Fanpage Of Ric Flair

This Is Not The Nature Boy Ric Flair. This Is A Fan Page Of The 16 Time World Heavyweight Champion The Nature Boy Ric Flair.The Nature Boy Ric Flair Was Born On Febraury 25, 1949 As One Of The Following 3 Names Either: Fred Phillips, Fred Demaree, Or Fred Stewart. Depending On The Particaular Documents Examined. His Name Was Changed By His Adopted Parents To Richard Morgan Fliehr. When He Was Adopted Before He Was A Month Old. He Was Also 1 Of The Thousands Baby That Was In The Scandal At The Tennessee Children's Home Society In Memphis, Tn. When Flair Was A Teen He Took A Job As A Lifeguard At A Local Pool, Where He Received His First Exposure To The Wrestling Business When He Met The Legendary Vachon Brothers. Both 1966 & 1967 He Won The State Private School Wrestling Championship. He Then Was Recruited University Of Minnesota For A Football Scholarship. He Played Football Alongside Greg Gagne, The Son Of Owner Of The AWA, Vernr Gagne. Flair Dropped Out Of College Before Getting His Degree. Then He Started Work At A Club As A Bouncer. Where He Met The Olympic Weightlifter Ken Patera, Who Was Preparing For A Ring Career At Verne Gagne’s Wrestling School. Patera Introduced Fliehr To Gagne, Who Agreed To Take Him On As A Member Of What Would Be Perhaps The Single Greatest Training Class In Wrestling History (In Addition To Ric Flair & Ken Patera, The Group Also Included Greg Gagne, The Iron Sheik, Jim Brunzell & Bob Bruggers. Flair Debut Match Was On December 10, 1972 Against George Gadaski, Which Was 10 Minute Draw.Then Weighing Nearly 300 Pounds With Short Brown Hair, Flair Scarcely Resembled His Future “Nature Boy” Image, But He Drew Attention With His Charismatic Personality & Ring Endurance. In 1975, Flair Left The AWA For Jim Crockett's Mid-Atlantic Region In The National Wrestling Alliance, & He Soon Captured His First Title When, On February 8, 1975, He Beat Paul Jones For The Mid-Atlantic TV Championship. However, On October 4, 1975, Flair’s Career Nearly Ended When He Was In A Serious Plane Crash In Wilmington, North Carolina That Took The Life Of The Pilot & Paralyzed Johnny Valentine (Also On Board Were “Mr. Wrestling I” Tim Woods, Bob Bruggers, & Promoter David Crockett). Flair Broke His Back In 3 places, & At Age 26, He Was Told By Doctors That He Would Never Wrestle Again. However, Flair Conducted A Rigorous Physical Therapy Schedule, & He Triumphantly Returned To The Ring Just 6 months Later, Where He Resumed His Now-Legendary Feud With Wahoo McDaniel In Early 1976. The Crash Did Force Flair To Change His Wrestling Technique Away From The Power Brawling Style He Had Used Early On, Which Led Him To Adopt The "Nature Boy" Style He Would Use Throughout His Career.Groomed By Jim Crockett Jr. As His Future Top Star, Ric Flair Won The NWA United States Heavyweight Championship When He Defeated Bobo Brazil On July 29, 1977, & During The Next Three Years, He Held Five Reigns As U.S. Champion While Feuding With Rick Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Mr. Wrestling 2, Jimmy Snuka, & Greg Valentine (With Whom He Also Formed A Championship Tag Team). However, Flair Would Reach Elite Status When He Began Referring To Himself As “The Nature Boy,” Which Incited A Notorious 1978 Feud With The Original “Nature Boy,” Buddy Rogers, Who Put Flair Over In A Now-Famous Encounter.Then On September 17, 1981, Flair Reached The Top Of The Mountain When He Beat Dusty Rhodes For His First NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In The Following Years, Flair Would Eventually Establish Himself As The Promotion’s Main Franchise In The Midst Of Emerging Competition From Vince McMahon’s WWF. With His Outlandish Wit & Entertaining Interview Style, Flair Embodied The Role Of The World Champion- Sporting Bleached Blonde Hair, Elegant Jewelry, Designer Suits, & Elaborate Custom Robes While Dishing Out His Trademark Chops & Feared Figure Four Leglock. All The While, Flair Taunted His Opponents With His Famous “WOOOO!” Shout While Boasting, “To Be The Man, You’ve Got To Beat The Man, & Whether You