, and then gets kicked in the head by Goldberg at the height of the Monday night wars and ends his career at 43, when a guy like Bret easily had another decade near the top. He then had a stroke and lost all contact with his brother's widow and has spent the last decade and a half bashing guys who deserve it like Goldberg, to petty backstage politics issues he should've let go long ago with guys like Hogan and Michaels. I don't believe he's truly ever forgiven Shawn Michaels and he's still going on and on about Hogan for a political stunt he pulled 31 years ago that Bret rebounded from a year later at WM 10. Let it go Bret. You have every right to hate Vince and Goldberg, but the rest is water under the bridge.

    • @michaelvaughn8864
      @michaelvaughn8864 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@crispycruiser4654As you've stated yourself, sir, Bret did bring nuch, not all of it of course, on himself💯

    • @zemox2534
      @zemox2534 22 дня назад

      ​@@michaelvaughn8864How did he deserves getting screwed in front of his family?

    • @DEUltra82
      @DEUltra82 17 дней назад +2

      Bret was great in the ring. He had the personality of a wet towel, but still great in the ring. His biggest problem, it seems anyway, is that he honestly views himself as a legit hero of the Canadian people. It's like dude, to Canadian wrestling fans, yes. But to just everyday people who aren't wrestling fans? C'mon bret.

  • @taylot5072
    @taylot5072 Месяц назад +70

    “Whoever made this video, I’ll meet you outside in the parking lot of the pizza parlor!” -Ric Flair

    • @NickJC1086
      @NickJC1086 Месяц назад

      🤣🤣
      RF: What's your name?
      "Nicholas"
      RF: Nicholas DICKHEAD!!

    • @_BigTimer85
      @_BigTimer85 25 дней назад +6

      He was just trying to put the place over

    • @tommyaddison6539
      @tommyaddison6539 23 дня назад +2

      @@_BigTimer85🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @BIadelores
      @BIadelores 21 день назад +4

      I imagined Ric Flair going outside and immediately start blading before the other guy even steps outside

    • @taylot5072
      @taylot5072 21 день назад +1

      @@BIadelores omg hahahahahahahhahaha!!!! He’s going to make it an hour broadway but first taking flat face bumps in the parking lot

  • @drexlspivey5828
    @drexlspivey5828 Месяц назад +71

    To me it seems quite simple, the wrestling character is more fun to them than their real life, so they just become that character 24/7 instead

    • @ethanporto1745
      @ethanporto1745 15 дней назад +1

      It’s not them. I think this really only applies to rich flair and hulk hogan. The majority of old school wrestlers hated it and only did it because they didn’t have other options. Like Roddy piper for example.

    • @averagejackmedia609
      @averagejackmedia609 12 дней назад +2

      ​@ethanporto1745 scott hall was also another that fell into becoming his character.

    • @Darthloozer
      @Darthloozer 9 дней назад

      @@averagejackmedia609I think Scott Hall seemed to move past that in his interviews. But it seems like Flair never did.

  • @evilwillhunting
    @evilwillhunting 20 дней назад +18

    Ric Flair is a legend. Ric Flair is an icon. But Ric Flair, like so many men terrified of aging, clutches immaturity throughout his life.

  • @knucklestheechidna5718
    @knucklestheechidna5718 2 месяца назад +287

    I had the weirdest dream the other night that Ric came to my house to party but he was broke and kept trying to steal stuff LMAO

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +34

      Don’t eat cheese before bed

    • @user-nx5kk5ho7j
      @user-nx5kk5ho7j Месяц назад +5

      Bro, I had that same freaking dream, except it was Little Tokyo. 😮

    • @TrapGambino
      @TrapGambino Месяц назад +6

      That was actually me and it wasn’t a dream

    • @craighoward6243
      @craighoward6243 Месяц назад +3

      Rick Flair is his own man; the only thing he did wrong. is believe his PR. IT'S A WORK RICK..LOVE.U MAN

    • @bajorekjon
      @bajorekjon Месяц назад +13

      He's a wheelin and dealin, laptop stealin, son of a gun, WOOOO!

  • @kes9684
    @kes9684 24 дня назад +32

    Flair, vince, hogan, 3 guys who have done more or as much for wrestling as anyone are probably 3 of the scummiest people in wrestling 😢

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  24 дня назад +4

      So sad to think about it that way, but might be true

    • @josephfinkelstein5979
      @josephfinkelstein5979 8 дней назад

      How do you not let success corrupt you

    • @MrAjking808
      @MrAjking808 День назад

      Don’t even know these people lmao

  • @Skowl3883
    @Skowl3883 21 день назад +15

    People will always love Ric Flair, the gimmick, but Richard Fleir is a man haunted by his mistakes, the death of his son and his need to continually live the gimmick until it ultimately results in his death.
    Which it will.

