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Post by tirtefaa on Sept 27, 2022 21:03:19 GMT -5
For those saying that WWE should put Flair on the payroll...like...how many times do they need to bail this guy out? That would be at least the 4th or 5th time this has happened.
Ric Flair does not care. He's essentially providing emotional blackmail to get what he wants instead of acting like a mature adult. You shouldn't have to babysit a 74 year old man who didn't learn his lesson the first 3 times. And if he's drinking again, then he's even worse than an alcoholic considering the fact he nearly died just a couple years ago.
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Sept 27, 2022 22:17:07 GMT -5
For those saying that WWE should put Flair on the payroll...like...how many times do they need to bail this guy out? That would be at least the 4th or 5th time this has happened. Ric Flair does not care. He's essentially providing emotional blackmail to get what he wants instead of acting like a mature adult. You shouldn't have to babysit a 74 year old man who didn't learn his lesson the first 3 times. And if he's drinking again, then he's even worse than an alcoholic considering the fact he nearly died just a couple years ago. I agree that no one should have to look out for a 74 year old man, you know, except nursing home staff. Seriously, I get the why, but I sadly shake my head at any industry that would exploit another human being, no matter how desperate. I get it, he's Ric Flair. Legend, the man, yep yep yep. He's also all those things and a human. Please, promotions, do not book him to wrestle, and please, fans, boycott any show he's promoted to wrestle on. After all, you've already seen his tired old shtick a bagillion times by now. Why risk seeing it one more time?
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Post by wildojinx on Sept 27, 2022 23:32:37 GMT -5
I'd like to see Flair try his hand at commentary.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Sept 28, 2022 9:35:01 GMT -5
You shouldn't have to babysit a 74 year old man who didn't learn his lesson the first 3 times. What do you mean, we take care of Perd every day around here.
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Post by Perd on Sept 28, 2022 12:25:37 GMT -5
You shouldn't have to babysit a 74 year old man who didn't learn his lesson the first 3 times. What do you mean, we take care of Perd every day around here. Look, you guys do take good care of me. But until you can absolutely prove that I can’t get superpowers from sticking my finger in an. Electrical socket, I’m going to keep doing it.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Sept 28, 2022 12:53:35 GMT -5
What do you mean, we take care of Perd every day around here. Look, you guys do take good care of me. But until you can absolutely prove that I can’t get superpowers from sticking my finger in an. Electrical socket, I’m going to keep doing it. You're supposed to use your tongue, Steve-O.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Sept 28, 2022 14:30:05 GMT -5
I can’t ever deny this was one of the men who made me a wrestling fan for life, but it’s depressing to see how he’s moving these days. If you gave him a little something, we could be the Ric Flair Presents: Freakin’ Awesome Network. Just saying. I’d kill to see Flair attempt to post here.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Sept 28, 2022 14:37:04 GMT -5
What do you mean, we take care of Perd every day around here. Look, you guys do take good care of me. But until you can absolutely prove that I can’t get superpowers from sticking my finger in an. Electrical socket, I’m going to keep doing it. so that's why you kept trying to breed electric spiders?
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Sept 28, 2022 14:45:36 GMT -5
If you gave him a little something, we could be the Ric Flair Presents: Freakin’ Awesome Network. Just saying. I’d kill to see Flair attempt to post here. I. Really. Wouldn't. Like. To. See. That. As. It. Would. Only. Lead. To. Multiple. Complaints. About. Unsolicited. L'il. Ric. Pics. In. P.M's And. Monthly. Requests. For. A. GoFundMe. To. Cover. Random. Expenses. (how the hell does anyone type like that? it hurt my brain to do that.)
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Post by chrom on Sept 28, 2022 14:48:25 GMT -5
He pull that stunt it'll be the end of wrestling
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 28, 2022 19:46:39 GMT -5
Him shilling for gas station vending machines dick pills is in no way surprising
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Post by Feyrhausen on Sept 28, 2022 19:51:03 GMT -5
Translation: "Woo! I need money! Woo!" *Bladejob* "Woo!" *Flair Flop* "Woo!" It'd actually be great if it was something as banal as money. WWE or AEW could throw a decent contract at him to just be a manager, consultant, commentator, etc. This is about him wanting to be a performer still, and as others have said, he may genuinely want to die in the ring. Richard Fliehr does not exist. There is only Ric Flair and without being in front of a crowd working or being out partying then he is nothing. He is an empty shell.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 28, 2022 20:11:52 GMT -5
For those saying that WWE should put Flair on the payroll...like...how many times do they need to bail this guy out? That would be at least the 4th or 5th time this has happened. Ric Flair does not care. He's essentially providing emotional blackmail to get what he wants instead of acting like a mature adult. You shouldn't have to babysit a 74 year old man who didn't learn his lesson the first 3 times. And if he's drinking again, then he's even worse than an alcoholic considering the fact he nearly died just a couple years ago. WWE and HHH have bailed him out of hard times more than enough only for him to piss in their face. He's a grown man responsible for himself and even then it just wouldn't be fair to Charlotte to basically have to side eye her dad making sure he doesn't do anything stupid. At least this way he is free to do whatever he wants and responsible for his own actions, good or bad Ultimately, I think like Hogan whenever they die their long lasting legacies will probably outshine their idiocy but they have done permanent damage that will always have people saying nah f*** em and you can't blame them
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Sept 28, 2022 20:20:32 GMT -5
He literally acts like someone with deep addiction issues
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 28, 2022 20:23:44 GMT -5
I'm having trouble finding a quote from him saying that he actually plans to wrestle again. He just said, in a quote about celebrating his being in wrestling for 50 years, that he'll never retire from it. Meaning he'll keep being involved in the business. Making appearances. But there are no matches scheduled. That's more or less what I assumed, like he'll probably try to bug WWE and Charlotte to be out there for some matches of hers or try to glue himself to Andrade's hip, but it'd just be for appearances. His word doesn't mean anything, don't get me wrong, but I do think he's content to get a check and sell some t-shirts and polaroids and just stand in someone's corner or be a "special enforcer" on the outside and chop a manager or whatever generic stuff people would pay him to do.
