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Ric Flair Gave His Opinion On Bianca Belair’s Defeat At Summerslam

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Two times WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is also a former sixteen times World champion recently talked about the WWE SmackDown women’s championship match between Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch at SummerSlam. He gave his opinion on the defeat of the EST of Smackdown.

Bianca Belair was scheduled to face Sasha Banks to defend the WWE SmackDown women’s Championship at SummerSlam. But Sasha Banks was not fit for the match, therefore the match was called off. Instead, it was Carmella who was given the opportunity to challenge Belair for the title.

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Ric Flair Gave His Opinion On Bianca Belair’s Defeat At Summerslam

Becky Lynch in the meantime made a surprise return and took out Carmella to challenge for the WWE SmackDown women’s Championship. Belair accepted the challenge and to shock the entire Arena, Belair was defeated by Becky in only twenty seconds time. This booking decision was vastly criticised by the world of professional wrestling and critics.

It seemed like Belair would be buried after this incident. But fortunately that did not happen. WWE did not give up on the push of her. She is currently the number one contender for the WWE SmackDown women’s Championship and Becky Lynch will defend her title against Belair at the next WWE pay-per-view event which is Extreme Rules.

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Ric Flair who is also a former sixteen times World champion recently spoke on Oral Sessions where he talked about the WWE SmackDown women’s championship match between Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch at SummerSlam. He said;

“I didn’t like. Sometimes, I don’t understand what they do with anybody, Ashley included. But I didn’t like it at all. I think Bianca worked so hard. She’s really a nice person, and I like her husband. There’s a lot of things that make her pretty unique.

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“I actually was hoping that someday, I thought it could be Bianca and Charlotte could really be huge one day. Obviously, the two best athletes in the women’s division. I mean, both Division I athletes, legitimately.

“And that’s a whole different way of telling a story, building up to an event, you know what I mean. Plus, the fact that they can do some stuff that nobody else can.”

Credit: Oral Sessions. H/T 411Mania

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Ric Flair Reveals Why He Left WWE

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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

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Spoiler: AEW Planning To Sign WWE Hall Of Famer In A Big Way

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Ric Flair is one of the greatest names in the history of professional wrestling, if not the greatest one, as considered by many of the fans. Throughout his illustrious career, he has worked in several different promotions, not to mention in many of the iconic matches. Since he is no more under contract with the WWE, chances are wide open for the legendary name to show up in different places.

Ric Flair wants one more in-ring run, as admitted previously in several interviews. He recently teased the same via an appearance at AAA TripleMania and perhaps got even a bigger chance to showcase his moves one last time inside the squared circle at WWE’s main rival brand, these days, All Elite Wrestling.

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Spoiler: AEW Planning To Sign WWE Hall Of Famer In A Big Way 1

Spoilers for this week’s taped edition of AEW Rampage are out which suggested Andrade El Idolo defeated Pac (fka Neville in WWE) in a singles contest. After the match, Andrade turned on his manager, Chavo Guerrero, and fired him from his current position.

Apparently, this was done to bring in The Nature Boy in his corner. According to the reports of Wrestling Observer, Ric Flair is now expected to become Andrade’s new manager,

“He got rid of Chavo, and since he’s only been there for a couple of weeks, that makes me feel that if they’re gonna replace him they’re gonna replace him with The Nature Boy, which I’m sure, if [Andrade] has Flair in his corner and he’s motivated to wrestle then he’s gonna be a big freakin’ star.” (transcription by Ringside News)

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This comes after Andrade El Idolo challenged Kenny Omega for the AAA Mega Championship match at TripleMania with Ric Flair accompanying him to the ring. While Andrade was unsuccessful in capturing the belt, Flair did show that he still got something left to do inside the ring as he applied the Figure Four Leglock, that night.

It should be noted that Andrade El Idolo and Charlotte Flair are a couple and Ric Flair loves him as his future son-in-law. So he would love to work by his side and make him a future bright star in AEW. That being said, AEW is likely to have a bright future with veteran stars like Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Adam Cole joining the brand.

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Ric Flair On The Rumours Of Charlotte Flair Leaving WWE

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WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is also a former sixteen times World champion recently talked about the rumours of her daughter Charlotte Flair leaving WWE. There is a rumour floating around the world of professional wrestling that the twelve time WWE Women’s Champion is leaving WWE soon. Ric Flair addressed the rumor recently.