Like It Or Not, Learn To Love It, ‘Cause It’s The Best Thing Going Today!”Harley Race Won The Title From Flair In 1983, But Flair Regained The Title At StarrCade 1983 In Greensboro, North Carolina In A Steel Cage Match, Afterwards, Race & Flair Would Fight In Many Different Matches In Early 1984.Flair Would Go On To Win The NWA Title, Officially, Seven More Times. As the NWA Champion, He Defended His Belt Around The World. Flair Lost The Title To Race & Won It Back In The Span Of Three Days In New Zealand In March 1984. At The First David Von Erich Memorial Parade Of Champions At Texas Stadium, Flair Was Pinned By Kerry Von Erich. Flair Regained The Title 18 Days Later In Japan.He Then Reigned For Two Years, Two Months, & Two Days, Losing His Title To Dusty Rhodes On July 26 At The Great American Bash 1986; Dusty Had Been A Notable Foe In Flair's Career, & Both Men Began A Famous Feud With One Another After Flair Helped Break Dusty's Leg On September 29, 1985. Flair Regained The Title Two Weeks Later. Flair Would Engage In Many Different Matches Throughout His Title Reigns, & Face Many Opponents Like Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Kerry Von Erich, Jay Youngblood, Sting, Jimmy Garvin, Magnum T.A., & Dusty Rhodes Throughout His Career As Well.In The Spring Of 1985, The Tag Team Of Ole Anderson & Arn Anderson Began Aiding Ric Flair (Whom They Claimed As A “Cousin”) In Attacks Against Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.A., & Sam Houston . A Few Weeks Later, The Andersons Interrupted Houston’s Match Against Tully Blanchard, & The Three Heels Combined To Rough Up The Youngster While Sending A Message To The Rest Of The NWA. Shortly Thereafter, Flair, Blanchard, & The Andersons Formalized Their Alliance, Calling Themselves The Four Horsemen, With Blanchard’s Manager J.J. Dillon Also Coming On Board. Upon The Group’s Inception, It Was Clear That The Horsemen Were Unlike Any Heel Faction That Had Ever Existed. The Four Rulebreakers Immediately Used Their Strength In Numbers To Decimate The NWA’s Top Fan Favorites While Controlling The Majority Of The Championship Titles; & Over The Years, There Would Be Various Incarnations Of The Group, Including Lex Luger, Barry Windham, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, & Even Sting.By 1986, Wrestling Promoter Jim Crockett Had Consolidated The Various NWA Member Promotions He Owned Into A Single Entity, Running Under The Banner Of The National Wrestling Alliance. Controlling Much Of The Traditional NWA Territories In The Southeast & Midwestern United States, Crockett Looked To Expand Nationally, & Built His Promotion Around Flair As Champion. During This Time, Flair's Bookings As Champion Were Tightly Controlled By Crockett, & A Custom Championship Belt Was Created For Flair.Flair Lost The NWA World Championship Due To His Flamboyant Ways In Detroit To Ron Garvin On September 25, 1987. Garvin Would Hold The Title For Two Months Before Losing To Flair On November 26, 1987 At WCW's First Pay-Per-Vew Event, StarrCade in Chicago, Illinois.In Late 1988, Booker Dusty Rhodes Proposed That Flair Lose The NWA World Heavyweight Championship To Rick Steiner In A Short Match At StarrCade '88 When No Agreement Could Be Met Regarding The Finish To The Scheduled Main Event Between Him & Lex Luger. Feeling That Rhodes Had Always Conspired To Make Him Look Weak As Champion, Flair Refused, & Threatened To Leave WCW If Rhodes Was Not Removed As Booker. Rhodes Was Fired For Various Issues Within The Company, & Former JCP Booker George Scott Was Given His Role As Booker.Scott Immediately Negotiated To Bring In Ricky Steamboat For A Series Of Matches. On February 20, 1989 In Chicago, Steamboat Pinned Flair To Win The NWA World Heavyweight Championship. This Prompted A Series Of Rematches, Where Steamboat Was Presented As A "Family Man" (Often Accompanied By His Wife & Young Son), While Flair Opposed Him As An Immoral, Fast-Living "Ladies Man." Following A Best-Of-Three Falls Match With Steamboat That Lasted Just Short Of The Sixty-Minute Time Limit (& Ended With