  • @Scorch1028
    @Scorch1028 Месяц назад +97

    What was revealed in _Dark Side of the Ring: Plane Ride From Hell_ has heavily tarnished Ric Flair’s reputation.

    • @sluggliano2000
      @sluggliano2000 Месяц назад +15

      and owing money to everyone

    • @uploadvidz4490
      @uploadvidz4490 Месяц назад +36

      Hearing Teddy Long talk about his experiences with Ric Flair on multiple occasions tarnished his rep for me.

    • @Matt-cr4vv
      @Matt-cr4vv Месяц назад +12

      Always funny considering he’s been telling stories of the robe thing for years and years. People always laughed about it until there was public anger from this doc. Sure, the argument about the change will focus on how he cornere the flight attendant but would there really be argument that over years of exposing himself unsolicited like that didn’t include events like this occurring multiple times? Who he is and what he’s done has never been a secret culture and what is seen as accepted behavior has simply changed in the years since then.

    • @michaelkeller5927
      @michaelkeller5927 Месяц назад +25

      ​@@Matt-cr4vvbro he was like 55 years old when that happened and he had kids the same age as that flight attendant. Dude knew better but was literally a sex offender

    • @declan-kr5if
      @declan-kr5if Месяц назад +10

      The gal making those claims in that episode had recently robbed a jewelry store with her partner and has a long criminal record of identity theft and fraud

  • @Guiltless765
    @Guiltless765 Месяц назад +33

    Never put another man on a pedestal. Idc what they do. Especially these entertainers. They are not to be idolized.

    • @JustinR941
      @JustinR941 21 день назад

      You say that and the first person that comes to mind is Donald Trump. He's got little old church ladies wearing his shirts and waving his flag when we all know he is morally corrupt. Never excuse bad behavior from an adult. We all know right from wrong.

    • @Journeyman107
      @Journeyman107 15 дней назад

      That’s why we have mythological/fictional characters and personas: Robin Hood, Ric Flair, Superman, Wonder Woman, Barbie, Luke Skywalker, Mad Max, Harry Potter, Cody Rhodes… all are perfect in what they represent because they are fictional constructs built for that purpose. People are just people, praying to false idols remains a grave mistake

    • @fakeaccount6211
      @fakeaccount6211 5 дней назад

      Bingo

  • @CherylOfficial2000
    @CherylOfficial2000 Месяц назад +20

    Actors , entertainers , wrestlers , singers ... They are also human beings . We tend to judge people , but we sometimes forget we too do make mistakes .

    • @donnyjepp
      @donnyjepp 27 дней назад +1

      I don't make mistakes......I am one 😂

    • @marcoosorio3705
      @marcoosorio3705 21 день назад +5

      Nah, a vast number of them are actually raging narcissists

    • @matthewmazar7132
      @matthewmazar7132 21 день назад +2

      ​@@marcoosorio3705
      This. It became blatantly obvious when the pandemic hit.

    • @russellward4624
      @russellward4624 6 дней назад

      Theres a difference between mistakes and criminal acts though. Being late to work is a mistake. Masterbating in public hundreds of times isn't a mistake. Its a choice.

  • @sklba632
    @sklba632 Месяц назад +15

    Not even three weeks and it's already out of date to Ric making his legacy worse.

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +5

      Brutal

    • @asurlybarber3620
      @asurlybarber3620 15 дней назад +2

      Let's be honest, Ric Flair would either have to kill someone or do something nasty with a child to get his fans to stop liking him.

  • @premiertrainingFL
    @premiertrainingFL Месяц назад +30

    An obviously talented, high strung, large ego boy that never grew up. A staple of the alcoholic. Love the man but it’s tough to watch.

  • @positivevibetec
    @positivevibetec Месяц назад +30

    the most ridiculous things about this is he did that all the time it wasn't just on that plane ride he did it every time he was on a plane watch old interviews before this happened they talk about it freely especially JJ Dillon

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +11

      It’s all so gross

    • @conman823
      @conman823 16 дней назад

      So that makes it right?

  • @garydevlin8178
    @garydevlin8178 Месяц назад +26

    The irony of at least the road rage incident alone, is we could have been deprived of one of Edge’s finest moments

  • @jamesdixon6332
    @jamesdixon6332 Месяц назад +19

    At least Ric Flair doesn't tell grandiose lies on an epic scale like Terry Bollea

    • @alphamega1811
      @alphamega1811 17 дней назад +2

      Perhaps not but they're both doing these things for the same reason, and that's ego.

