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Interviewer
Another wrestler, another Mount Rushmore type legend who resided in the Tampa area. Hulk Hogan passed away.
Ric Flair
I talked to him the day before he died. I shouldn't say this, but ready to.
Leon
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Mystic Zach
What's up, guys? Mystic Zach here. Welcome back to episode eight of Double Coverage.
Interviewer
I'm honored and privileged to be joined by another hall of Famer, a 16.
Mystic Zach
Time world champion, a man inducted into every pro wrestling hall of Fame and.
Interviewer
Someone who deserves to be on anyone's pro wrestling.
Mystic Zach
Mount Rushmore.
Interviewer
The great, the nature boy, Ric Flair.
Ric Flair
Thank you, sir.
Interviewer
Thank you.
Ric Flair
Honored to be here.
Interviewer
Honored to and privileged to be able to sit here with you. Especially after your man lt was our last guest.
Ric Flair
Yeah, my man lt. My favorite human being.
Interviewer
Lt. In both the pro wrestling and the NFL hall of Fame. A lot of people don't know that.
Ric Flair
Well, you know he wrestled Bam Bam Bakerlo. You'd have thought he'd been in the business, what a great athlete he is. You'd have thought he'd been in the business for 10 years. They had a great match.
Interviewer
Yeah. He said he was shocked at the athleticism of Bam Bam Bigelow. He said that someone like him, he thought could play in the NFL for sure.
Ric Flair
I don't know about that. You better ask Andre the Giant about that because Andre beat the crap out of him. I don't know about that. But Bamboo was a good athlete. Yes, very good.
Interviewer
But is that something that people overlook? The athleticism, professional wrestlers?
Ric Flair
No, not anymore. No. I think that's, that's. That's been gone for a long time.
Interviewer
In modern times, people have kind of got. Now that we got the Brock Lesnar's and the.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Who was a phenomenal athlete, my daughter. Who was the best athlete in the company, Rey Mysterio. I mean, you can go down to listen.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Lesnar is insane.
Interviewer
There's nobody like him.
Ric Flair
Yeah. I wanna, I don't wanna be in the ring with the day he misses that vertical jump to the apron. You know what I mean? No, I think it's about a 40 inch hike. And he jumps up there every time. He almost made the Vikings.
Interviewer
Yeah. Without playing football since high school, he.
Ric Flair
Goes and wins the UFC championship. I mean, come on. And he's a tough kid, too.
Interviewer
You ran a 4 7, the 280 pound defensive tackle.
Ric Flair
Yeah, I believe it.
Interviewer
Yeah. I would say Brock's right up there with the best athletes. Yes.
Ric Flair
Yep. Exactly.
Interviewer
For sure.
Ric Flair
I couldn't argue that.
Interviewer
Yeah. And we were getting into for the interview. You're a massive football fan.
Ric Flair
Yes.
Interviewer
You're watching closely.
Mystic Zach
I think you play fantasy football.
Interviewer
I mean, you're all up in the action, you're breaking down the spreads, the odds.
Ric Flair
No, I don't. I don't play fantasy.
Interviewer
You don't play fantasy.
Ric Flair
No. But I've gotten the point now where all the guys that I know that played. So now I've. I follow the coaches like I'm real good friends with Jim Harbaugh, Good friends with John. Good friends with Mike Brabo. Good friends with Lane Kiffin.
Interviewer
Oh, wow.
Ric Flair
I'm trying to think who else I know. All good. I'm really good friends. I'm having a tough year with Dan Quinn, too.
Interviewer
Yeah, tough year, but great year last year.
Ric Flair
Yeah, they'll come back.
Interviewer
Yeah. Lane Kiff and I actually got to work under at FAU when I was 16.
Ric Flair
Really?
Interviewer
Yeah. And our videographer is his dad worked with him as his wide receivers Coach.
Ric Flair
Really?
Interviewer
Coach D.J. mcCarthy. Yep.
Ric Flair
He just got back with his wife. Can you believe it?
Interviewer
No, I cannot believe it. You would know a thing or two about, you know, a couple different wives. Are you single right now?
Ric Flair
Yeah, I'm very single.
Interviewer
Very single.
Ric Flair
Nobody will have me.
Interviewer
Nobody has no more Miss Nature Boys.
Ric Flair
I know. Nope, nope, nope, Nope, nope, nope. 1.8 million in alimony and 1:1 in attorney fees.
Interviewer
Oh, my God.
Ric Flair
Yeah. I'm not getting married again, I don't think.