A Disputed Finish Where Steamboat Retained The Title) At Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun On April 2, 1989, Flair Regained The Title From Steamboat On May 7 At WrestleWar '89. This Match Has Been Cited By Many As One Of The Greatest Wrestling Matches In History & Was Voted 1989's "Match of the Year" By Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Flair Was Attacked By Terry Funk (Serving As A Judge For The Match, As Per Its Stipulations) After The Match When Flair Refused To Grant Funk A Title Match, Telling Funk That He Had Spent Too Much Time In Hollywood & Out Of Wrestling, & Was Not A Listed Title Contender. The Attack Reached Its Conclusion When Funk Gave Flair A Piledriver Through The Judges' Table.Months Later, A "Recovered" Flair Returned To Competition In An Emotional Match Against Funk At The Great American Bash. The Two Continued Feuding Through The Summer & Eventually Flair Reformed The Four Horsemen, With The Surprise Addition Of Longtime Rival Sting, To Combat Funk's J-Tex Corporation. This Led To An "I Quit" Match At Clash Of The Champions IX: New York Knockout. Before The Match, Funk Stated That He Would Shake Flair's Hand If He Lost, A Promise He Kept When He Shouted "Yes, I Quit!" After Being In Flair's Figure-Four Leglock.Flair Then Kicked Sting Out Of The Horsemen Upon His Challenge For The NWA Championship, Resulting In A Revived Feud Between The Two Which Had To Be Delayed Due To Sting Injuring His Knee, Forcing WCW To Slot Lex Luger As Flair's Main Challenger Until Sting Returned. On July 7, 1990, Flair Dropped The Title To Sting In What The Wrestling World At The Time Believed Was A Changing Of The Guard. Flair Was Not Finished Winning NWA World Titles, However. After Being Unmasked As The Black Scorpion At StarrCade 1990.Ric Flair Regained The Title From Sting On January 11, 1991 In Front Of A Near Empty House Due To The Blizzard Conditions In The New York City Area. Prior To This Reign, WCW Split Their Recognition Of A World Heavyweight Champion From The NWA, & Flair Was Subsequently Recognized As The First WCW World Heavyweight Champion, While Still Being Recognized As NWA World Champion. On March 21, 1991, Tatsumi Fujinami Defeated Flair In A Controversial Match In Tokyo. While The NWA Recognized Fujinami As Their New Champion, WCW Did Not Because Fujinami Had Backdropped Flair Over The Top Rope In A Violation Of WCW Rules. On May 19, 1991, Flair Defeated Fujinami At SuperBrawl In St. Petersburg, Florida To Reclaim The NWA Title & Retain The WCW Title. In Doing So, He Became An Eight Time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Breaking Harley Race's Record.In The Summer Of 1991, Flair Had A Contract Dispute With WCW President Jim Herd, Who Wanted Him To Take A Substantial Pay Cut. Herd Had Removed Flair As Head Booker In February 1990, & Wanted To Reduce Flair's Role In The Promotion Even Further, Despite The Fact That Flair Was Still A Top Draw. According To Flair, Herd Also Proposed Changes In His Appearance (I.E. By Shaving His Hair, Wearing A Diamond Earring & Going By The Name "Spartacus") As Well As His In-Ring Name In Order To "Change With The Times", A Move That Kevin Sullivan Equated With "Changing Mickey Mantle's (Uniform) Number" As An Example Of Unnecessarily Altering A Legend. Flair Disagreed With The Proposals, & Two Weeks Before The 1991 Great American Bash, Herd Fired Him. Flair's Popularity In WCW Would Be Proven During His Absence, As Broadcasts Were Often Punctuated By Unignorable Chants Of "We Want Flair!" While Flair Had Left For The WWF He Was Still Recognized As The WCW World Champion Until July 1, 1991, When The Title Was Officially Vacated. Though, The NWA Does Not Recognize This Entire Run As A Whole As Flair Had Lost An NWA Title Bout Against Tatsumi Fujinami On March 21, 1991 In Japan (In A Non-WCW Matchup). Flair Then Regained The NWA Title From Fujinami On May 19, 1991 On SuperBrawl I (In A Title Fight According To NWA, But Non-Title Fight According To WCW), But Since Fujinami Was Never Recognized By WCW To Have Beaten Flair