    • @nc3music920
      @nc3music920 10 дней назад

      Sure he does.

  • @Garf_malarf
    @Garf_malarf Месяц назад +15

    Rick does three things better than anyone on earth: alcoholism, crying and blowing money, woo!

  • @jawojon7508
    @jawojon7508 Месяц назад +10

    We will be seated.

  • @DCOWBOYS4LIFE
    @DCOWBOYS4LIFE Месяц назад +3

    I've watched since I was a kid in the late 80s, and even then people talked about guys who just couldn't let go. He lived his life 24/7 in character. Then he never wanted to let go. Now you can do social media, but constantly being that person leads to alot of the things wrestlers go through.

  • @stephendriscoll9240
    @stephendriscoll9240 26 дней назад +5

    No addiction problems just drinking.wow gonna end in a horrible way

  • @maxeybailey718
    @maxeybailey718 Месяц назад +31

    I love how some of these comments are people like picking you apart for just stating facts about a person. You weren’t excuse me you are never hurtful derogatory nasty in any of these videos. Were you talking about destruction of wrestlers or how you feel about this or the other I mean, you’re just giving us information that’s already out into the world. Thank you for what you do. Keep it up.

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +9

      This is very kind. It is hard to not let my personal opinions natural seep into these videos but I do try to present facts

    • @maxeybailey718
      @maxeybailey718 Месяц назад

      @@WrestlePod well keep it up obviously all of your videos are gonna have a little a self opinion in them and I think that’s why we love you because even if you feel this way or that way about you still present fax and anyone can appreciate that!

    • @hehate1977
      @hehate1977 Месяц назад

      Very true

    • @karlepaul6632
      @karlepaul6632 Месяц назад +3

      Except the title is "The Self Destruction of Ric Flair" which is alluding that his life is in shambles and nobody cares about him, which isn't accurate.

    • @Paranitis
      @Paranitis Месяц назад +7

      @@karlepaul6632 No, that's not at all what it alludes to.
      What it alludes to is that as his career has moved forward, he reached a peak and then his reputation and career has declined over his own decisions.

  • @JayRee1993
    @JayRee1993 24 дня назад +4

    Ric Flair is one of those guys that has the "gimmick", but can you understand a goddamn word out of his mouth, really?

  • @gregspence2523
    @gregspence2523 16 дней назад +2

    Part of this is Naitch CANNOT STAND to be alone. When you're Ric Flair it's not hard to find companionship, if you will.

  • @toma.4808
    @toma.4808 Месяц назад +19

    Ric flair has endured hardship in his life, nearly died and he triumphed. He was an example of what you could accomplish if you pushed yourself to make it. His reputation in and out of the ring is well known. Ric flair the wrestler is one of the greatest in ring performers of all time, a pop culture icon. Even if you didnt watch wrestling you knew
    " wooooo!" Was ric flair. I even got to meet flair in 2018. He was a class act. I hope he gets his life together before its really too late.

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Месяц назад +2

      He has to get right with God. His earthly time is running out.

    • @datacipher
      @datacipher Месяц назад +6

      The truth is, many - if not a majority - go through as much or more hardship than did flair, and with a tiny fraction of the resources and opportunities. Ric made bad, silly, selfish, immature choices - daily - for decades. Fanboys can romanticize it all they like - but that is the truth.

  • @perfectblindguy
    @perfectblindguy Месяц назад +7

    My list of 5 Star Flair Matches
    1. Chi town Rumble vs Steamboat
    2. Two out of Three falls match vs steamboat Clash of the Champions
    3. Wreslewar 89 vs steamboat
    4. Flair vs Funk Troy NY 89
    5. Flair vs Vader Starrcade
    6. Flair vs Vader battledome
    7. 92 Royal Rumble
    8. Flair vs HBK Wrestlemania
    9 Flair vs Ronnie Garvin Detroit MI 87
    10. Flair vs Taker Wrestlemania
    Those are the ones off the top of my head. I am sure there are more. I am not sure if Flair vs Savage at WM8 is a 5 star or not, I can see both sides of the argument.

  • @lazy_lefty
    @lazy_lefty Месяц назад +17

    One thing I know for sure is that dutch mantell is a real one 💯

  • @Paranitis
    @Paranitis Месяц назад +4

    Just an FYI, that portion at about 9:00 where you were reading off the locations he went through, for L.A. you said Louisiana. I am pretty sure he was referencing Los Angeles. Simply based off the fact everything else in that list was also a city and not a state.

