Ric Flair’s self-describing is outdated. Flying in a jet, stealing a kiss needs to be the son of a slow-moving gun, love AARP Originals, Werther! There’s no discount as 73-year-old Flair becomes the greatest American professional wrestler ever. His combination of entertainment and sport is unmatched. And he should know when to hang up his shoes.
Under the Jim Crockett Promotion banner, “Ric Flair’s Last Game” will take place July 31 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is also a product of Triller, the same company that hosted Jake Paul’s fights against Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley. Still more than a month to rethink this. Why did Flair, who qualified for retirement 18 years ago, feel the need to step into the squared circle again? To live his glory days? Is it because he has little money?
Flair said in a press conference on Thursday that he wants someone “who can go” as his opponent for the match, which has yet to be revealed publicly. There are many theories about Jay Lethal, Flair’s coaching partner who inspired him to step into the ring again, as his opponent. Lethal is signed to All Elite Wrestling. AEW CEO Tony Khan allows one of his men to enter the ring with anyone who might hurt them, despite Flair’s pedigree.
Flair’s physical condition is a huge part of this. Pro wrestling is scripted and moves can be choreographed weeks in advance. Just ask Stone Cold Steve Austin what can happen when wrestlers are in peak physical condition incorrect action. Accidents happen, but who would be willing to throw themselves into a tornado? Flair’s last game to date was September 15, 2011 as part of TNA, and he looked extremely lethargic during his two years running the company.
Flair was asked about his health to practice and return to the ring. He mentioned inner ear problems, blood thinners, and his pacemaker. How do you announce game changes quickly? By the way, but that’s a problem that would be easily avoided. The other two? Oh boy, natural boy. Stopping the medication for a day, when your blood will pump in the ring, seems counter-intuitive. It would be silly if Flair became his personal doctor here. And a pacemaker? Even if this is a joke, it is your own. Strangely flexible but OK.
“I won’t be better than Ric Flair ’89, but I will be better than Ric Flair ’99. Well, it could be 2009 Ric Flair,” the 16-time WWE canon world champion said Thursday, with his actual championship being in his low 20s. Incidentally Flair mentioned 2009 because I met him at an independent wrestling show in June of that year. And he retired for good reason. He signed autographs, shook hands, and left. After a career in the Hall of Fame, that’s good enough.
The match took place in Nashville without any flaws. The Tennessee Athletic Commission has a rule about the age you must compete in a contact sports event (18) but there is no age limit. One of the committee’s statutes states that “Professional combatants thirty-five (35) years of age or older shall be neurologically examined by a neurologist or neurosurgeon and shall submit a medical report of them within thirty (30) days of applying for a license or renewing them.The Commission will not issue a license until it has had an opportunity to review the report.” Hopefully Flair has passed.
Remember the scene from the 2007 movie Comeback describe a Rocky-like recovery in which one punch turns an aging Balboa to dust? It could be deja vu. The year before I saw Flair in Manassas, Virginia, a good example of Flair also hit the silver screen in Wrestler with Mickey Rourke earning an Oscar nomination for the lead role. Rourke’s character, Randy “The Ram” Robinson, is a past role-playing wrestler still trying to cut his teeth because of his enduring legacy, ignoring health complications and other problems in his personal life. its own person. While Flair hasn’t wrestled in over a decade, he did appear at Mexico’s version of WrestleMania, AAA Triplemanía, accompanying his son-in-law Andrade “El Idolo” to a match and participating in the physical aspects.
If Flair insists on tying his shoelaces one more time, a six-man or eight-man group match will make the most sense. Get Flair to tag late, chop up a few opponents, do his signature counter move, and do the selling well in one move. To end the match, he will lock his finisher, Quadrupedal Lock, making someone less than half his age submit to him and he will move on. How he can pull off a match over three minutes on his own, especially in a highly motivated main event, is incomprehensible. Count me when I see a 73-year-old man wearing nothing but gorgeous underwear.
