Ric Flair has given most of his life to professional wrestling, and at 72, he still intends on giving more. Having recently taken part in a storyline that saw him paired up with Lacey Evans on WWE Raw. However, due to his age the WWE has taken great lengths to protect him and make sure he doesn’t take bumps like he used to.
On Busted Open Radio, Ric Flair talked about some ideas he pitched to pay off the angle with Flair and Evans, a lot of which were changed thanks to Evans’ pregnancy. If the pregnancy didn’t stifle some of those plans, his own physical limitations nixed them as well.
“I did have some ideas. My problem was, they won’t let me get in the ring because it’s so hard to get me cleared because of my health issues, even though I have been cleared by my doctors. I just don’t think they’re prepared to let me get in the ring in case something happened. I could have 40 releases, but, it would be that, why the hell are you doing that? Why the hell are you letting him do that? I actually wanted to put sweat clothes on and work out with her, which I thought would have been great and teach her some things and actually have her emulate my character, doing the flips, suplex in, turn around, begging off. I had it all written down, but they wouldn’t let me get in the ring. I had the master plan. It would have been fun. It never came to fruition and I’m happy that things worked out like they did, especially for her because I think she was upset, a little bit, but then she said, ‘Hey, I’m having a baby. This is what’s supposed to happen. I’m young. I have a beautiful daughter and now I’ve got a second one on the way.’ Everybody wants to be on TV, but, in this case, if she’s not going to be on TV for a while, it’s for a very wonderful reason that we’re all aware of.”
WWE has often felt that the risk isn’t worth the reward when it comes to things like this. It’s one of the reasons WWE hasn’t let Jerry Lawler back in the ring since his heart attack that he had suffered live on air. Flair is always willing to do whatever is necessary for the sake of a storyline in the WWE, but it’s obvious now the WWE won’t be allowing him to get physical in angles.
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