  • @McFarlaneDragonClan
    @McFarlaneDragonClan Месяц назад +17

    I love this channel buddy. Really do. I watch and look forward to all your videos. I hope this channel never changes 🤞🏻🤞🏻

  • @dreamersdisease2481
    @dreamersdisease2481 16 дней назад +2

    You can make all your documentaries and say all your words but you remember this to be the man you got to beat the man

  • @chadczternastek
    @chadczternastek Месяц назад +5

    I was so thrilled to see you take on this heavy task. Your writing and info digging is too tier stuff. You have the moxie to take on some controversial topics and i love it.
    Soon as i seen the length of this, i stopped and got a drink, my vape pen and watched this. Great job. I really mean that. Keep them coming.

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +1

      So nice to have someone who likes my content so much! Appreciate it

  • @paulbookwood6410
    @paulbookwood6410 Месяц назад +3

    I watch wrestling to be entertained. Flair was always entertaining, particularly his mic work. When I look for saints I don't think I'll start looking for them in professional wrestling.....🤔

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia 20 дней назад +2

    If Brennan Schlaub has your t-shirts, I'd rethink what you're doing B

  • @Loe_Jist
    @Loe_Jist Месяц назад +6

    The Ric Flair that we knew and loved died after his 2008 retirement match against Shawn Michaels

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +3

      And what an ending that would have been!!!

    • @Loe_Jist
      @Loe_Jist Месяц назад

      ​@@WrestlePod I choose to believe that the Ric Flair we have left is the result of CTE, senility, and decades of alcoholism catching up to him. I'm pretending it's not even the same guy.

  • @DJReyzor357
    @DJReyzor357 Месяц назад +1

    After what happened last week, this video aged so perfectly 👌 well... 😅😅😅 The Nature Boy is a Legend Amongst Us All, but his personal life.... 😔

  • @ianationwidee2307
    @ianationwidee2307 Месяц назад +3

    Love your narrations on these wrestling videos.
    Very well orchestrated and brings back so much nostalgia.
    Thank you for your uploads.

  • @James-qd8he
    @James-qd8he 29 дней назад +1

    No matter what is said about Ric, the fact remains that he is custom made from head to toe and he's having a hard time keeping his alligators down.

  • @alonelypotato2788
    @alonelypotato2788 Месяц назад +2

    Flair financial problem
    Flair acc balance : $2millions
    My financial problem
    My acc Balance : $0.16

  • @curtcoeurdelion
    @curtcoeurdelion Месяц назад +15

    Ric Flair - the Hulk Hogan of wrestling.

    • @user-fc3ki3gb7u
      @user-fc3ki3gb7u Месяц назад

      Ric Flair is a 1,000 times better than that steroid using bigot Hogan

  • @mewinthedark2351
    @mewinthedark2351 22 дня назад +5

    ric flair pulls out his favorite move the wiener helicopter!

  • @DarthSaggezza
    @DarthSaggezza Месяц назад +2

    I started watching wrestling in 1983 when we got cable for a very first time where I lived in Ohio. It was on the superstation WTBS by first saw Ric Flair. The character drew me in to Wrestling along with the American Dream Dusty Rhodes, then in 1985 with Jim Cornett. Growing up as a teenager I always wanted to be these three characters rolled up in the one. Mind you I was in my early teens. I looked up to these people. I think everybody that watch Pro Wrestling at my age, back then, wanted to be a pro wrestler. Larger than life. Decades later, as I grew up and started the pill back the layers of the onion that’s Ric Flair. I saw a man that was desperately seeking this still be relevant in a changing age of professional wrestling. The exploits that he did on the “ Plane ride from Hell “ Now in our set of values in this generation is repulsive. But when it happened in the early 2000s it was just “ Ric being Ric” none of us thinking about how the other people on the plane and the crew felt about it. I feel sorry for him and honor him in the same sentence. His achievements in professional wrestling and pulp culture is iconic. I hope now in 2024. He has learned lessons of his past and his leaving a productive life. He has a Storage career and he has touched a lot of professional wrestling fans and the general public. I want him to be remembered for the man he was and is, instead of all the exploits he has done in the past. As long as he’s learned his lessons and he can share his stories with other professional wrestlers, and people in life in general then he is great in my book. We all make mistakes. Sometimes costly mistakes that hurt people but nonetheless, we are only human.
    WOOOOOOOOOO!