A lot of people do not know the fact that Charlotte’s first appearance was not for WWE and it was not in some recent years. She first appeared in a professional wrestling promotion was back in 2000 in the World Championship Wrestling when she was only 14.

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Ric Flair On The Rumours Of Charlotte Flair Leaving WWE

She made her in ring debut on 2013 in episode of NXT. Her first match was against Bayley and she was very impressive in a first match after she defeated Bayley. After competing in the NXT for two years she made her main roster debut in 2015 as a part of the women’s revolution.

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Right now Charlotte has listed a total of 14 championships by her name in WWE, among them are 11 WWE Women’s Championships (RAW and Smackdown combined), two NXT Women’s Championship and one time WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. Indeed, she is one of the most famous woman wrestler in WWE right now.

Ric Flair who is also a former sixteen times World champion recently spoke on Oral Sessions where he talked about the rumours of her daughter Charlotte Flair leaving WWE. He said;

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“Everybody wants to start some s–t that didn’t exist. Ashley [Charlotte Flair] would never leave there.

“She’s the happiest she’s ever been, and obviously, they’re not mad at me [otherwise Charlotte wouldn’t have won her 12th title] … I was so excited. I didn’t know. I was so excited for her, and it’s the first one I missed.”

Credit: Oral Sessions. H/T 411Mania

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Charlotte Flair Says She Always Tries To Prove She Is More Than Ric Flair’s Daughter

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The current WWE Raw Women’s champion Charlotte Flair who is also a twelve time WWE Women’s Champion recently said that how much it weighs on being the daughter of Ric Flair and how she always tried to prove that she is just more than that.

A lot of people do not know the fact that Charlotte’s first appearance was not for WWE and it was not in some recent years. She first appeared in a professional wrestling promotion was back in 2000 in the World Championship Wrestling when she was only 14.

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Charlotte Flair Says She Always Tries To Prove She Is More Than Ric Flair’s Daughter

She made her in ring debut on 2013 in episode of NXT. Her first match was against Bayley and she was very impressive in a first match after she defeated Bayley. After competing in the NXT for two years she made her main roster debut in 2015 as a part of the women’s revolution.

Right now Charlotte has listed a total of 14 championships by her name in WWE, among them are 11 WWE Women’s Championships (RAW and Smackdown combined), two NXT Women’s Championship and one time WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. Indeed, she is one of the most famous woman wrestler in WWE right now.

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Charlotte Flair who is also a twelve time WWE Women’s Champion recently spoke to Bart & Hahn where she said that how much it weighs on being the daughter of Ric Flair and how she always tried to prove that she is just more than that. She said;

“It weighs on me to this day. I definitely have a chip on my shoulder, and I think it’s a double-edged sword being the daughter of Ric Flair. I would never change it. My dad is my best friend and biggest supporter with my fiance.

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“Just with what my dad means and knowing that so many people assume that I’ve gotten where I am because of him, I try that much harder. Even to this day with everything I’ve done, it’s still not enough. I’ve gotta do more. I’ve gotta get better.

“That’s what makes me tick, and I think it’s hard to really grasp with that there’s a father-daughter duo that has done what we’ve done and meant what we’ve meant to the industry. I don’t even grasp it. I’m very grateful and very lucky.”

H/T and transcribed by 411 Mania

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Ric Flair On Charlotte Flair’s Summerslam Match

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Two times WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is a sixteen times world champion recently talked about her daughter Charlotte Flair’s SummerSlam match where she is going to face Nikki ASH and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship.

Charlotte Flair missed out on WrestleMania 37 because of her covid-19 issue. This was the first time she missed out on a Wrestlemania since her first WrestleMania which was WrestleMania 32 where she faced Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match for the WWE Women’s Championship which later became the WWE Raw Women’s Championship.

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Ric Flair On Charlotte Flair’s Summerslam Match

She returned in the ring just after the night of WrestleMania 37 and since returning to WWE she is constantly on the main event title picture just like she has always been. Her feud with Rhea Ripley kept on going since the week after WrestleMania and it is still going on.

During this time, she got her 11th women’s Championship reign which lasted for only one day and it was not much necessary either. Majority of fans and critics criticized away for giving her such an unnecessary title reign. Right now she is still involved in the title picture and at SummerSlam she is going to meet WWE Raw Women’s champion Nikki ASH and the former champion Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match.