Interviewer
Oh, my God. $3 million?
Ric Flair
Yeah. It costs money when you make money.
Mystic Zach
Wow.
Ric Flair
$17,000 a month for one of my wives for a year.
Interviewer
Oh, God.
Ric Flair
$17,000. I was paying all the money to three women at one time. Hey, top that, Lawrence.
Interviewer
Healthy ain't got no.
Ric Flair
Nobody does.
Interviewer
Maybe a few rappers.
Ric Flair
Oh, I don't know. Oh, this would have been a holy field. You got 11 kids. I don't know.
Interviewer
Oh, you and Holyfield are in a good competition there.
Ric Flair
I think Cam Newton just had his ninth baby.
Interviewer
Shout out to Cam.
Ric Flair
Ralph Sampson's got 12 kids. Come on.
Interviewer
Maybe that's why the rappers get along with you so well here. I guess you live a similar lifestyle. Tell me about the Ric Flair drip and getting to record that video with the Migos.
Ric Flair
Unfortunately, it was a great thing for me, but I had just gotten out of the hospital. And when I got out of the hospital, I had no memory for six months. So when they called me to do it, I wasn't represented. So I tell the loft, said, that's all the time. I made 39,000. You made 48 million. He gets pissed when I tell him that. He said, I made you famous. I said, great hopeless ears. He goes, I made you famous. I said, you wrote the song about me. I was famous. Obvious enough for you to contact me. Okay, the hell you talking to. Me? I made you famous. Really? You wrote the song about me?
Interviewer
You. I inspired you?
Ric Flair
Yeah. How about John Wayne and the Alamo? Okay, I mean, give me a break. Well, he's tore him now, but Cardi B and Stefan Diggs, man.
Interviewer
Oof. I don't want to get in the middle of that one.
Ric Flair
Yeah, I don't want. I mean, I know her. I met her, of course, through him. And he really is a great guy. I actually got to meet Wilt. He's pretty cool.
Interviewer
How was that?
Ric Flair
Well, I've had three heroes in my life. Joe Namath, Wilt, and who was my third year old. I just thought about it the other day that I really admired when I was growing up. Will Chamberlain. I don't know. People don't know. Is the greatest athlete that ever played basketball and better than LeBron. Did you look at what he did at track and field?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
At Kansas, people just, they stepped by that. He bench pressed 400 pounds. He threw the shot put 68ft. Come on. You know, I love LeBron, but LeBron can't do that. And he was just, you know, and he just did what he wanted to do in the court.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
I mean, if you want to lead the league in assist. He let an assist. He wanted to lead it in points. He led it in points. He did what he wanted to do. 54 point. Think about this. 54, 50, 50.4 points a game, 25 rebounds a game and 20 assists a game for one year. Come on. And they leave him out of the discussion altogether. Yeah, greatest. He just put his hand on Cream's head and said, calm down. Anyway, £300.
Interviewer
Yeah. Huge. I mean, for him to bench press that much with arms that long, you could Google it. Yeah, no, I know, but it's unbelievable. I mean, what do you have a 90 inch reach? Just bench pressing 400.
Ric Flair
Well, not only that, but who throws the shop, what, 80ft? I think he took it third in NCAAs and 880.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
I mean, the guy was just unreal.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
At Kansas.
Mystic Zach
People discount.
Ric Flair
For the Globetrotters.
Interviewer
Piece of cake for him.
Ric Flair
Yeah. You know who made him famous? The same guy that made Arnold palmer famous, Mike McCormick. Will. I don't know who has worlds at State now, but Will bought so much property in San Francisco, as you know. You know, Paul Palmer ended up. You can Google it right now. But Mark McCormick. Right. He was the first two. First two big athletes that he handled.
Interviewer
How did he. He handled like, their. What was his.
Ric Flair
Investments.
Interviewer
Investments. Okay.
Ric Flair
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Interviewer
Else people don't. There's videos of Bill Russell literally jumping over people. I mean, his feet are clearing their head.
Ric Flair
Yeah, Bill. Bill Russell. To me, he just had Will's number. I don't know what it was. But he was also surrounded by a better team every year. Wilt never had a team where everybody was the first team All Star.
Interviewer
No, not. Not until the kind of Jerry west era later on.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Where he'd already been dominating for 15 or so years.
Ric Flair
Yeah, but he was older then.
Interviewer
Yeah. He'd gone through Kansas and all Sixers and the warriors. And it's not like today with modern medicine. It's a totally different game for these athletes. And wrestling as well.