  • @jayworthy342
    @jayworthy342 Месяц назад +26

    "ahead of his time"
    Mike Tyson has CTE

    • @Rowdy_2469
      @Rowdy_2469 Месяц назад +3

      Flair doesn't need to be on tv anymore he is passed his prime

    • @brian_b_music
      @brian_b_music Месяц назад +3

      @@Rowdy_2469he was passed his prime in 1999. He could have retired after his run in the WWE in the early 90’s and that would have probably been better.

    • @NoelCo-yd1gu
      @NoelCo-yd1gu Месяц назад +1

      ​@@brian_b_musicI been telling everyone that. WCW was his final frontier and even then he shouldn't of been there doin what he was doin. Love flairs character but it was hard watching him cut promos. I thought he for real was going to have a heart attack

    • @brian_b_music
      @brian_b_music Месяц назад +1

      @@NoelCo-yd1gu Oh yeah you compare his work in the late 90’s to his work in the 80’s and early 90’s. He hurt his own legacy, it was embarrassing to watch. Even as a young kid I could see he needed to hang it up.

    • @alwilson3204
      @alwilson3204 Месяц назад +2

      @@NoelCo-yd1gu I need all the attention - WOOOO!

  • @asurlybarber3620
    @asurlybarber3620 15 дней назад

    Ric Flair tried to live his gimmick 24/7, and it caught up with him after a while. But I wouldn't call him a scumbag like Buck Zumhoffe or Invader 1.

  • @Darth001
    @Darth001 25 дней назад +1

    At the start saw some clips of booker t. Can't believe I forgot about him. He always put on a good show

  • @2020Bookworm
    @2020Bookworm Месяц назад +3

    He was adopted, it makes you wonder if alcoholism runs in his family. Obviously he was an unplanned pregnancy.

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 Месяц назад

      Yeah no. He was stolen. Then sold for adoption

  • @JaceyMitchell
    @JaceyMitchell 8 дней назад

    Oof that 911 call is heart-wrenching.
    I may not like a lot of the stuff Ric has done over the years, but I wouldn't wish losing a child on anyone. And it does make me wonder how much of the self-destructive behavior that's increasingly gotten out of control over the past decade or so stems from what happened on that fateful day in 2013. At times it honestly feels like Ric WANTS to die. I hope he finds some measure of peace in THIS life, and is able to enjoy his children and grandchildren in spite of the pain. That is my wish for Ric Flair.

  • @lucasm7177
    @lucasm7177 Месяц назад +2

    I definitely worry that Ric is going to be make headlines soon for bad reasons. Doesn't seem like he's on a very good path and he's seems to be quite erratic and unfortunately there's a line of people ready to put a microphone and video camera in front of him to record his struggles. Some might say that's karma but I still don't enjoy watching anyone suffer with mental health and addiction issues. I hope he gets help before it's too late.

  • @DeMan59
    @DeMan59 9 дней назад

    I don’t see this downfall you speak of. Ric Flair can walk into any arena and the fans will still go nuts.

  • @rebelwithoutaclue9387
    @rebelwithoutaclue9387 Месяц назад +27

    Do you huff on helium regularly?

    • @usernameluis305
      @usernameluis305 Месяц назад +9

      A guy with this voice could never be ric flair or understand a guy like ric flair

    • @northleedspoppa
      @northleedspoppa Месяц назад

      ​@@usernameluis305 what a drunk old man who used to be a pretend fighter
      You seem crazy dumb

    • @21stcenturyrambo16
      @21stcenturyrambo16 Месяц назад

      @@usernameluis305 Its AI

    • @_BigTimer85
      @_BigTimer85 25 дней назад

      Dumb

  • @user-bd8dk1tu5i
    @user-bd8dk1tu5i 5 дней назад

    What movie is that with Edge in a suit? Ive never seen it before

  • @jamesmainstream3112
    @jamesmainstream3112 5 дней назад

    He is but one droplet in a torrent of reasons not to idolize others. If you have been honest with yourself and in your relationships, you won't need false idols.

  • @michaelvaughn8864
    @michaelvaughn8864 Месяц назад +2

    Lil Naitch made his presence known on The Plane Ride From Hell, too😂😂hehe

  • @Nahan_Boker94
    @Nahan_Boker94 Месяц назад +4

    One thing about ric flair is, he can never be part away from wrestling and clearly he seeking "death doing what his loved" but by risking ruining his images on fans and other wrestlers work with him at this time. He's still stuck in his past glory. and clearly shown he still pushed to have last match that nobody want to see/do anymore especially after we witness how scary the last match he does. His will is amazing but his body can't do it anymore.
    I just wish he know when to stop before he hurt himself, really he has more glory than most golden age wrestlers and have nothing left to proof. Time to be the wise one than the reckless one.