Before For The Championship Title & Thus He Was Never Recognized As A WCW Champion, The Title Was Then Stripped From Flair On July 1, 1991.Flair Signed With The WWF In August 1991, & Began Appearing On Television The Next Month. Initially, He Appeared On WWF Shows With The "Big Gold Belt", Calling Himself "The Real World Heavyweight Champion." WCW Sued Flair In An Attempt To Reclaim The Belt, But Flair Claimed That He Owned The Belt In Lieu Of The $25,000 Deposit Paid By NWA Champions Upon Winning the Title, Which Had Not Been Returned To Him When He Was Fired From WCW. The Matter Was Settled Later That Year, With Flair's Deposit Being Returned To Him Along With Interest.Led By His "Financial Advisor" Bobby "The Brain" Heenan & His "Executive Consultant" Mr. Perfect, Flair Repeatedly Issued Challenges To WWF Notables Like Rowdy Roddy Piper & Hulk Hogan, Wrestling A Team Led By Piper At Survivor Series 1991 & Helping The Undertaker Defeat Hogan For His WWF Title That Same Night.At The Royal Rumble 1992, He Won The Rumble Match To Claim The Vacant WWF Championship. Flair Drew Number Three In The Rumble Match, & Lasted A Then-Record 59 Minutes, Last Eliminating Sid Justice With Help From Hulk Hogan, Who Had Been Eliminated By Justice Seconds Earlier. In So Doing, Flair Joined Buddy Rogers As The Only Men To Win The WWF & NWA World Championships In Their Careers. He Also Became The Fifteenth Man To Hold The WWF Championship.After A Planned Program With Hogan Was Scrapped Due To Hogan's Hiatus Following The WWF's Steroid Scandal, Randy Savage Challenged Flair For The WWF Title At 'WrestleMania VIII'. Flair Taunted Savage (Kayfabe) By Claiming That He Had A Prior Relationship With Savage's Wife, Elizabeth, & That He Had The Pictures To Prove It (Which Were Later Revealed To Be Doctored Photos). Savage Defeated Flair For The Title At WrestleMania. In July 1992, As Savage Prepared To Defend The Title Against The Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam, Flair & Mr. Perfect Sowed Distrust Between The Two By Suggesting That They Would Back One Or The Other During Their Match. They Actually Attacked Both Savage & Warrior & Injured Savage's Knee Sufficiently, An Injury That Flair Exploited To Regain The Title In A Match On September 1. Due To An Inner Ear Injury That Affected His Equilibrium, His Second Reign Would Be Short-Lived, As He Lost The Title To Bret Hart On October 12.Flair Teamed With Razor Ramon To Take On Savage & Perfect At The Survivor Series 1992.Ric Flair Appeared In The Royal Rumble 1993. After Losing A Loser Leaves Town Match To Mr. Perfect On An Episode Of Monday Night Raw, Flair Returned To WCW. On The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection DVD, Flair Described His First Stint With The WWF As "The Greatest Year & A Half Of My Career, Outside The Time I Spent With Arn & The Four Horsemen."Flair Returned To WCW In February 1993, & Hosted A Short-Lived Talk Show In WCW Called A Flair For The Gold. Arn Anderson Usually Appeared At The Bar On The Show's Set, & Flair's Maid Fifi (Portrayed By Wendy Barlow) Cleaned Or Bore Gifts. Flair Briefly Held The NWA World Heavyweight Championship For A Tenth Time Before WCW Finally Left The NWA In September 1993. After WCW's Withdrawal, However, The NWA Dropped Recognition Of Flair's Tenth Reign, Leaving Him With Nine Official NWA World Heavyweight Title Reigns.WCW Planned To Have Sid Vicious Win The WCW World Title At StarrCade 1993, But Sid Was Fired After A Violent Real-Life Altercation With Arn Anderson In London. Flair Was Placed In The Match, Which Was Held In His Adopted Hometown Of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Match Was Billed That If Flair Lost, He Would Retire From Wrestling. The Match Would End With Flair Using A Chop Block & Roll-Up On The Gigantic Vader To Win The Title. The Match Was A Huge Success & Used To Draw In Hulk Hogan, Who In Flair's Book Admitted He Cried While Watching The Match Into WCW.In June 1994, Flair Defeated Sting In A Unification Match, Merging The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship With The WCW World Championship. Flair Later Feuded With Hulk Hogan Upon Hogan's Arrival In WCW In June 1994, Losing The WCW World Championship To Him In July. Flair Lost A Retirement Match To Hogan At Halloween Havoc 1994. Flair Took A Few Months Off Before Returning As A Wrestler & Part-Time Manager In 1995. He & Randy Savage Renewed Hostilities When Savage Arrived In WCW Late In 1994, & Their Feud Continued Off-&-On For Almost Two Years With Each Wrestler Winning The WCW World Championship From Each Other At Different Times.Flair Defeated Savage In A Steel Cage At SuperBrawl VI To Win The WCW World Title, Which Saw Savage Betrayed By Elizabeth In Favor Of Flair. Flair Even Defeated Konnan On July 7 At Bash At The Beach 1996 To Win The United States Championship. He Vacated It In November Of That Year Due To An Arm Injury.Flair Would Play A Major Role In The New World Order Storyline In Late 1996 & Throughout 1997. He & The Horsemen Often Took The Lead In The War Against Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, & Hulk Hogan. Flair Would Feud With Roddy Piper, Syxx, & His Old Nemesis, Curt Hennig, In 1997 After Hennig was Offered A Spot In The Four Horsemen Only To See Hennig Turn On Flair & The Horsemen At Fall Brawl 1997, With Hennig Punctuating The Act By Slamming the Cage Door Onto Flair's Head.In April 1998, Flair Became Embroiled In A Dispute With WCW President Eric Bischoff When He Failed To Appear At A Televised Event. Bischoff Had Placed Flair On The Show Only Three Days Prior, & Flair Had Earlier Requested Time Off On The Same Night To See His Son Reid Wrestle In A Greco-Roman Wrestling Tournament. He Returned On September 14, 1998 To Reform The Four Horsemen (Along With Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Dean Malenko, & Chris Benoit) In Greenville, South Carolina. During His Return Speech, Flair Would Shoot On Bischoff, Saying That Bischoff Did Not Care About The Fans & Kept Shouting The Words "Abuse Of Power" & "Fire Me! I'm Already Fired!"Flair Feuded With Bischoff For Several Months Afterward, Eventually Winning The "Presidency Of WCW" From Bischoff. He Used His Power To Make A WCW Title Match With Hulk Hogan At Uncensored 1999, Which He Won. Flair Would Win The WCW World Championship Twice During 2000, WCW's Last Full Year Of Operation.When WCW Was Purchased By The WWF in March 2001, Flair Was The Leader Of The Heel Group Called The Magnificent Seven. Flair Lost The Final Match In Nitro History To Sting On March 26, 2001.After A Hiatus From Pro Wrestling, Flair Returned To The WWF In November 2001 As The On-Camera Co-Owner Of The Company. Flair Reappeared On RAW Following The End Of The "WCW/ECW Invasion" That Culminated In A "Winner Take All" Match At Survivor Series 2001 Won By The WWF.Flair's New On-Screen Role Was That Of The Co-Owner Of The WWF, With The Explanation That Shane & Stephanie McMahon Had Sold Him Their Stock In The Company To A Consortium (Namely Flair) Prior To Purchasing WCW & ECW.Flair Became A Mentor For Carlito In 2007.Ric Flair Would Then Become A Team With Carlito After Ric Flair Said That Carlito Had No Heart. Ric Flair Defeated Carlito In A Match After Which Carlito Realized That Flair Was Right. Flair Then Became A Mentor Of Carlito. The Two Faced Off In A Money In The Bank Qualifying Match Which Ended In A No Contest After The Great Khali Attacked Both Men. Flair & Carlito Got A Second Chance In A Money In The Bank Triple Threat Qualifying Match Against Randy Orton, Who Won. Flair & Carlito Got Yet Another Chance When They Both Competed In A Battle Royal For Edge's Spot, & Flair Appeared To Have Won The Battle Royal When Edge, Who Had Faked A Knee Injury Earlier In The Match, Ran Into The Ring & Eliminated Flair. Flair & Carlito Faced Off Against Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch In A #1 Contender's Match For The World Tag Team Championship But Were Defeated. After Weeks Of Conflict Between Flair & Carlito, The Team Split Up When Carlito Attacked Flair During A Match. At Judgment Day 2007, Ric Flair Defeated Carlito With