Ric Flair

Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee), better known by his stage name "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler currently with WWE on its RAW brand, and is currently its Intercontinental Champion for his first ever reign. He has been one of the leading personalities in professional wrestling since the mid 1970s, is a 16-time world champion, and is considered to be among the elite names in the history of the industry.

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• Ric's son David Flair is also a professional wrestler.
• Ric's youngest son Reid Fliehr is an accomplished high school wrestler and made a couple of appearances on WCW TV along with his sisters Ashley and Megan.
• Ric hosted a short-lived talk show in WCW called A Flair For the Gold in 1993 as a compromise to get around a no-compete clause in his previous WWF contract. He could appear on TV, but not wrestle. Arn Anderson would sit at the bar and Flair's maid Fifi, would always be cleaning or bearing gifts.
• Ric has appeared in three movies, The Wrestler (1974), Body Slam (1987) and ' (2004).
• Ric is not related to the Andersons. He has been called their cousin in the NWA and WCW.
• Ric is sometimes seen attending the Carolina Hurricanes NHL hockey games. At many home games when the Hurricanes score a goal, a trademark Ric Flair "Carolina Goal! Wooo! Wooo Wooo!" is played.
• Flair has been active in North Carolina Republican politics, most notably supporting Jesse Helms.
• Roddy Piper was the best man at Flair's wedding
• WCW paid Flair $75,000 to give back the WCW title after he had departed to the WWF in 1991.