  • @brett_84
    @brett_84 Месяц назад +2

    I'm confused. So was it an allegation that on the plane he made a woman touch him or was that proven?

  • @adammartin7755
    @adammartin7755 Месяц назад +3

    Look at his time at Kill Tony, this guy is a shell of himself

  • @user-yh5yh5es4u
    @user-yh5yh5es4u Месяц назад +2

    I did the living like there's no tomorrow, just like Fast Freddie Filllups (@ Billups) but tomorrow always came bebopping along

  • @garrymclaughlan6433
    @garrymclaughlan6433 Месяц назад +1

    The sad part is there's another video this week you could include in this.

  • @guitarshaman
    @guitarshaman 10 дней назад

    No one has mentioned that Ric was sober at the time of Theo's podcast but was utterly shitfaced on Kill Tony within a short period of time. Bummed me tf out...

  • @create-a-new-handle
    @create-a-new-handle 11 дней назад

    by 6:32, question answered “why is ric flair so influential in hip hop?”

  • @DeadBoy665
    @DeadBoy665 Месяц назад +3

    The man survived a plane crash, became a superstar. Lived the life that some would dream about. And we expect him to be a saint this is a man that has lived on the razor's Edge his entire life there is no shame in his game but he has had that run.

    • @michaelkeller5927
      @michaelkeller5927 Месяц назад

      No, but we *do* expect him to fucking grow up at some point. Sexually assaulting women when you're over 50 is something else. Come on man, be better

    • @curthennig9448
      @curthennig9448 Месяц назад +3

      Way to turn your head. Lucky he's not in jail. Just ask Shane Douglas.

    • @epicwinnington8602
      @epicwinnington8602 Месяц назад +4

      Kinda weird to just wave off a dude committing sexual assault.

    • @DeadBoy665
      @DeadBoy665 Месяц назад

      @@epicwinnington8602 if you look at what all those guys did back in the day they're pretty horrendous people but at the same time he's one of the few Lucky Ones Still Alive to actually remember some of it.

  • @MrWest-ph5yg
    @MrWest-ph5yg Месяц назад +1

    Let's see what Teddy Long has to say about Ric.

  • @Peter-ci1ef
    @Peter-ci1ef Месяц назад

    His Name is Rick Blair,Wrestled in Aus years ago and that was the name they announced

  • @karlepaul6632
    @karlepaul6632 Месяц назад +1

    More people love Ric Flair than hate him... that's just a FACT!

  • @WizardoftheGhost
    @WizardoftheGhost Месяц назад

    He didnt change. Everything and everyone around him did. Rick Flair stayed true to himself. And we all loved that man before society wanted a change.

  • @frommarswithmalice9174
    @frommarswithmalice9174 2 дня назад

    Every time I hear that 911 call I either have to turn off the video or skip it it makes me almost sick to my stomach thinking that somebody would leak something like that even or be it available to the public which is a whole other level of messed up but some things are best left to privacy and hearing a man broken because his son's dead in front of him just isn't something I want to hear nor should anyone else I don't fault you for using it though nor am I shaming you the creator considering the material and context of the video, I'm mostly commenting on the fact we even have access to it. What a World it is these days....

  • @MBeats27
    @MBeats27 Месяц назад +1

    I don't care what he did or didn't he is the fukin goat he gets a pass for entertaining me and millions of others

  • @Stevedrums741
    @Stevedrums741 Месяц назад +1

    Not that my opinion matters in the least, but I will always love what Flair did in the ring. I don't think I'd have any use for the man outside of it. That's why it's usually not a good thing to meet those you admire in the entertainment field. Most aren't particularly good people.

  • @dorymoore7094
    @dorymoore7094 Месяц назад +114

    You can say whatever you want about the man and what he's done, god knows he's screwed up and done some terrible things, but personally I've always been really uncomfortable with people using his son's death as content for videos. I feel like you could have been a little more tasteful about the subject, starting from not adding in the 911 call. As a man who's been in a similar situation, hearing a father distraught and in immense pain from seeing his son dying in front of him doesn't fucking track for me. You've done amazing documentaries before and I've watched a bunch of em but I can't help but draw the line here. I'm not about to tell you what to do with your content, it's your thing and you'll do it in whichever way you want and I pray you don't take such criticism at face value.