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Ric Flair who is a sixteen times world champion recently spoke to Sports Illustrated where he talked about her daughter Charlotte Flair’s SummerSlam match. He said;

“There is no one better than Ashley [Charlotte],” says Flair, who is his daughter’s biggest supporter. “She is a generational talent. I’m always amazed by the way presents herself. She always buys new outfits and clothes for the pay-per-views.

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“Spending on that money on clothes, that’s called image enhancement, something [Lex] Luger taught me a long time ago. And her in-ring work, it’s unbelievable. She’ll show that again at SummerSlam.

“She refuses to allow herself to be second to anyone, and she keeps getting better. She’s better than she was last month, and better than she was last year. This is her prime right now, and she’ll show she’s the best in the world in her match.”

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WWE Legend Ric Flair Denies Being In Viral Scandalous Photo

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Ric Flair lived up to his old-school gimmick, earlier this year when he was involved in a romantic storyline with WWE Superstar Lacey Evans. There was a point when many thought he was the one to make the Lady of the WWE, pregnant. Moving on from that controversial angle, he went on to trend on social media for another such reason.

The legendary wrestler trended on Twitter after fans started mentioning him in tweets after a non-PG photo went viral on the platform. A photo of a man, who looked very similar to Ric Flair from behind was seen performing ‘oral sex’ on a woman in that picture. Fans believed that it was the wrestler, mostly due to the similarity with his hair. While the veteran was never identified, several Twitter users have noted that it looks like the photo was taken on the Long Island Rail Road in New York.

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However, there’s no truth to the link-ups associating with him. Ric Flair took to Twitter to turn down this rumor by tweeting the following:

“This Picture Is As Real As That Other One Floating Around. The Nature Boy Doesn’t Ride Trains! WOOOOO WOOOOO!”

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Despite the clarification given by him, the 16-time world champion keeps on trending on Twitter as several memes have been created on him.

Ric Flair is no more with the WWE

As reported earlier, Ric Flair has parted ways with the WWE after Vince McMahon granted his wish to be released from the contract. He then appeared in the corner of Andrade El Idolo for his match against AAA Mega Champion Kenny Omega at AAA TripleMania XXIX, this past Friday night.

Wrestling INC then reported that they have learned that Ric Flair made that appearance free of cost. He also chartered a private jet to make it to the show, at his own expense. The source was also the first to report that Flair requested, and was then granted his WWE release, earlier this month. There’s not any non-compete agreement between the two parties and hence he is free to appear in any other promotions immediately.

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That being said, Ric Flair could soon show up at AEW programming where Andrade is under contract following his WWE release. Andrade’s fiancée and Ric’s daughter Charlotte Flair can’t make any appearance in WWE rival brands for obvious reasons.

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WWE Legend Ric Flair And Charlotte Flair Attend AAA TripleMania

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Ric Flair is done with the WWE, as reported earlier and unlike other released talents, the veteran doesn’t have to serve a no-compete clause for 90 days. Hence, he was able to make an appearance at another wrestling promotion as quickly as possible. He went physical and helped her would-be son-in-law Andrade in his scheduled match.

AAA Triplemania XXIX took place this past weekend at the Arena Ciudad de México in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. The same event witnessed a title change where Deonna Purrazzo won the Reina de Reinas Championship from Faby Apache. In the co-main event of the night, the AAA Megacampeonato Title was on the line between champion Kenny Omega and Andrade.

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Before heading into the match, Andrade had an argument with Konnan, backstage. Andrade mentioned that he no longer wanted Konnan in his corner because someone more suitable for the job was hired. Konnan then went into Omega’s dressing room and made an entrance accompanying Omega. Andrade, on the other hand, appeared accompanied by Ric Flair.

Charlotte Flair also attended AAA event with Ric Flair

The Nature Boy went physical during the match as he would deliver some of his signature chops to Omega before putting him down with a roundhouse punch. Ric Flair then applied the Figure Four onto Konnan, as Andrade did the same to Omega. Omega, however, managed to retain his championship by planting Andrade with the One-Winged Angel.

Charlotte Flair was also present, backstage at last night’s AAA TripleMania to watch Ric Flair being in the corner of Andrade El Idolo. It was Konnan who posted a photo to confirm that The Queen was indeed at the event.

