Would Reid Flair have succeeded?

[kingoftheindies]

From all accounts Reid was insanely talented and well liked but his demons kept getting in the way. I may be mixing stuff up but wasn't he willing g to go to Japan as a young boy in part to clean up?

[Alice Syndrome]

Possibly.

If it didn't work out he could probably have been a great manager for Charlotte in the same role Ric played but with the added benefit of people actually being able to knock him on his ass.

[salz4life]

Oct 22, 2020 18:55:33 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Oct 22, 2020 18:35:12 GMT -5 salz4life said:

The son following in his father’s footsteps, I think, would’ve been tough. However, take a away the drug problem.... it seems like he and Charlotte were really close. It’s possible they might’ve driven each other and that would’ve helped him. I wish we could’ve found out.

If Reid lives and has no personal demons, I'm not sure Ashley becomes a wrestler, because the entire premise of her getting into wrestling as hard as she did was initially to try and keep Reid from going off the rails any further, and then, when he passed away, as a tribute to him. She'd have probably gone into a different sport.

Good point... I do remember her saying that.

[XIII]

Oct 22, 2020 18:55:33 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Oct 22, 2020 18:35:12 GMT -5 salz4life said:

The son following in his father’s footsteps, I think, would’ve been tough. However, take a away the drug problem.... it seems like he and Charlotte were really close. It’s possible they might’ve driven each other and that would’ve helped him. I wish we could’ve found out.

If Reid lives and has no personal demons, I'm not sure Ashley becomes a wrestler, because the entire premise of her getting into wrestling as hard as she did was initially to try and keep Reid from going off the rails any further, and then, when he passed away, as a tribute to him. She'd have probably gone into a different sport.

Serious question: what other sport was she going to go into? I know she was good at volleyball, but I don’t think that there’s a huge volleyball league anywhere to make good money. I’m genuinely curious.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Oct 23, 2020 9:52:10 GMT -5 XIII said:

Oct 22, 2020 18:55:33 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

If Reid lives and has no personal demons, I'm not sure Ashley becomes a wrestler, because the entire premise of her getting into wrestling as hard as she did was initially to try and keep Reid from going off the rails any further, and then, when he passed away, as a tribute to him. She'd have probably gone into a different sport.

Serious question: what other sport was she going to go into? I know she was good at volleyball, but I don’t think that there’s a huge volleyball league anywhere to make good money. I’m genuinely curious.

Yeah, other than the Olympics there’s no real major volleyball tournament of significance, and even then it’s a bit of a stretch.

I mean, I don’t know, I can only go by what she’s said on the matter. She might have gone and done wrestling on her own volition eventually anyway.

[nisidhe]

Oct 23, 2020 0:28:44 GMT -5 5count5count said:

Oct 22, 2020 23:00:41 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

Macho Man, Bret and Owen, The Funks, Ted Dibiase, Dustin and Cody Rhodes, Jake, Road Dogg, Greg Valentine, etc.

Cody, your kidding me. Dustin never came close to his fathers success. I don't think Stu was ever that big of star. You got me on the other ones. But when you look more recent. Joe Hennig, Mike DiBiase, Cody Hall, and Harry Smith.

Cody is quickly gaining prominence on a level comparable to his father's. Dustin is in the same boat right now, and also has paid his dues both as his father's younger doppleganger in the late 1980s and early 1990s into his Goldust persona. Stu Hart was a prominent promoter and trainer in Western Canada as well as a wrestler in his own right; it was Bret's and Owen's travels which honed them into the stars they eventually became _as well as_ built Stu's reputation and mythos. Ted DiBiase is actually a third-gen wrestler, as Old Ted's (step)father Mike DiBiase wrestled and, most notably, died in the ring. Joe's third-gen (after Larry and Curt), Harry Smith's a third-gen as is Nattie; Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas are third-gen (their maternal grandfather was Blackjack Mulligan.) Dwayne is a third-gen; Rocky Johnson was his father, but Peter Maivia was his maternal grandfather.

[Sephiroth]

Oct 23, 2020 0:59:10 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

If he had stayed on the straight and narrow and only continued to improve his game, Reid Flair vs Cody Rhodes could have been maybe the biggest next generational clash ever.

There would have been programs with Randy Orton for sure, probably also Tyson Kidd and Natalya. And how perfect would it have been to have Curtis Axel as Reid’s flunkie/enforcer/executive assistant?

[agent817]

Oct 23, 2020 10:02:04 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Oct 23, 2020 9:52:10 GMT -5 XIII said:

Serious question: what other sport was she going to go into? I know she was good at volleyball, but I don’t think that there’s a huge volleyball league anywhere to make good money. I’m genuinely curious.

Yeah, other than the Olympics there’s no real major volleyball tournament of significance, and even then it’s a bit of a stretch.

I mean, I don’t know, I can only go by what she’s said on the matter. She might have gone and done wrestling on her own volition eventually anyway.

Aren't there AVP tournaments? I am not sure if she would have stuck to indoor or do beach volleyball. I mean I am not sure if she would have reached levels like Kerri Walsh Jennings or April Ross.