So naturally, somebody tried to commit that sacrilege in WCW, and the proposed character change would be the dumbest pro wrestling idea ever if someone hadn't decided to make In the early '90s, WCW was run by Jim Herd, a former pizza company executive with no wrestling experience or knowledge. His birth name is widely believed to be Fred Phillips, although on different documents he is also credited as Fred Demaree or Stewart, while his biological parents were Luther and Olive Phillips (the latter of whom was also credited under the Demaree and Stewart surnames). In truth, Flair has been World Champion anywhere from 18 to 25 times, depending which wrestling historian you ask.As time went on, it became harder to pull off phantom title changes because there was more media reporting on everything.
They had two children, daughter Megan and son Flair's elder son David is a semi-retired professional wrestler, who worked for In December 2005, a judge issued arrest warrants for Flair after a In September 2007, Flair opened a financial business called Ric Flair Finance.
He slimmed down noticeably after his 1975 plane crash, and the broken back made it impossible for him to brawl the way he used to. However, after losing the WWE title to Randy Savage at Wrestlemania VIII, Flair's career failed to match the hype from early on.
He is American by nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. He was adopted. Even funnier, it came about completely by accident.Clearly, the name stuck, and being a Horseman has become part of Flair's identity.Ric Flair, despite always having an impressive build and still sporting bulging biceps well into his 60s, rarely gets credit as a "big man." His birth name is widely believed to be Fred Phillips, although on different documents he is also credited as Fred Demaree or Stewart, while his biological parents were Luther and Olive Phillips. When WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, Flair was the leader of the villainous group called the After an eight-month hiatus from wrestling, Flair made a return to the WWF on November 19, 2001.Flair's rivalry with Lesnar would continue into the month of June with Lesnar picking up wins over Flair in a singles match on the July 1 episode of At the height of Evolution's power, the group controlled all of the male-based championships of At the end of 2005, Flair had a feud with Edge that culminated in a WWE Championship Subsequently, he was involved in a rivalry with the Flair then began teaming with Carlito after Flair said that Carlito had no heart.After a three-month hiatus, Flair returned to WWE programming on the November 26 episode of The following year on February 9, Flair once again confronted Jericho on On November 21, 2009, Flair returned to the ring as a villain on the "In addition to Styles, Flair began informally managing Flair returned to television in a non–wrestling role on the May 12, 2011 episode of On March 31, 2012, while still contracted to TNA as a part of a deal with WWE which allowed Christian Cage to appear at Slammiversary 2012, Flair became the first person to be inducted into the Flair appeared on the main roster sporadically throughout 2013, as Flair began making more frequent appearances with Charlotte after she won the WWE celebrated Flair's 70th birthday on a special episode of During the summer of 2020, Flair came back to WWE programming, supporting Randy Orton for a few weeks until the August 10 episode of Raw, when Orton performed a punt kick on Flair's head.Flair was often popular with the crowd due to his in-ring antics, including rulebreaking (earning him the distinction of being "the dirtiest player in the game"), strutting and his shouting of "Wooooooo!" Flair, Ric; Hulk Hogan, WOOOOO! But the group's iconic, fear-evoking name came not from some scriptwriter or even from a promo master like Flair, but rather one of his fellow Horsemen. Nation with Ric Flair, "EP 23: Hulk Hogan! But long before he first took to the ring, his life was derailed by a… Rapper Some have looked unfavorably upon Flair's career from the 1990s onward. On Meek Mill's "Bout That Life," for example, Flair makes an appearance to rant, "It's so hard for me to sit back here, in this studio, looking at a guy out here hollering my name, When last year I spent more money on spilt liquor in bars from one side of this world to the other, than you made." In 2007, Flair launched Ric Flair's wrestling career is defined, in large part, by his association with the Four Horsemen, a stable of heel wrestlers he led in the '80s and '90s who would wreak havoc on all and often monopolized their promotions' championships. Hip-hop loves all those things, so Nature Boy's a bit of a rap cult hero.