WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is also a former sixteen times World champion recently revealed the reason why he left WWE. Ric Flair who was a legend of professional wrestling was recently signed to WWE for non wrestling roles but left number of months ago.
The last storyline that was player involved in was kids love angle storyline with Lacey Evans which generated a lot of heat and criticism. The storyline also involved Charlotte Flair, the daughter of Ric, who did not like the idea of this feud at all which she claimed publicly.
Ric Flair Reveals Why He Left WWE
Ric is indeed one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling it’s not the biggest. He travelled around the globe and result for various promotions in his prime time. But he is mostly famous for his time in the WCW and the NWA, where he won his most of his Championships. Most of his World Championship Reigns came from the mentioned promotions combined.
He also had a number of runs in WWE during his Prime. WWE always wanted to push him as a main event star. But he could not adjust in WWE and decided to leave for WCW once again. He stayed with the promotion until the end of it. After that he worked in the both major promotions of the time WWE and TNA Wrestling.
Ric Flair who is also a former sixteen times World champion recently spoke on his Oral Sessions where he revealed the reason why he left WWE. He said;
“I had a bunch of pending opportunities. I had a bunch of things that I was doing currently at the time that I signed my contract. They allowed those. Wendy [his wife] got to keep her shop. These are big things.
“I got to keep Cameo and a couple of other things. A couple of deals were coming along and I got to the point where, I was asking them, I probably exhausted them asking, not to grandfather me in, but to let me do them. Of course, the answer was, ‘You can do them, maybe’.
“I just decided I wanted to finally – which I did for three years – make a living not being under a wrestling payroll. That’s all it was…..there is no animosity whatsoever, it’s just business. I wanted to try something and they just had a different vision.”
Credit: Oral Sessions. H/T 411Mania