Ric Flair
Yes.
Interviewer
With peptides and stem cells and all these different things.
Ric Flair
Thankful for all that stuff. The guys have it easy today, but I'm happy they do know that no one wants to do what I did. I telling someone the other day, from 83 to 85, I had 17 days off. Think about that. Twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday. My accountant goes, how can you wrestle 420 times? I said, because I wrestled twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday. Did you do like the psychologist said to me? When do you drink? When I work. When do you work? Every day. Time I got through with him, he was laying on the couch. I have to admit, I've done a few heavyweights, but I was blinded by the light. I woke up in the morning, oh, God, I've done something really terrible. How about a ham sandwich and a bath rub? What have I done? Richard, you're the world champion. She weighs more than you.
Interviewer
Oh, more than 240?
Ric Flair
No. I don't know. I don't think I ever did 240, but I might. I might have hit the 200 mark, at least.
Interviewer
Cruiserweight.
Mystic Zach
Wow.
Ric Flair
Wow. Yeah.
Interviewer
Now you're going through this. This schedule and this calendar after surviving a plane crash. Talk to me about that and your recovery in the 70s where, you know, medical.
Mystic Zach
It's not like it is today.
Ric Flair
No, but I didn't. I would like Avoided surgery. I just had a compression fracture of 3, but I went from 255 to 180. Wow. And the doctor said I'd never wrestle again. So, knock on wood, here I am. 1975, a long time ago.
Interviewer
You wrestled for six decades after.
Ric Flair
And then my last match, I had a heart attack. Didn't even know it. Isn't that great? Legend.
Interviewer
Legend. Do you have any regrets when something like that happens or the Nature Boy doesn't regret anything?
Ric Flair
Oh, no, no, no. God, I have a thousand regrets about times I miss with my older children, but you got to go to work, you know.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Back then, no guaranteed contract. You don't go to work, you don't get paid. Yeah, you don't get paid. You can't pay the bills.
Interviewer
Yeah. You got to put food on the table.
Ric Flair
Yeah. But that was one of the regrets I have. I can tell you right now that I would have never, ever survived social media. Back in the 80s, when we were in the 80s, we were the Beatles. The bars were full of women. Now it's a guy's soap opera. You walk into the bar, 25 stiffs. Can we have your autograph? No.
Interviewer
Please, Mr.
Ric Flair
Flair. No. I said no. Off. No, that's. I mean, that's the way it is. Yeah. In the 80s, we were the Beatles. We came to town, man, but every chick in town was there.
Interviewer
We're in a totally different era.
Ric Flair
Yeah. No more stealing my Rolexes and telling me I threw it a bowl of spaghetti and said I had 13 more. No more taking my main coat off.
Interviewer
You had a legendary rivalry with Dusty Rhodes and he was sort of the antithesis.
Ric Flair
He put hard times on him.
Mystic Zach
Hard times.
Interviewer
He was the antithesis of what you represented. He was relatable to the common everyday man and you were the jet setting Nature Boy. Talk to me about that.
Ric Flair
It's the greatest rivalry in the history of wrestling. It went on for 20 years, which makes it even better. You know, he was great, charismatic. He was a genius in terms of, you know, thinking about these, like the war games and Star Arcade and a flair for the gold. I mean, just, he was a genius and stuff like that.
Interviewer
What was your relationship like with him out of the ring?
Ric Flair
Perfect. Well, we had conflicting ego things at times, but that happens. Everybody.
Interviewer
But you two got along really well.
Ric Flair
Yeah, he was much more conservative than I was. I mean, he knew when to go to bed, I didn't. Yeah, I still don't.
Interviewer
No, you still don't. You wouldn't be the Nature Boy if you did. And how incredible is it now with your daughter Charlotte doing what she's doing in the WWE and his son Cody doing what he's doing in wwe?
Ric Flair
Yeah. Well, my daughter is the. The greatest female wrestler of all time, and I. I truly believe she's the best wrestler in the company right now. She can do that. Nobody else can do it. 5 11, about 55. It's not like she's 53 or 5 4. The corkscrew moon. Solid. I mean, come on. She could have gone to college and played a Division 1 sport in four different sports. She got recruited for four different sports.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Basketball, volleyball, of course, cheerleading and track and field. She ran a 5:13 mile in the 9th grade. Remember they used to have the president's fitness. Of course, some mothers have abolished that. God forbid your kid be better than your kid.