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Per the updates from Wrestling Observer Radio, the rumor was that Charlotte Flair went to Mexico City, but she couldn’t make an appearance at AAA TripleMania since that would cause a contract violation with WWE. This could be the reason why Charlotte Flair missed last night’s WWE Supershow in her own hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina where WWE RAW Women’s Champion Nikki Cross A.S.H. defeated Rhea Ripley to retain her title.

As noted above, Ric Flair recently made his exit from WWE, and afterward, it was reported that he had issues with the company, from a creative perspective. Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio further reported that the legendary wrestler is expected to join AEW when he’s legally able to do so.

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Ric Flair Released By WWE Upon Request To Vince McMahon

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One of the all-time greats, Ric Flair re-signed with WWE last year, but he’s already done with the company. As confirmed by Wrestling Inc. and Fightful, the legendary superstar is no longer with WWE. According to sources close to the situation, he requested the release and it was granted, effective today.

As mentioned above, he renewed his contract with the WWE, last year to go into a romance angle with Lacey Evans which had to stop, all of a sudden after the latter announced her pregnancy.

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Ric Flair isn’t the only talent to be released around this week as Bray Wyatt made headlines with his release. According to PWInsider ring announcer, JoJo Offerman was quietly released from WWE 6-8 months ago. JoJo is Bray Wyatt’s girlfriend and they have two kids together. WWE has quietly released Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett earlier this year as well who was working as a backstage producer.

The report by Fightful Select added that Ric Flair reportedly grew frustrated with the WWE with certain booking decisions on WWE TV. He directly contacted McMahon to voice his issues and also asked Vince for his release. It seemed that the WWE Chairman had no issues whatsoever to grant him a release, thereafter.

 

Ric Flair was uncomfortable doing Lacey Evans angle

Ric Flair was very much outspoken about his disagreement with the Lacey Evans romantic storyline. He spoke with Ariel Helwani back in May and admitted he was uncomfortable with the storyline. But then ultimately he ended up doing it since Vince convinced him that it would get Evans over in the program with Charlotte Flair.

“In this instance, I didn’t [feel comfortable],” Ric Flair admitted. “The one thing I’ve learned is you’re not going to win a war when someone’s got their mind made up. She most definitely didn’t like it, but the one thing that I can say about me is I always said yes. I didn’t want to be that guy that was always going ‘Oh, that isn’t perfect for me.’”

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Despite the efforts by The Nature Boy and the planning of WWE to make her the champion, the storyline didn’t pay off as Lacey Evans found out that she was pregnant in the month of February. Ric Flair stopped making appearances, thereafter as Lacey had to be sidelined from Raw TV.

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Kurt Angle Says Ric Flair Advised Him To Join WWE In Stead Of WCW

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WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle who is a former five times WWE world champion recently looked back at the time when Ric Flair advised him to join WWE and not WCW. It was 1996, Angle just won his Olympic Gold Medal and he was looking to have a career in professional wrestling.

Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medallist which has always been highlighted throughout his professional wrestling career. He won the Olympic gold medal in the freestyle wrestling on Olympic 1996. After being successful in the Olympics, he jumps to professional wrestling in 1998.

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Kurt Angle Says Ric Flair Advised Him To Join WWE In Stead Of WCW

In a very short amount of time he became a very big star in professional wrestling. In only two years time of joining WWE, he won the ultimate price of the promotion, WWE World Championship. After having an amazing career in WWE he left the promotion in 2006 and wrestled worldwide.

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In 2017 WWE inducted Angle into the WWE Hall of Fame. Since then he started working in WWE again. This time he was not as successful as he was previously in the promotion. He kept on watching in WWE until 2020 when he was released by WWE since the budget but they had to make because of the covid-19 pandemic.

Former five times WWE world champion Kurt Angle who is a WWE Hall of Famer recently spoke on the Kurt Angle Show where he looked back when he talked about the time when Ric Flair advised him to join WWE and not WCW. He said;

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“Oh God, Ric brings it up all the time (he laughs).  He actually rubs it in my face, ‘Hey, I saved your career by going to WWF instead of WCW, but Ric was right.  I think if I went to WCW, they probably wouldn’t have utilized me like WWE did.  I’m very grateful for Ric’s advice.

He directed me in the right direction.  He’s a wrestler that’s not selfish.  He’s very giving.  He’s always been like that.  Ric’s never been political.  He’s really a good guy, and he’s going to give the right advice all the time.”

H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

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