Fascinating look at the sad decline of Ric Flair

[CaptainWacky]

I knew his life had been fucked up for a while but I didn't know it was this bad. The article has a full timeline of all his legal problems. It's really long (I haen't read it all) but then he's had a lot of problems.

Shane Ryan on the personal struggles of wrestling star Ric Flair - Grantland

His third wife destroyed the Flair Bears.

 

[Gagh]

In a 2005 divorce case with Elizabeth Harrell — wife no. 2 — Flair's lawyers detailed their accusations. "On more than one occasion," they wrote, "Plaintiff (Beth) has assaulted the Defendant (Flair), striking him about the head and body in an effort to provoke him into a physical confrontation."

In 2009, Flair filed a criminal complaint against Tiffany Vandemark — wife no. 3 — whom he accused of "hitting him in the face with a phone charger."

And in 2010, Flair and his current wife, Jacqueline Beams, returned to their Charlotte, N.C., home after dinner at the Lodge Restaurant. There, for reasons never made explicit, Jacqueline punched him repeatedly in the face. She was arrested.

I bet he sold for all three of them, and did the Flair face drop after being struck.

 

[Donovan]

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[headvoid]

My entire business career is based on me ending my meetings with a Rik Flair Woo.

 

[Donovan]

To be the man...you gotta beat the man.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Flair's agent released a statement, but the only part he denied was the alcoholic cardiomyopathy.

“Mr. Fliehr has declined to comment on the “Grantland” story published this week, as he has consistently with media inquiries regarding legal affairs. While the information gleaned from courthouse records may be credible, Mr. Fliehr is currently evaluating his legal options with respect to falsehoods in the story, specifically the untrue statement that he suffers from alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Our client understands that these allegations are part of the territory when you are not only famous, but a living legend. Ric Flair is a sports entertainer, which has been a lifelong passion that he still enjoys delivering to his fans today, along with his work outside of the ring with various charitable causes. We will be sure to advise Mr. Fliehr against running for County Treasurer and instead to continue entertaining his millions of fans all over the world as he has been doing for the past 35 years."

Here's a quote from Flair's autobiography.

"Through my many years of partying, I also developed something called "alcoholic cardiomyopathy," a weakening of heart muscles. I first detected that there was something wrong when my heart began skipping beats. I went to a cardiologist friend who told me that when your heart pumps, it expands to a rubber band. But mine was doing it too much. Initially, I thought that steroids might be responsible, but the doctor dismissed this theory. My heart was fluttering from thirty-five years of hitting it hard.

"It's the part of the price of being Ric Flair. In exchange for the glory and the good times, I acquired a heart condition, self-esteem issues, and cataracts from tanning beds—and very nearly wrecked my marriage to a great woman. But incredibly, I remained ageless in other ways. And in 2002, at nearly fifty-three years old, I was about to see if I could show a new generation of fans what they missed in the 1970s and 1980s."

Good luck with the legal action, Ric!

 

[Gagh]

I guess he forgot about that, just like he did when he used the NWA belt to set against two different loans.