Interviewer
God forbid.
Ric Flair
I mean, it's the truth.
Interviewer
No facts.
Ric Flair
It was gold, silver, bronze.
Interviewer
No participation.
Ric Flair
Trouble, mothers. Eight. I mean, everybody gets a medal.
Interviewer
Everyone gets a medal.
Ric Flair
Thanks, mom. Generating a lot of. My son finished eighth. Yay. Don't get me going on that. I won't.
Interviewer
But how. How great has it been to see this next generation of wrestlers who are related to you and the guys that you wrestled with?
Ric Flair
I think it's great. Randy Orton, I mean, he's third generation. Randy's the best male worker in the company right now. They don't utilize him the way I would if I was Booker, but I'm not. So he can still work his ass off. Yeah, but, you know, he's making a lot of money, he's doing good, he's happy, and that's all that matters.
Interviewer
Yeah, absolutely. But yeah, Randy. One of my favorites. I think he's underutilized.
Ric Flair
Oh, look at his body. Oh, my God. He's off the gas. And so it still looks great.
Interviewer
Yeah. He's an Adonis.
Ric Flair
Yeah. His symmetry is unreal.
Interviewer
And the emotions he gets out of people. I mean, I really hated him as a kid.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Oh, I know. He could really piss you off.
Interviewer
Yeah, he really pissed me off. When you would rko John Cena, I mean, I really wanted to get after him.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
There's a big difference in the way wrestling is today in your era and kayfabe in your era, you guys really protected that.
Ric Flair
Yes.
Interviewer
And really kept it close to the chest. Whereas today, everything is documented. In fact, there's a Netflix documentary that shows everything behind the scenes, social media.
Ric Flair
And it still thrives.
Interviewer
And it still thrives. It's still one of the biggest sports globally.
Ric Flair
Well, this deal With ESPN is really cool because it really legitimizes not only the athletic skill, but the sport, which. It is a sport. It might be choreographed, but I can think of it in the last three years, Last three years, two broken necks, Big E. And, yeah, he'll never wrestle again. And somebody else broke their neck. But, I mean, in the last 10 years, people have. I mean, we've had seven broken necks.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
So it's not a game.
Interviewer
No, certainly not.
Ric Flair
And we got guys that are messed up every day with, you know, torn muscle. I mean, it's a really physical, Physical contest.
Interviewer
There's a reason why when the celebrities do it, they have to train in Orlando.
Ric Flair
Oh, yeah. You know, just great. Bad bunnies are great.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
And I'll tell you who else has done great is Jake Logan.
Interviewer
Paul.
Ric Flair
Logan. Paul. Yeah. He's done great. Hats off to him.
Interviewer
I mean, the stuff. Logan Paul's doing is impressive, right?
Ric Flair
Yeah. I didn't realize that he was being trained by Shawn Michaels. I said, but this kid is a really cool equipment. She's worked out with Sean. And Sean is a master. Probably the greatest of all time.
Interviewer
Yeah. He's the greatest performer, right?
Ric Flair
Yes, absolutely. Him and Steamboat.
Interviewer
Him and Steamboat.
Ric Flair
But Steamboat couldn't work both ways.
Interviewer
Elaborate on that. What does that mean to someone who's not super into wrestling?
Ric Flair
It means that Steamboat is a. Is a phenomenal great guy, but there's not a prick, there's not a bone that says, I'm a D. In Steamboat's body. Sean can be a D. Yeah. But he can also be the best. Yeah.
Interviewer
So it's a. You have a face and a heel, a good guy and bad guy. And in wrestling, you guys are trying to convey those emotions out of the fans.
Ric Flair
And Sean gonna do both very well.
Interviewer
Sean's had legendary matches with people from every era, including you.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Nobody will ever touch our retirement.
Interviewer
No. Right.
Ric Flair
Nobody.
Interviewer
Is that your favorite match throughout your career?
Ric Flair
Well, it's hard to say it's my favorite, but I think it's the biggest WrestleMania moment of all time. 80,000 people up. I didn't know what to expect because I didn't. Like. I don't handle when I'm retiring, but when I walked out the door, there I was. It's the first time anybody ever said to me, he said, keep your mouth shut. Do exactly what I tell you. Wow.
Interviewer
Yeah. When he says, I love you in the finish and no one sells better than you, that was always your calling card in the ring. You always made your opponents look incredible, which Is a hard skill to master.
