Ric Flair Unveiled: Shocking Secrets of His Life Beyond the Ring!

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Get an inside look at the life of the limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' and dealin' son of a gun, Ric Flair, with these capt ivating tales. Learn more

1. Ric Flair: "I’ve been hit by lightning twice. Then in 1975, I crashed in an airplane and broke my back. The doctors told me I'd never wrestle again."

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2. Dusty Rhodes on Flair Almost Becoming “Ramblin’ Ricky Rhodes” ..."He comes back, he’s bleeding, and everything, and he says [out of breath] ‘We’ll get out of here and get some beer…’

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4. Lex Luger on Partying with Ric Flair ..."I almost fell over in the lobby. I was so mad at Ric. ‘I just spent $500 on a room I never got to stay in!’...

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5. Arn Anderson on “The Roach,” Ric Flair! "Ric’s a survivor. He’s like a roach. He’ll be around when the rest of us are dead!"

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6. Ricky Steamboat Discusses Collaborating with Flair "Was [Ric Flair] my greatest opponent? I’d have to say yes. We were like two peas in a pod. We just gelled."

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