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Post by nisidhe on Sept 28, 2022 21:23:06 GMT -5
It'd actually be great if it was something as banal as money. WWE or AEW could throw a decent contract at him to just be a manager, consultant, commentator, etc. This is about him wanting to be a performer still, and as others have said, he may genuinely want to die in the ring. Richard Fliehr does not exist. There is only Ric Flair and without being in front of a crowd working or being out partying then he is nothing. He is an empty shell. Richard Fliehr died in a plane crash in 1976. Ric Flair emerged from it. This is a man who will take a mile if you give him an inch. He will not just be a manager or a consultant or a commentator. He will do his damnedest to step right up to the line and then shuffle slowly across it until he's flopping and giving elbow drops to empty suit jackets and perving on the entire women's locker room. This isn't entertainment anymore. Every thing he does puts him deeper into cringe territory and, worse, he's not the only one whose career and legacy are being hurt by it. Ric Flair is becoming poison for nearly everyone still indulging his behaviour.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Sept 29, 2022 1:37:28 GMT -5
Wonder what the pizzman Jim Herd thinks? He tried to phase out Flair 31 years ago! The crazy thing is, he wasn't completely off the mark. Ok yeah, a Spartacus gimmick? What the hell? But Flair's best collective years were behind him by that point. You could argue he still had some great moments and matches throughout the 90s and early 00s, but his peak was undeniably mid-late 80s. By all rights Flair should have worked in the fed for a few months after WCW closed and then retired from in ring action at Wrestlemania x8, being put on a payroll for appearances, 'legends' deal stuff... Something safe. At the very least, Wrestlemania 24 was the absolute perfect send off, but that goes without saying. I was so disappointed when he then jumped on the Hulk Hogan tour and TNA after that. Just pathetically sad.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 29, 2022 1:49:40 GMT -5
For those saying that WWE should put Flair on the payroll...like...how many times do they need to bail this guy out? That would be at least the 4th or 5th time this has happened. Ric Flair does not care. He's essentially providing emotional blackmail to get what he wants instead of acting like a mature adult. You shouldn't have to babysit a 74 year old man who didn't learn his lesson the first 3 times. And if he's drinking again, then he's even worse than an alcoholic considering the fact he nearly died just a couple years ago. and he's only not still collecting a pay check because Ric wanted out so he could try and get money with AEW. Only for his plans to be messed with due to Dark Side.
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Post by tirtefaa on Sept 29, 2022 2:40:14 GMT -5
And while we're at it, even if Flair isn't willing to wrestle anymore, do we really want him on the road with talent? This is a guy who clearly has substance abuse problems as well as health problems. Ric has been open about enabling others through his partying lifestyle...and no one should be led down that same path.
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Post by newbombturk on Sept 29, 2022 3:03:53 GMT -5
It'd actually be great if it was something as banal as money. WWE or AEW could throw a decent contract at him to just be a manager, consultant, commentator, etc. This is about him wanting to be a performer still, and as others have said, he may genuinely want to die in the ring. Richard Fliehr does not exist. There is only Ric Flair and without being in front of a crowd working or being out partying then he is nothing. He is an empty shell. I vividly remember an interview with Lex Luger in a Dutch fanzine called 'Superstars' from around 1992 - 1993. It was conducted during a European tour and out of character, which was very rare during those days. Luger talked about Flair being unable to make the distinction between Richard Fliehr the man and Ric Flair the character. How right he was. Having the benefit of hindsight ('being Ric Flair', the marriages, the drinking, the debts, being a black market baby,...) I'm thoroughly convinced Flair has a severe personality disorder. He's almost 74 years old and has been living this life for decades. He seems to always get bailed out by others because just he's Ric Flair so there's no real urgency to turn the ship around. I do think it's tragic because I'm sure he's suffering psychologically but having had a friend with similar problems he's also toxic, especially to the people close to him. On a personal note I used to be a huge Flair fan but I've totally soured on him knowing what we know now. One of the consequences of living in the post kayfabe era I guess...
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