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Post by eJm on Aug 4, 2020 2:54:17 GMT -5
He literally admitted his wife has COVID a week ago. Yet they keep bringing him in to tape stuff and by all accounts, he wasn’t even that needed tonight.
Tell him to stay home. Even if he doesn’t have COVID himself, he might if he steps into somewhere that all likelihood isn’t following proper guidelines.
F*** sake, man.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Aug 4, 2020 2:55:51 GMT -5
He literally admitted his wife has COVID a week ago. Yet they keep bringing him in to tape stuff and by all accounts, he wasn’t even that needed tonight. Tell him to stay home. Even if he doesn’t have COVID himself, he might if he steps into somewhere that all likelihood isn’t following proper guidelines. F*** sake, man. But Ric Flair is a 16 time world champion and best friends with HHH. |
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Post by Chiral on Aug 4, 2020 2:57:02 GMT -5
Someone summed it up really well in the live thread saying his entire promo was basically unintelligible. Even without a pandemic he doesn't need to be there.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 4, 2020 3:01:12 GMT -5
Actually, something did occur to me. If WWE is rigorously testing now, I could see him showing up to work because he knows he can get a fast COVID test that way. Whereas getting tested by a CVS seems to have a response time of over two weeks.
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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 4, 2020 3:08:51 GMT -5
Actually, something did occur to me. If WWE is rigorously testing now, I could see him showing up to work because he knows he can get a fast COVID test that way. Whereas getting tested by a CVS seems to have a response time of over two weeks. That's like getting jailed so you can get 2 square meals a day and 4 walls and a roof. And that's if they are "rigorously testing", and it's not all, y'know, complete bullshit to get the heat off of them after the last outbreak. Either way, Ric Flair is going to die for this company, and WWE will happily accept that. |
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Aug 4, 2020 3:14:21 GMT -5
Actually, something did occur to me. If WWE is rigorously testing now, I could see him showing up to work because he knows he can get a fast COVID test that way. Whereas getting tested by a CVS seems to have a response time of over two weeks. I genuinely believe if someone did get tested positive but it was someone important that they'd still show up if they were asymptomatic. I'm assuming Apollo may have been symptomatic to be out as long as he did but if Orton/McIntyre were positive the day of SummerSlam, I can see them wrestling the match then quarantining to not lose potential buys. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 4, 2020 3:20:11 GMT -5
Actually, something did occur to me. If WWE is rigorously testing now, I could see him showing up to work because he knows he can get a fast COVID test that way. Whereas getting tested by a CVS seems to have a response time of over two weeks. I genuinely believe if someone did get tested positive but it was someone important that they'd still show up if they were asymptomatic. I'm assuming Apollo may have been symptomatic to be out as long as he did but if Orton/McIntyre were positive the day of SummerSlam, I can see them wrestling the match then quarantining to not lose potential buys. I will say this, I would think they would hold back Flair if he tests positive, because he barely did anything on this show and really isn't essential to Orton's act. That's like getting jailed so you can get 2 square meals a day and 4 walls and a roof. And that's if they are "rigorously testing", and it's not all, y'know, complete bullshit to get the heat off of them after the last outbreak. Either way, Ric Flair is going to die for this company, and WWE will happily accept that. Hey, I'm trying to look for any good here, but I agree with being skeptical of WWE's testing protocol when they've had 30 test positive, especially since there's a benchmark to compare them to in AEW, which has had one talent test positive and was already quarantined beforehand. Although, Ric Flair dying of COVID on WWE's watch would be a brutal headline, given that he's a name that's transcended wrestling. It would draw a lot of scrutiny on WWE's testing procedure. |
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Aug 4, 2020 3:36:21 GMT -5
I genuinely believe if someone did get tested positive but it was someone important that they'd still show up if they were asymptomatic. I'm assuming Apollo may have been symptomatic to be out as long as he did but if Orton/McIntyre were positive the day of SummerSlam, I can see them wrestling the match then quarantining to not lose potential buys. I will say this, I would think they would hold back Flair if he tests positive, because he barely did anything on this show and really isn't essential to Orton's act. Flair I can definitely see them sending him home and just having him do Zoom calls like Sheamus did for his feud. But I believe if WWE had a highly promoted match, they're gonna move forward with it and just quarantine everyone after. |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 4, 2020 7:15:42 GMT -5
I usually don't like to focus on someone's looks but anytime he's on screen, I immediately am taken aback by just how old he looks. He also just isn't the promo he was once was. I love Ric but even if there wasn't a pandemic, he probably shouldn't be in this role right now. When you factor his health in, he absolutely shouldn't be there.
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Post by jason1980s on Aug 4, 2020 9:06:51 GMT -5
I usually don't like to focus on someone's looks but anytime he's on screen, I immediately am taken aback by just how old he looks. He also just isn't the promo he was once was. I love Ric but even if there wasn't a pandemic, he probably shouldn't be in this role right now. When you factor his health in, he absolutely shouldn't be there. He's probably like Mickey Mantle in being surprised he's lived as long as he has. He probably lived harder than Mantle too plus he had the airplane crash, the coma and lived through that and he's outlived a lot of peers so he lives each day like it is his last. If he dies while at a venue for a major promotion I think he will die a happy life in his opinion. |
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Post by BitterAF on Aug 4, 2020 9:14:01 GMT -5
Ric still lives in 1983.
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Post by 111111 on Aug 4, 2020 9:23:38 GMT -5
f*** ric flair.
He gets away with being a shitty person because he was a big celebrity in the 80s who has become a living meme mainly because he’s getting co signed by rappers who grew up in the territories he wrestled in.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Aug 4, 2020 10:26:37 GMT -5
Stylin' and profilin' of course.
Bonus points for endangering others to COVID exposure
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Post by BitterAF on Aug 4, 2020 11:05:14 GMT -5
Whose going to fire him? He's already fired.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 4, 2020 11:08:32 GMT -5
Because Flair is a carny
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Post by msc on Aug 4, 2020 11:45:09 GMT -5
A combination of Ric Flair wants to die performing, and the mix of folk who will allow him to do so, or feel they cant stop him because hes Ric Flair.
When he had his major multiple organ failure scare about 2 years ago, and followed it up 6 months with "yeah I'm drinking again" interviews, I twigged that he literally doesn't care. He wants to go out as Ric Flair and probably sees covid as a potential aide, never mind others that can be hurt in the process.
Sorry for being grim, but it is what it is.
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Post by ayumidah on Aug 4, 2020 11:49:38 GMT -5
I saw the interview about his wife where he was like "it's been three weeks so they may say it only lasts two weeks, but..." whoever said it only lasts two weeks? I've heard of people suffering for months from effects of it. Two weeks are how long it can take for symptoms to show. Ughhh stay hooooome Flair.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 4, 2020 12:01:22 GMT -5
Someone test his blood, because he should have had every virus known to man at this point.
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