Ric Flair

Overview

Born
February 25, 1949 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Birth name
Richard Morgan Fliehr
Nicknames
- The Nature Boy
- The REAL World's Champion
- Slick Ric
- The Greatest Wrestler Of All Time
- The Dirtiest Player in the Game
- Naitch
- "Slick" Ric
Height
5′ 9″ (1.75 m)

Mini bio

Richard Morgan Fliehr isn't what you'd expect from a professional wrestler. A medical student at Minnesota University (his father was a doctor, his mother an actress), Flair dropped out college to train for the mat wars under legendary former AWA World champ Verne Gagne. He made his professional wrestling debut on December 10, 1972, wrestling "Scrap Iron" George Gadaski (real name: John Kosti) to a ten minute draw in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. After spending the first few months of his career with Gagne's Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club (which used the brand name "American Wrestling Association"), Flair moved on to Charlotte, North Carolina where he became a regular for Jim Crockett Promotions (a member of the worldwide sanctioning body known as the National Wrestling Alliance) under the direction of matchmaker (wrestling terminology for writer) George Scott. In 1981, he captured his first NWA World title (he would hold that belt officially nine other times). Later on, he would work for both World Championship Wrestling (a company formed by Ted Turner after buying the wrestling assets of JCP) and Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment. He has been officially recognized as a World champion (an honor which generally signifies that a wrestler is the top attraction in any given company) 21 times, garnering recognition from the NWA, WWE, and WCW (as well as the WCW spin-off group WCWI, or World Championship Wrestling International). He is the only man in wrestling history to hold all four versions of the title.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Family

Spouses
Children

Trademarks

Blonde peroxided hair
His shouting of "Wooooooooooooooo!"
Wears ornate wrestling robes
Frequently "faints" during a match after being hit
Usually uses eye pokes, low blows and other "illegal" cheating moves to win matches

Trivia

Survived a plane crash in Wilmington, N.C., on Oct. 4, 1975. Suffered a broken back as a result and was told by doctors he would never wrestle again.
Roddy Piper was the best man at his wedding.
In 2006, Jack Nicholson expressed interest in inducting him into the WWE Hall of Fame, being his all time favorite wrestler.
He stated in his autobiography that, although he is adopted, he is considers his adopted father to be his father and his adopted mother to be his mother. He also states he isn't bothered to find out who his biological parents are.
On April 29, 1995, in North Korea, Ric Flair wrestled Antonio Inoki in a match attended by 190,000 people. The number is believed to be the highest ever to attend a professional wrestling card.

Quotes

In order to be the man, you have to beat the man.
I'm Ric Flair! The Stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun!
If you don't like it, learn to *love* it!
Harley Race is a great wrestler, a great champion, and a master technician. I learned something new every time I wrestled him. One of the all time greats.