    • @bajorekjon
      @bajorekjon Месяц назад +25

      Please explain how you make a documentary about Ric Flair's downfall without bringing up his son. And I didn't hear any 911 call

    • @thegamingchicken945
      @thegamingchicken945 Месяц назад +19

      @@bajorekjonits in the first minute of the video

    • @jeus_cnt
      @jeus_cnt Месяц назад +26

      Yeah idk I thought u were kinda over reacting a bit but I rewatched the intro and transitioning Ric Flairs phone call for his dead son to the opening title is pretty gross man

    • @long060
      @long060 Месяц назад +8

      @@jeus_cnt i have to agree with you actually. I didn't think I would but after rewatching it, yeah, I have to agree with you

    • @ryane5483
      @ryane5483 Месяц назад +7

      As someone who has lost a child, I wouldn't wish that pain on my worst enemy and I only knew the child I lost for about 30 minutes. She passed away shortly after birth, and it wrecked me. I can't imagine what Ric went through. It was no secret that he absolutely adored Reid and saw him as a chance at redemption for his failings as a father to his older children. And Ric was Reids idol. By no means am I saying that Reid should not have been included in this video. But I do agree with the original commenter, this is an absolutely phenomenal video, but playing the 911 call was, in my opinion a bit too much.

  • @mbp7060
    @mbp7060 Месяц назад

    I knew there was something special about Flair back in 1975 when I was 6 years old. I watched wrestling and then I'd put a white t-shirt over my head like it was blond hair and act like him screaming WOOOO! This was before he had ever played a good guy.

  • @rhinogamer0271
    @rhinogamer0271 Месяц назад +1

    Ric Flair was the Duane The Rock Johnson of the 80's he was
    great on the microphone and he sold a lot of seats

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 29 дней назад

      A much better wrestler.

  • @DanielHernandez-rj9me
    @DanielHernandez-rj9me 16 дней назад

    Ric Flair greatest enternainer of all time legendary status Double AA ,OlE ,james j dillan, Lex Lugar ,STING TULLY BARRY ALL LEGENDARY thank u for the greatest time in wrestling love u

  • @tjshaver855
    @tjshaver855 Месяц назад +1

    At least he would never make fun of someone's time

  • @earlputnal9124
    @earlputnal9124 Месяц назад +4

    Ric might've paid the price? But his character pays the ultimate price for wanting to hang on. Ric? I'll say it honestly man. Retire. And moderate your former life. You're paying the extreme results of your extreme lies you're trying to hold onto brother. We still love you. And there's no shame in letting it go. Love you Ric.

  • @isaacrodriguez2523
    @isaacrodriguez2523 12 дней назад

    You can identify ric by a noise you make with your vocals it's part of human evolution soon we won't need words. Woooooooo

  • @Hibachi6.6.6
    @Hibachi6.6.6 Месяц назад +1

    He wrestled the same match over and over and over
    I guess I had to be alive in the 70s and 80s cause what I saw 95-09 almost the same thing constantly

    • @LH74
      @LH74 Месяц назад

      Every mark says the same shit. "He wrestled the same match all the time". Get a life Jabroni.

  • @WilliamSmith-zg6vp
    @WilliamSmith-zg6vp Месяц назад +1

    You should do one like this for Ted DiBiasse. You know, hit job tho like hiw the character and the man are indistinguishable? I mean everyone, including brett favre, has a price for the Mi$$i$$ippi $cam. Good video, you sir get a like.

  • @Stable_Genius
    @Stable_Genius 10 дней назад

    Yep, Flair ruined basically every positive relationship in his life he ever had.