Ric Flair
That's the job, right? I spent my whole life doing that.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
When you gotta wrestle a guy for an hour, which I'm the only guy that wrestled everybody for an hour, you gotta figure out a way to get through it. Because a lot of guys, number one, aren't conditioned to wrestle hour number two, they don't have the skill. And number three, they just don't have the mental capacity. Hour's a long time, guys.
Interviewer
Who is your favorite person to work with in the ring?
Ric Flair
Oh, Steamboat. Steamboat or Hunter. Harley Reese.
Interviewer
I love another legendary NWA champ, Harley Reese.
Ric Flair
Oh, my God. So, what's your first name?
Interviewer
Zach.
Ric Flair
Zach. I'm Harley. So, Zach, what makes you think you could ask me questions about my career? I am Harley Rees, the world champion. So this is a great story. I tell it to everybody. So Triple H was coming into the business, right? Paul Levax comes in the dressing room and I go. And Harley was there. I go to Harley. Harley spoke in the Marlboro. And I go, harley, this is. I go, harley, this is a new guy coming in. His name is Paula Beckham. So I'm Hunter now. Yeah, hello. Mr. Race. Who trained you? Killer Kowalski. He said, Oh, God. Harley with a drip, man.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Oh, God. He couldn't take him anywhere, man. Go ahead.
Interviewer
A lot of.
Ric Flair
Sorry.
Interviewer
No problem. Ric Flair, Harley Race, Jack Briscoe, yourself, all great NWA Heavyweight champs. A lot of people consider you the last great NWA Heavyweight Championship. Even though a lot of newer fans know you for your work in wwe the hardcore fans recognize all the stuff you did in nwa. Talk to me about that era, in the travel. I mean, you're going to Japan, Australia, Canada. Yeah, talk to me about that.
Ric Flair
I just said that during that span. I had that.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
So Sydney for an hour with Mark Lewin. Fly over to Auckland, New Zealand. An hour in Auckland. Harley says, let's change the belt and help. I can't think of the Moore's name and we'll draw a bigger house tomorrow in Christchurch. I go, harley, I can't even wish you to do that. You've got my permission, Ricky. So I dropped the bell to go to Christchurch. I went in, and of course, some stooge called. They called me, what'd you do with Harley? I said, bob, I didn't do anything with Harley. If you got a problem with this, call Harley. Tell Gaillon. They go, I'll be back on the mainland in 24 hours anyway. So I go from there to St. Louis for an hour, to Atlanta for an hour. And then to Tokyo for three straight hour matches, three days in a row.
Interviewer
You are the real traveling world heavyweight champion.
Ric Flair
The most traveled.
Interviewer
Yeah. Yeah. Totally different than today.
Ric Flair
Oh, God, please.
Interviewer
It's almost. For a modern wrestling fan, it's almost.
Ric Flair
No, no, no. But I'm saying that with. Not demeaning, but no, with love. When you only wrestle 50 guys.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Because that's basically in a five year period, you might just wrestle 50 guys. I wrestled a different guy every night for 10 years and for an hour. What do you think these kids would do with Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen right now? Jesus Christ. He talk about a different world.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
And then wrestling these guys in Japan. I wrestled Brody on Japan TV for an hour, but it made me famous in Japan. But still, it's a long hour with Brody. And he was good. Great shape, but he's so intimidating. But he never hurt me. Never once.
Interviewer
Oh, wow.
Ric Flair
But to watch him come running across the ring, six, six, 300 pounds, do that flying knee and out. He never, never hurt me. And he's hold for me. So that's all I need to do is get him down to my size like Big Show. I tell Big Show, I'd say just sell your eyes and your nuts. Listen to me. So I go hand him in balls, right? He drops to his knees. Now we're the same side.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Now I can punch him right where people live. I'm gonna punch your guys some, but I mean, you know what I mean?
Interviewer
They look a little crazy.
Ric Flair
Yeah. He tells that story. It's a great story. Tell your ass nuts, kid. Come on, let's go.
Interviewer
The biggest professional athlete. Was there someone who is someone that you worked with? Yeah. Incredible. I was just talking about this with my father.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Who actually you met and were really nice to when he was a kid. He what?
Ric Flair
He played basketball at Wichita State?
Interviewer
No. For him to be a seven footer with that type of agility is really incredible. You don't see that a guy's that big.
Ric Flair
No, no. He's the best big man I've ever seen. The best. Including Andre.
Interviewer
Including Andre. Wow.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Well, I'm not putting him over Undertaker, but I mean, Undertaker's a lot smaller.