The Figure 4 Leglock. His Career Was Put At Risk Following A Match With Randy Orton On June 4, 2007.On The June 11, 2007 Of RAW, Flair Was Drafted From RAW To SmackDown! As Part Of The 2007 WWE Draft. On June 15, Flair Won His Debut Match On SmackDown! Against Edge By Disqualification. Flair Would Then Start His First Feud On SmackDown! Against Montel Vontavious Porter, Who Would Go On To Defeat Flair at WWE Vengeance 2007. Upon Being Drafted, Flair Would Rejoin Forces With Fellow Protégé Batista, Usually Teaming Up With Him In Several Tag Team Matches. After Suffering The Khali Vice Grip, Flair Has Been Absent From WWE TV.After A Six Month Absence & Signing A New Three Year Contract, Flair Returned To WWE Programming On November 26, 2007 At RAW To Announce That He Would "Never Retire". Mr.McMahon Then Announced That As Soon As Ric Lost A Match, No Matter How, Ric Would Be Forced To Retire. Later In The Night, Ric Flair Defeated Randy Orton By Low Blow After Chris Jericho Acted Like He Was Going Run Interference.On Raw, December 10, 2007 & On The 15 Year Ann Of Raw. Ric Flair Teamed Up With His Former Members Triple H & Batista Of Evolution To Beat Rated RKO & Umaga In A 6 Man Tag.On Raw, December 17, 2007 Ric Flair Beat Umaga In Career Treating Match By Count Out. But Learned On the Same Night From Vince McMahon That His Career was On The Line Against Triple H On New Years Eve.On New Years Eve, 2007, Flair Faced Triple H In A Career Treating Match, Which Flair Won After William Regal Attacked Flair With A Set Of Brass Knuckles. Flair Won The Match By Disqualification.At The Royal Rumble 2008 Flair Won The Match By Disqualification. Flair faced Montel Vontavious Porter A.K.A. MVP In A Career Threatening Match, & Won By Submission. At the No Way Out 2008, Flair Beat Mr. Kennedy In A Career Threatening Match, & Did Not have To Retire.On February 18, 2008, On Raw Shawn Michaels Announced That Flair Will The First Inductee To The WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2008. The Induction Ceremony Is Scheduled For March 29, 2008.On March 17, 2008, On Raw Flair Had A Career Treating Match Against The WWE Chairman Vince McMahon Which Was No Holds Bar Match. Vince Had The Win Until Shawn Micheals Came Down To Ring Side. Were Flair Low Blow Vince & Then Flogsplash Him Throw A Table To Win The Match.On March 30, 2008 At WrestleMania 24 in Orlando, Florida. Flair Wrestled Shawn Michaels Losing To Shawn Michaels In A Thrilling 20 Minute Match. A Tearful Nature Boy Was Given A Standing Ovation By The Orlando Crowd As He Exited The Ring For The Final Time. Though Flair Had Wrestled (& Lost) Matches That Were Advertised At The Time As "Retirement Matches" (Most Famously In WCW In 1994 Against Hulk Hogan), Flair Has Made It Clear That Following This Match, He Will Never Again Step In The Ring As An Active Competitor.On the March 31 On Raw, Flair Delivered His Farewell Address. Afterwards, Triple H Brought Out Many Current & Retired Superstars To Thank Flair For All He Has Done, Including Shawn Michaels, Some Of The Four Horsemen & Even The Undertaker, Followed By Vince McMahon. This Event Represented A Rare Moment In The WWE As Both The Heels & The Faces Broke Character & Came Out To The Ring Together. However, The Undertaker's & Vince McMahon's Entrances Were Not Shown On The TV Taping Of Raw For The Week In Order To Preserve Their Characters.Flair Made An Appearance On The June 16 On Raw To Confront Chris Jericho & Challenged Him To A Fight In The Parking Lot, But Was Ejected From The Building By Vince McMahon. Flair Made Another Appearance The Following Week On The June 23 On Raw Helping McMahon Give Away Money During The McMahon's Million Dollar Mania.On August 3, 2008, Ric Flair's Management Company Confirmed That He Has Parted Ways With WWE Under Amicable Terms. The Release Enabled Flair To Pursue Opportunities Outside Of WWE.On Raw February 9, 2009, Flair Made An Appearance To Once Again Confront Chris Jericho, Telling Him To Respect The WWE Legends And The Fans. The Segment Ended With Flair Punching Jericho.Exactly One