  • @MasterWitchDoctor
    @MasterWitchDoctor Месяц назад +1

    Flair hangin with Charlie Sheen and Tyson, peas in a pod,

  • @keithknott8307
    @keithknott8307 17 дней назад

    I will never fully understand why people "CHOOSE" to belittle others ability because of a three letter word:
    "A-G-E."
    Shouldn't people be able to enjoy their dreams, passions, callings, pleasures, jobs, hobbies, desires,
    some could even call it a
    pastime as long as they have the ability and desire to do it?
    Now I fully understand about how the three letter word "A-G-E" sooner or later catches everyone eventually, I get it, I get it.
    And guys like "RIC FLAIR" had all of that I mentioned previously make no mistake of that.
    I mean, I grew up watching
    THE NATURE BOY whether he was
    "W.W.F/W.W.E" but even long before that when FLAIR was in:
    "DALLAS TX (N.W.A - W.C.C.W),
    SHREVEPORT LA (N.W.A - W.C.W),
    ATLANTA GA (N.W.A)"
    as far back as the late 1970's,
    Then after "W.W.F / W.W.E",
    "A.E.W"
    Then his retirement in "T.N.A".
    Was he OLD: ABSOLOUTELY,
    Was he still able to do all above mentioned:
    "YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT".
    Make no mistake about it
    "A-G-E" does catch up to everything and everyone sooner or later that's one thing that will never change.
    But where is there a
    "ORDINANCE,
    LAW,
    RULE,
    GODS COMMANDMENT"
    THAT SAYS EVERYONE AT THE AGE 67 (which is retirement age last 🤔 I checked which is also something that does keep changing)
    HAS TO BE IN A
    "SENILE SHACK,
    RETIREMENT HOME,
    NURSING HOME
    HOSPITAL, ETC"
    SCREAMING FOR A
    NURSE/ORDERLY
    TO BRING THEM THEIR
    PRUNE JUICE TO HELP WASH DOWN THEIR
    EX-LAX, GERITOL, OATMEAL.
    AND TO HAVE THE WATER IN THEIR BOTTLE WARM IN CASE THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR ENEMA.
    WHILE SITTING IN THEIR
    ROCKING CHAIR AND WATCHING
    "BEN MATLOCK."
    WHILE WAITING FOR THE
    GRIM REAPER TO COME? FOR THE REST OF THEIR DAYS?
    But also hearing all the time how we should (ALWAYS):
    "LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST?"
    "WAITING TO DIE",
    "LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST":
    HOW 🤔 MORE CONTRADICTORY CAN THEY WE GET?!

  • @larryb5481
    @larryb5481 Месяц назад +3

    Self-destruction of Ric Flair, huh?

  • @tripleh327
    @tripleh327 5 дней назад

    Flair had the best retirement match of all time
    A wrestlemania classic with hbk
    I pretend that everything after that is a bad joke

  • @Buddha_Kai47
    @Buddha_Kai47 Месяц назад

    Ironically his biggest addiction that he refuses to quit is the wrestling

  • @tiffanylewis7633
    @tiffanylewis7633 Месяц назад +5

    Ric flair had the best promos

    • @WrestlePod
      @WrestlePod  Месяц назад +3

      I agree, spine tingling!

  • @declan-kr5if
    @declan-kr5if Месяц назад +13

    The gal making those claims in that episode had recently robbed a jewelry store with her partner and has a long criminal record of identity theft and fraud

    • @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn
      @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn Месяц назад +5

      so that automatically means what ric did was okay??????????

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 29 дней назад +2

      @@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn No, that automatically calls anything she claims into question. Keep up, it's not difficult.

  • @NintendoPsycho
    @NintendoPsycho Месяц назад +1

    Tony the Snowman will pay you Ric!

  • @GGGeena860
    @GGGeena860 17 дней назад

    @Ricflair and I both got colon surgery, im glad he made it through. We are miracles, me x3 bc my colon broke 3x

  • @matthewgabbard6415
    @matthewgabbard6415 Месяц назад +1

    Ric likes to party, you gotta tell him no.

  • @nixn6412
    @nixn6412 15 дней назад +1

    This is well written.

  • @LH74
    @LH74 Месяц назад

    What do money problems have to do with someone's greatness???

  • @LaRuestafish401
    @LaRuestafish401 Месяц назад

    NOBODYS PERFECT INCLUDING RIC FLAIR,GOD BLESS YOU # HE IS A LEGEND!YALL OVER USE THAT WORD BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LEGEND💯💯💯💯

  • @brandonlee6932
    @brandonlee6932 Месяц назад +5

    Love Ric Flair. Always will.

  • @thekurgan1580
    @thekurgan1580 24 дня назад

    dont care what he has done we all human he still the nature boy whooooooooooooo

  • @tomjones5650
    @tomjones5650 Месяц назад

    Could never come near Bruno. A True Champion 🏆

  • @Mic-oi5kb
    @Mic-oi5kb 28 дней назад +1

    As a wrestler. Great. AS a person 😢

  • @Myke-ix2ui
    @Myke-ix2ui 10 дней назад

    Met him at the gold club strip club in Baton Rouge. He is nuts. Always liked him.

  • @darthsebio1726
    @darthsebio1726 15 дней назад

    The older Ric Flair is..the less bad Jim Heard looks😬

  • @greer776611
    @greer776611 19 дней назад

    Even after the bomb hits- Ric will still emerge!

  • @aretnap3653
    @aretnap3653 Месяц назад

    My Grandma Called Him "Parrot-Tongue", Back In The80's.😜

  • @nick56677
    @nick56677 Месяц назад +1

    The Raper Boy Ric Flair who cant even have a convo anymore without crying

    • @kevinb9830
      @kevinb9830 29 дней назад +1

      there's no suggestion of rape. Get a grip.