Interviewer
He's not quite their size. It's a different league.
Ric Flair
Undertaker's the best big man ever.
Interviewer
How does he do that?
Ric Flair
Diving through the ropes and all that walking on the top rope. He's just a great athlete, but. And even a better person. Mark is one of the greatest guys of all time.
Interviewer
Wow. The stuff he was doing with Shawn Michaels. I mean, he was going move for move with someone so much smaller than him and so incredible at that stuff.
Ric Flair
That match. Yeah, that was Sean's retirement match.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Phenomenal.
Interviewer
It's my favorite match in Atlanta. Mm.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Yeah. Well, Sean could work with anybody, man. I mean, unbelievable. Let's hope with Mark, you know what I mean? Yeah.
Interviewer
Both of them. Both of them are Mount Rushmore type.
Ric Flair
Exactly.
Interviewer
How does that feel when people rank you as the greatest professional wrestler ever, put you on their Mount Rushmore and show you the love and adulation.
Ric Flair
What makes you feel true, it makes you feel great, but it's not that I couldn't have done that. But we didn't do moonsaults when I started. I'm sure I could have done it. Does that make sense? Yeah, I'm sure I could do all that shit about. But it didn't. Wasn't that back when I started. You were fighting for your life. I mean, you're getting hit in the mouth by guys that they don't like. Young guys coming into the business and taking their spot. Good guys punching you in the. You gotta hit them back or you don't hit them back, brother. You're lost. You don't walk in the dressing room. So, you know, it's a different time.
Interviewer
Wow.
Ric Flair
But I think Sean and Taker and Stone Cole's one of my favorite, but the most entertaining guy in the world. I can look at his stuff now is the Rock. He's such a gifted guy.
Interviewer
Nobody's more entertaining.
Ric Flair
Oh, nobody. Not even close.
Interviewer
The accents, the singing.
Ric Flair
What's your. What's that thing he says? What's your. I don't care what you. You fabulous.
Interviewer
I agree. The best on the mic and stone cold. So great in the ring and on the mic. He's hilarious.
Ric Flair
Yeah, Steve. Steve is great. One pint, two pints, three pints, four. Two tequilas, two bloody Marys, three what?
Interviewer
What?
Ric Flair
What? He used to sit back there and go, this is the greatest I've ever seen. I flew into Manchester and I had one pint. Oh. Then I had two pints. The crowd was just eating it up. I like Manchester. I'll have four pints, then five, then six.
Interviewer
Was he really like that out of the ring?
Ric Flair
Oh, God, yeah. He was great. He could drink like hell. You kidding me?
Interviewer
He could keep up with you.
Ric Flair
Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah. I guarantee you. What time is it? In an hour, he'll have a margarita in his hand.
Interviewer
You got your energy drink here. Woo. Energy.
Ric Flair
Yep.
Interviewer
Talk to me about that. You're actually drinking. A lot of people have products, but they don't actually use it, but you're literally drinking it.
Ric Flair
Well, I wanted to be alert and entertained for you.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
I didn't want to disappoint.
Interviewer
No. And you're not. So it really is the best for.
Ric Flair
That with mushroom infused. And we're about to do a big deal with Walmart, which will take us over the top. And then I'm trying to get it in Japan. When I get it in Japan, it'll be hard to find. You'll call me for a podcast and I'll say, yeah, send me 500 grand and I'll come back.
Interviewer
Where is your ideal vacation spot?
Ric Flair
If you had to pick my ideal vacation as well? I vacationed everywhere. I can't say that I have one. When you lived my life and done what I've done, I mean, it's hard to pick one out. Does that make sense?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
I used to love the Caribbean, but I've done that so much. I guess if I was going to go on vacation right now, I could go anywhere. I might go back to Hawaii. I used to go all the time and I have been out 10 years. It was so Japanese occupied that it was just. Wasn't like a. It wasn't like a good vibe. You know what I mean?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
But now that we've reclaimed and bought back some of the property and nothing against the Japanese, I don't know. I love the Japanese.
Interviewer
You had a lot of great times there. So you're looking forward towards Hawaii, potentially going there?
Ric Flair
I might go back there. I'm trying to think. I'd. You know, it's funny, I don't. I just have done so much and been so many places, but I have not been to Colombia, so I'm really looking forward to that.
Interviewer
No, that'll be great.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Beautiful.
Ric Flair
It's on the water too, right?
Interviewer
Not really. Medellin.
Ric Flair
No, There is one city over there.
