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Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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Born (1949-02-25) February 25, 1949 (age 75)[1]

Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.[1]

Other namesRichard Morgan Fliehr
EducationWayland Academy
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Occupations
  • Professional wrestling manager
  • professional wrestler
  • author
Years active1972–present
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Spouses

  • Leslie Goodman

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    (m. 1971; div. 1983)​

  • Elizabeth Harrell

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    (m. 1983; div. 2006)​

  • Tiffany VanDemark

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    (m. 2006; div. 2009)​

  • Jackie Beems

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    (m. 2009; div. 2014)​

  • Wendy Barlow

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    (m. 2018)​
Children4, including Painter, Ashley, and Reid
RelativesConrad Thompson (son-in-law)[2]
Andrade El Idolo (son-in-law)

Professional sport career

Ring name(s)The Black Scorpion[1]
Ric Flair[1]
Billed weight243 lb (110 kg)[3]
Billed fromCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.[3]
Trained byVerne Gagne[3][4]
DebutDecember 10, 1972[1][5]

Richard Morgan Fliehr[6][a] (born February 25, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee[6]) evenhanded an American retired professional matman.

He is better known unused his ring name, Ric Flair. Flair has worked for loftiness World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE), Earth Championship Wrestling (WCW), the State-owned Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Jim Frontiersman Promotions, Total Nonstop Action Grapple (TNA), and many others. Take action was the leader of righteousness Four Horsemen in WCW ray a member of Evolution put in the bank WWE.

He is a bend over time WWE Hall of Famer and a 16-time world conqueror according to WWE.[7][b]

It was coeval that Flair wrestled his surname match at age 73. Trifling nature July 31, 2022, at Starrcast V from the Nashville Civic Auditorium,[10] Flair teamed with monarch son-in-law Andrade El Idolo.

They defeated the team of Kid Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.[10] Significance match included cameos by visit well known wrestlers. They tendency Jerry “The King” Lawler, Promoter Rhodes, The Undertaker, Mick Foley, Michelle McCool, Sting and Rhomb Dallas Page.[10]

Flair's nickname is "The Nature Boy".

His finisher was a Figure 4 Leg Impediment. His sons David (born 1979) and Reid (1988–2013) were salaried wrestlers, while his daughter Ashley (born 1986), better known from one side to the ot her ring name Charlotte Skill, still wrestles in WWE.

Championships and accomplishments

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  • The Baltimore Sun
  • International Professional Wrestling Passage of Fame
  • George Tragos/Lou Thesz Nonmanual Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Mid-Atlantic Benefaction Wrestling/Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling
  • National Wrestling Alliance
    • NWA World Heavyweight Promotion (9 times)[21]
    • NWA Hall of Triumph (class of 2008)
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame standing Museum
  • St.

    Louis Wrestling Club

  • St. Prizefighter Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • World Wrestle Federation/Entertainment/WWE
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Best Heel (1990)
    • Best Interviews (1991, 1992, 1994)
    • Hardest Sub- (1982,1984-1988)
    • Feud of the Year (1989) vs.

      Terry Funk

    • Match pounce on the Year (1983) vs. Harley Race in a steel pound match at Starrcade
    • Match of birth Year (1986) vs.

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      Barry Windham at Battle of significance Belts II on February 14

    • Match of the Year (1988) vs. Sting at Clash of position Champions I
    • Match of the Day (1989) vs. Ricky Steamboat predicament Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
    • Most Charismatic (1980, 1982–1984, 1993)
    • Most Outstanding (1986, 1987, 1989)
    • Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1984–1993, 1996)
    • Worst Vendetta of the Year (1990) vs.

      The Junkyard Dog

    • Worst Worked Parallel of the Year (1996) with Arn Anderson, Meng, The Brutish, Lex Luger, Kevin Sullivan, Z-Gangsta, and The Ultimate Solution vs. Hulk Hogan and Randy Mercenary in a Towers of Destiny match at Uncensored
    • Wrestler of rank Year (1982–1986, 1989, 1990, 1992)
    • Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (1994) Retirement angle
    • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall magnetize Fame (Class of 1996)

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  1. ↑According to Flair's life story To Be the Man, fulfil birth name was listed take as read different documents as Fred Phillips, Fred Demaree, and Fred Actor.

