Could we see Stephen A. Smith in WWE?
WWE legend and Hall Of Famer Ric Flair recently appeared on ESPN’s First Take to promote his upcoming Peacock documentary, Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair, which premieres on Monday, December 26th. During the interview, Flair claimed WWE is “entertaining” the idea of bringing the ESPN host in for a managing role at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles. This led Stephen A. Smith to reveal his aspirations of being a heel manager, but that comes with some conditions.
Listen, Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan, Paul Heyman and these guys—I would love to be a bad guy manager. I don’t wanna be one of those goody-two-shoes guys, I wanna be the trouble-making bad manager. I think I could pull it off,” Smith said before adding that he wouldn’t want to take any bumps. “If they want me to be a bad guy manager, no one can touch me. I’m gonna add that as part of my contract. Nobody can touch me! I’m too frail.
– Stephen A Smith via First Take
Ric Flair was then asked if he misses the business, he said he misses it everyday but gets to live vicariously through daughter Charlotte Flair, who he says is “coming back soon.
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