Interviewer
There is a city. Yeah.
Ric Flair
Bogota.
Mystic Zach
Yeah.
Interviewer
Bogota is.
Ric Flair
It's underwater.
Interviewer
Yep.
Ric Flair
Okay.
Interviewer
It's like a few hours.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Medellin, they got like, beautiful, like hiking and.
Mystic Zach
Oh, yeah.
Interviewer
Oh, yeah. It's like a nightclub.
Ric Flair
You know what? I love Nashville. I can date.
Interviewer
Oh, do you?
Ric Flair
I hang out with Kid Rock in Nashville. That's our trip.
Interviewer
Oh, that must be a hoot. So what's it like hanging with Kid Rock in Nashville?
Ric Flair
Well, he's calmed down a lot.
Interviewer
Oh, yes.
Ric Flair
It's just the aura of Kid Rock. I mean, he's talking about a guy. He'll never cancel. He doesn't give a about anything. He says exactly what he thinks and he's a great guy. USC. His house there, man, it's about 30 miles out of National. His house is 25,000 square feet. It's an exact replica of the White House.
Interviewer
What?
Ric Flair
He's got two bars on it. They each hold over 300 people. One's country, one is like contemporary, right. 600 cattle. And you drive up to this warehouse, right? And you go inside the warehouse. He's got a studio that'll hold 50 people, maybe 80. Where he records right there. Then he's got a collection of cars and shit. I mean, he lives. He lives large, private jet. Great guy.
Interviewer
Have you been to any of his concerts?
Ric Flair
I go all the time.
Interviewer
Yeah, I heard they're incredible.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
That he can do.
Ric Flair
Well, he can play every instrument.
Interviewer
Yeah, he can play every instrument. He can play rock, country, pop, he can rap.
Ric Flair
Never being another Never be another quite like me No, I love that.
Interviewer
Me. You.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Think I'm cocky with that song and one of like with they Don't Speak Anymore, but is it promise or picture? Picture. Yeah.
Interviewer
Yeah. It's a good one, too.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Oh, he's got a whole bunch of bangers.
Ric Flair
Yeah, they don't talk anymore. Oh, I tell you who's a great guy as Post Malone. God, he's the best.
Interviewer
Is he?
Ric Flair
Yeah. God. He's about a 10,000 acre ranch right at the base of the mountains of Salt Lake.
Interviewer
But a really kind person.
Ric Flair
Kind. Great, great. Phenomenal.
Interviewer
His music's amazing, too. Obviously. He's got.
Ric Flair
Oh, God, he's killing it.
Interviewer
So much commercial success.
Ric Flair
He's killing it. Yep.
Interviewer
Were there any musicians in the 70s and 80s you got to hang out with and party with that maybe someone wouldn't know.
Ric Flair
Oh, I got to hang out with Waylon Jennings a lot. Hung out with Motley Crue, Guns N Roses.
Interviewer
Oh, wow.
Ric Flair
I didn't have time to go to concerts if I met him along the way. Well, Stevie. I know Stevie Nicks real well, man. She can sing her ass off.
Interviewer
Yeah, she's incredible.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Trying to think that's about it.
Interviewer
But the rock star lifestyle, pretty similar to how you guys were living.
Ric Flair
Yeah. They don't live as hard as we do by any means.
Interviewer
Oh, they're not as hard.
Ric Flair
No. They're living in these luxury. They travel in these luxury. Yeah. Watte was a great guy, too. Fun. He was Darius Rucker. Darius might be my best friend. He loves wrestling.
Interviewer
So when you're going out, do you Prefer like a real nice fancy spot, or do you prefer, like a more down to earth?
Ric Flair
I'm pretty simple, man. I don't go out of my way. It's not like there's a place called Sunset Rodeo that I go to once in a while, but I got a Uber over there, or get a limo, everything. There's so much right here.
Interviewer
Yeah, it's all right here.
Ric Flair
You've got Wagamama, you've got Boulogne, you've got the Pearl. There's a lot going on right here in this area.
Interviewer
Yeah. So you keep it simple.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Another wrestler, another Mount Rushmore type legend resided in the Tampa area. Hulk Hogan passed away.
Ric Flair
I talked to him the day before he died. I shouldn't say this, but what killed him was street drugs. When the doctor wouldn't prescribe anymore, he was in so much pain, and he had that neck surgery and it got infected. So back in the hospital mentioned 10 back surgeries, two knees, two hips, all this. And then when the doctor would not prescribe any more pain medicine, they just couldn't do it. All too conscious, right?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
So they went and got the drugs off the street. His body just said, you know what? Bingo. I can't do it anymore.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Sad.