Month Later, On Raw March 9, 2009, Flair Appeared During A Money In The Bank Qualifier Match Between Jericho And Kofi Kingston, Distracting Jericho Which Cost Him The Match. Flair Distracted Jericho As Revenge For Jericho's Attacks On WWE Lengend's Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka And Ricky Steamboat. Jericho Subsequently Suggested Flair Come Out Of Retirement And Challenged Him To A Match On Raw March 16. That Week, Flair Declined Jericho's Challenge To Come Out Of Retirement. Instead He, Along With Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper And Jimmy Snuka Attacked Jericho. Flair Made Another Appearance The Next Week, To Accept Jericho's Challenge On Behalf Of Steamboat, Piper And Snuka For A 3-On-1 Handicap Match At WrestleMania XXV. Jericho Then Proceeded To Brutally Attacking Flair, Causing Him To Bleed And Even Destroying The Watch That Was Given To Flair From Michaels After Wrestlemania.At The 2009 WWE Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony, Flair Inducted Ricky Steamboat Whom Flair Called The Hardest Competition He Ever Fought. The Next Day At Wrestlemania XXV, Flair Was In The Corner Of Piper, Snuka, And Steamboat For The Match Against Jericho. Jericho Went On To Win The Match, And Then Went After Flair. While Flair Was Knocked Down, Mickey Rourke Came Into The Ring And Nailed Jericho With An Upper Left Hook, At Which Time Flair Came In And Held Up Rourke's Hand In Victory.Flair Signed With Ring Of Honor (ROH) & Appeared At The Aptly Titled Stylin' & Profilin' Event In March 2009, Clearing The Ring After An ROH World Championship Match Ended With A Run-In. He Soon Served As The Company's Ambassador, In An On-Screen Authority Role & Appeared On The Television Show Ring Of Honor Wrestling In May To Cement His Role. After A #1 Contender Match Ended In A Time-Limit Draw, & The Following Week A Double Count Out, Flair Announced Ring Of Honor Wrestling's First ROH World Title Match As A Four Way Contest.On May 17, 2009, Flair Returned To WWE During The Judgment Day PPV, Coming To The Aid Of Batista, Who Was Being Attacked By The Legacy Faction (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase). He Also Appeared The Following Night On Raw, In A Verbal Confrontation With Orton. He Then Went On To Compete In A Backstage Brawl With Orton On Raw June 1, 209, After An Interference From The Rest Of The Legacy, The Fight Ended With Flair Trapped Inside A Steel Cage As He Was Punted By Orton. After Raw, Flair Left From WWE For Good.On November 21, 2009, Flair Returned To The Ring As A Heel On The "Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin" Tour Of Australia, Losing To Hulk Hogan In The Main Event Of The First Show By Brassknuckles. Flair Lost To Hogan Again On November 24 In Perth, Australia. Both Men Bled & Flair Was Pinned After Being Hit With A Megaphone By Hogan. Flair Also Lost To Hogan On the Two Remaining Matches On The Tour, Both Time After Being Struck By A Megaphone.On December 11, 2009, Flair Attended a Vancouver Canucks Game At GM Place In Vancouver, BC, Canada. There, The Canucks Were Cheered On To A 4-1 Lead In The 2nd Period By The Crowd's Chants Of "WOO" In Honor Of Flair.January 4, 2010, The Three-Hour Edition Of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) Impact! Television Show, Flair Made His Debut Appearance For The Company Arriving Via Limo & Later Observing The Main Event Between A.J. Styles & Long Time Rival Kurt Angle. It Was Later Reported That Flair Had Signed A One-Year Deal With The Company. In The Past Flair Has Openly Stated That He Was Loyal To The McMahons & Wanted To End His Career In The WWE, However He Hadn't Had Contact From WWE Since June 2009 & Decided To Sign With TNA Wrestling After Waiting For The Call From WWE For Six Months. On January 17, 2010 At Genesis, Flair Turned Heel Once Again By Helping A.J. Styles To Defeat Kurt Angle To Retain The TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On The Following Episode Of TNA Impact! Flair Anounced That He Was Going To Make A.J. Styles The Next Ric Flair.