Professional wrestling legend and two times WWE Hall of Fame Ric Flair who is a former 16 times World champion as recognized by WWE recently talked about the road rage incident from 2005 and how WWE wanted to capitalize on it as a wrestling storyline.
2005 was a very good year for Ric Flair’s professional wrestling career. At the age of 56, he pretty much passed his prime and he mostly worked to develop upcoming talents. Flair returned to WWE in 2001 and in 2002 he turned heel as he teamed up with Triple H. For nearly 3 years he worked with Triple H as a member of the Evolution and he had been one of the most valuable members of the faction.
Ric Flair Remembers His Road Rage Incident From 2005
But after WrestleMania 21, the faction officially died. After SummerSlam 2004, Evolution betrayed one of their members which was Randy Orton. And after winning the Royal Rumble match of 2005, Batista betrayed Triple H and challenged him for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 21. It was the end of Evolution.
Later that year, Triple H betrayed Ric Flair ending the last hope of the survival of the Evolution. The duo had a massive feud and ultimately it was won by Triple H. Apart from this feud, Flair won the Intercontinental championship in 2005. He also had a feud with Edge. Moreover, it was a very good year for him.
Ric Flair who is a former 16 times World champion as recognised by WWE recently spoke on his To Be The Man podcast where he talked about the road rage incident from 2005 and how WWE wanted to capitalise it as a wrestling storyline. He said;
“Well, I was coming back from England and I hadn’t drank all the way on the plane. It was Thanksgiving Eve. So Mark, Megan’s ex, picked me up. I was with Tiffany and we’re driving home. I hadn’t had a drink, so I was driving at warp speed. I slept all the way home. That’s the first time I slept in days.”
“This car was next to me and I tried to pass. I had just bought a brand new Cayenne, the turbo SUV, which was probably one of the hottest cars in the market then. I went to pass him. Finally, I went around him and he came up behind me and rolled down the window, gave me the finger, and started screaming at me. He takes a full beer can and throws it at the door of my new car. Boom. I mean, I just went into, you know, I just got off a plane. I’m not doing anything wrong, and I thought oh my God.”
“As it happens, and you’ve gone into Charlotte before, it goes from eight lanes, to six, to four, to two at the bottleneck as you start to go into the city. I never lost sight of the guy and Tiffany kept saying, ‘I know what you’re going to do.’ I said, ‘I’m not going to do anything.’ I just kept him in my rear view mirror, and when we got to two and we were jammed in traffic, I got out of the car and I walked over to him. He was two lanes over. He opened the door and he had a tire tool in his hands. I may have just pushed him or something.”
“About a week later, I got a call from the police department and they said, ‘Ric, we have a warrant for your arrest. Do you want to just come in and we can work this out and we’ll walk you through it?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ But it made major news across the country and Vince of course made that skit with Edge on TV which was hilarious. That really got over with the D.A. too by the way. ‘So you’re making fun of it.’ I said, ‘No sir. Not me. I have no control over creative at Stamford.’ It was probably Prichard.”
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