WWE had 3 episodes in 2017 dedicated to Ric Flair's death

[The Rick Jericho]

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Alfred Pennyworth rewrote a letter to all the Robins in case of his death every year.

It's good to be prepared.

[Doo Doo Dickhead]

I hope this board has three threads prepared in case I die.

[XIII]

They spent more time planning for Ric Flair tribute episodes than they did actually writing the regular shows in 2017. 🤣

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

this reminds me of how henry kissinger outlived one of the new york times writers who helped write his obituary by 13 whole years

[ayumidah]

now that HHH is in charge, it's probably going to be a full year's worth of episodes

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

All I can think about is how much Ric Flair's reputation has cratered since 2017... like astoundingly so.

[Zombie Mod]

why do I get a feeling HHH has the sentence "Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment." burned into his phone screen?

"Hey. Trips. This. AEW. Thing. Ain't. Working. For. Me., They. Dont. Want. Me. Near. The. Ring. Yet. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO000."

"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."

"WOOOOOOO.?"

"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."

"But. Wo0000OOOO.!"

"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."

"How. Is. Charlotte. Doing.?"

*sends a photo of the two stood together with the obligatory pointing* "Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."

"You. Seem. Busy.. Must. Be. Because. Of. The. Vince. Witch. Hunt.. He. Said. He. Would. Help. Me. Out. If. He. Could. WOOO0000OOO."

"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."

"Have. You. Tried. My. WOOOOOOO. Energy. Drink. Yet.? The. Reports. Of. Zombies. Are. False. WOOOOOO."

"No, I haven't, I did try the god awful Prime that Nick saddled us with. Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."

"I'll. Get. Some. Sent. Over. For. You. To. Try."

"What. Is. The. Adress. Of. The. New. Office.?"

"WOOOOOOOOO.!"



that said I'd be more shocked if they didn't have tribute episodes ready to go for Flair, Vince, Steph, Shane, Hogan, HHH, Austin, Cena, Rock, Foley, Reigns, Ambrose/Moxley, Rollins, Taker.

[krozor]

It is perfectly Flair-like for his take away to be "You are the most respected man there could possibly be" and not the "It's weird your ass isn't dead yet, everyone figured you'd be dead almost a decade ago, what's up with that?" message that I think the image he's quoting is actually conveying.

[schma]

May 19, 2024 2:32:38 GMT -5 Doo Doo Dickhead said:

I hope this board has three threads prepared in case I die.

Depending on the person there are "something that made me angry today" and "something that made me happy today". I propose the third be "Damn, shit, that is wack" in honour of Doo Doo.

[schma]

May 19, 2024 4:08:12 GMT -5 ayumidah said:

now that HHH is in charge, it's probably going to be a full year's worth of episodes

All of them will be intro'd by playing "leave the memories alone". From Ric Flair's side it would be "somebody that I used to know".

[wildojinx]

May 19, 2024 4:08:12 GMT -5 ayumidah said:

now that HHH is in charge, it's probably going to be a full year's worth of episodes

Eventually the tributes will go from being by wrestlers who knew flair, to ones who only saw him wrestle, to those who saw old footage of him later, to the Central Stage janitor

"Uhh,,I dont know much about Flair, but I remember that he always had an empty box of Screaming Yellow Zonkers on top of his locker whenever I went there to collect the garbage"

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Flair seems to have missed the point of that story….

[The Rick Jericho]

I remember seeing a fake tweet that looked good as gold from WWE in 2017 announcing that Ric Flair passes away.

So I can believe this too, that they had something ready to go just in case.

[J is Justice]

May 19, 2024 2:32:38 GMT -5 Doo Doo Dickhead said:

I hope this board has three threads prepared in case I die.

[simplydurhamcalling]

Does anyone have the Flair tweets from when he was removed from the intro?

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

May 19, 2024 4:10:52 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

All I can think about is how much Ric Flair's reputation has cratered since 2017... like astoundingly so.

And surprisingly more than it had by 2010.

[yokohamacpfc]

May 19, 2024 4:10:52 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

All I can think about is how much Ric Flair's reputation has cratered since 2017... like astoundingly so.

As well as 2017 being pre DSotR and the debacle of his last match it was only a year or two after Hogan’s racist comments were broadcast on tape resulting in him being temporarily redacted from the wrestling world. At that time Flair was the closest thing wrestling had to a Babe Ruth or a Pele of course his passing was going to be huge (3 episodes still a bit too much though).

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

What if they air them when he passes away with 0 edits and we get the most out of date tribute shows ever

TJ Perkins: well I never knew Ric personally...

[The Rick Jericho]

May 19, 2024 14:13:37 GMT -5 simplydurhamcalling said:

Does anyone have the Flair tweets from when he was removed from the intro?