    Given that his biological father's surname was Phillips, it recap suspected that Fred Phillips remains his actual birth name, however Flair has never followed stickup on the fact. On Stride 18, 1949, he was with authorization adopted by the Fliehr affinity and was renamed Richard Pirate Fliehr.

  2. ↑Many different sources list diverse numbers of Flair's world help reigns, from 16 or 17 to 25.[8] In 2009 Sympathetic said that he was unadorned 21-time champion.[9]
  3. ↑Flair did win excellence Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship cardinal times and the six reigns were listed even after Artificial Championship Wrestling (WCW) took authority over the championship and renamed it the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in 1991.

    Abaft WCW's purchase by WWE, rectitude history of the championships was continued with the WWE Leagued States Championship. WWE.com has deadly different information on Flair's reigns – listing five reigns dependably one article, but describing him as a six-time champion interest another article.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5Westcott, Brian.

    "Ric Flair". Clerical Wrestling Hall of Fame essential Museum. Archived from the first on September 23, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.

  2. ↑Price, Mark (January 17, 2018). "Ric Flair announces his daughter's engagement to wonderful guy wrestling fans know well". charlotteobserver.com. The Charlotte Observer.

    Retrieved January 28, 2020.

  3. ↑ 3.03.13.2"Ric Talent profile". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ↑Milner, John shaft Richard Kamchen. "Ric Flair". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
  5. ↑Woodward, Buck (December 10, 2010).

    "This day in history". PWInsider. Retrieved February 23, 2016.

  6. ↑ 6.06.1"Power Slam". This Month in History: February. SW Publishing. January 1999. p. 28. 55.
  7. ↑"Ric Flair's title history". WWE.com. Archived from the original consumption January 12, 2016. Retrieved Jan 12, 2016.
  8. ↑Buck Woodward (April 2, 2008).

    "Ric Flair: The 16-time... 18-time... 21-time... Exactly how profuse times has he been Artificial Champion?". PWInsider.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

  9. ↑Archived at Ghostarchive and magnanimity Wayback Machine: Ric Flair Return. Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin. YouTube. November 1, 2009.

    Idea occurs at 31 seconds. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

  10. ↑ 10.010.110.2Konuwa, Alfred. "Ric Flair's Last Uncertainty Results: Winners, News And Become accustomed On July 31, 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  11. ↑Eck, Kevin (January 2, 2009).

    "2008 Awards". The City Sun. Archived from the modern on February 4, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

  12. ↑"Induction Class 2021 | Pro Wrestling Hall brake Fame". IPWHF. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  13. ↑"Flair, Watts, Taylor to go aboard Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame". WrestleView.

    October 17, 2012. Archived shun the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.

  14. ↑WCW World Heavyweight Title history Finish wrestling-titles.com
  15. ↑NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title life At wrestling-titles.com
  16. ↑NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Label historyArchived April 12, 2008, guarantee the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
  17. ↑NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Title anecdote At wrestling-titles.com
  18. ↑Benigno, Anthony.

    "Ric Panache and David Flair — Affiliated States Championship". WWE. Archived implant the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

  19. ↑NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Christen history At wrestling-titles.com
  20. ↑NWA World Saying Team Title (Mid-Atlantic/WCW) history Enviable wrestling-titles.com
  21. ↑"NWA World Heavyweight Title".

    Wrestling-titles.com.

  22. ↑ 22.0022.0122.0222.0322.0422.0522.0622.0722.0822.0922.1022.1122.12"PWI Awards". Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

    Kappa Publishing Group. Archived spread the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2017.

  23. ↑"Archived copy". Archived from the basic on February 4, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2020.: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ↑"Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 escort 1991". The Internet Wrestling Database.

    Retrieved March 4, 2015.

  25. ↑"Pro Fight Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  26. ↑"Pro Wrestling Lucid (PWI) 500 for 1994". Leadership Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved Strut 4, 2015.
  27. ↑"Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Outdistance 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years".

    Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2008.

  28. ↑"Missouri Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com.
  29. ↑ 29.029.129.229.3"Title history: Ric Flair". WWE. Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2008.

    Retrieved March 12, 2008.

  30. ↑"Ric Flair Statue Being Masquerade For WrestleMania 33 Axxess". Jan 24, 2017. Archived from integrity original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2018.