Interviewer
That's terrible.
Ric Flair
Yeah. What a great guy. Wow. Yeah. All my buddies are going, boy.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
You know Mike Rotundo, irs.
Interviewer
Do I know what?
Ric Flair
Remember irs? Mike Rotundo?
Interviewer
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Ric Flair
He's real sick right now. My best friend just had a stroke. Joe Gomez.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Knock on wood, guys.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Live it out every day.
Interviewer
Serious. You had a great relationship with Hulk.
Ric Flair
Yeah, yeah, tremendous. Yeah. But is. Is these guys just. I don't want to mention names, just re. New. It's all going to come out in the media the next 30 days. You'll read about it. Anyway, I just. I just don't want. I don't. Feel free to.
Interviewer
Yeah, no, no, don't talk about it. No, I don't want you to. But, I mean, it makes sense. His body being beat up like. I mean, the stuff he was doing was superhuman.
Ric Flair
Well, it just. 10 back surgeries, guys. I mean, come on.
Interviewer
When you're putting Andre the Giant on your back.
Ric Flair
No, it wasn't that. You know what? You know what caused the back surgeries? What was it dropping the leg?
Interviewer
Mmm.
Ric Flair
Dropping a leg. Jab that bones. That's what did it.
Interviewer
Wow.
Ric Flair
I go, hey, you mother. If you hadn't insisted on dropping that leg on everybody, you'd be walking around just fine.
Interviewer
But that made him the Hulkster.
Ric Flair
I know.
Interviewer
Yeah. I didn't know that. I would have thought it was from the slams.
Ric Flair
No, no. You know, doctor told him that you just. How many times you do it? A hundred thousand times. I mean, 50. What?
Interviewer
Yeah. It's hard for someone who's never wrestled to know what hurts and what doesn't. And I'm sure there's a lot of moves that we wouldn't expect you really feel. But it does.
Ric Flair
Yeah. That's life.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Just hope to live another day and pray for your friends that are suffering now because a lot of people are.
Interviewer
Yeah, absolutely.
Ric Flair
I went to the cancer institute yesterday and my God, see all these people with their head shaved, all the chemo and all that. It's a real wake up call.
Interviewer
It is. You've had a legendary workout routine since the 70s. You still get after it, lift heavy weights.
Ric Flair
Well, I don't. With a rotator or before that.
Interviewer
I mean, this was very recent. Up until then, you were deadlifting huge amounts.
Ric Flair
I did three weeks ago. A foreigner, but my best ever was 600.
Interviewer
Wow. Do you think the workout routine and staying fit and lifting those weights has helped you get through your scares?
Ric Flair
Yeah. Plus I was very, very minimal. Steroids. What happens when you take these steroids? You gotta remember that steroids make the muscle grow, but they don't make the ligament grow.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
And these guys that tear these ligaments and have all this. But, you know, you can't. You just can't put too much on the ligaments because the steroids don't. I mean, the ligaments are one size. You put too much beef on them. That's why all those guys were getting. The old days.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Tearing everything up because they were gassed for the gills.
Interviewer
So.
Ric Flair
Obviously I took steroids. But I'm very limited. Very limited.
Interviewer
Even though you were 240 plus?
Ric Flair
Well, no, but I mean, I took like DECA and antivirates.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
I didn't take testosterone or Anadol 50 or anything like that.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
And I only took that one. I remembered.
Interviewer
That tracks.
Ric Flair
Take a shot. Oh, I forgot.
Interviewer
No, that trash.
Ric Flair
And ain't carrying the. On the road with you. What a pain in the ass that was too.
Interviewer
Yeah, well, you got some guys who are probably freaks with it.
Ric Flair
Oh, God, please. Look at the guys in the 80s.
Interviewer
Who was the strongest guy that you worked with?
Ric Flair
The strongest guy ever?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Ken Patero.
Interviewer
Ken Patero.
Ric Flair
First guy to ever push 500 overhead. He took a bronze in the Olympics.
Interviewer
That's incredible. And how did his strength feel in the ring?
Ric Flair
He didn't feel it, but, I mean, he just throw me around like a rubber, you know? I mean, nothing hurt, but he literally could press me and throw me across the ring like nothing.
Interviewer
Oh, my God.
Ric Flair
A lot of guys compressed me and slam me, but not throwing me across the goddamn ring.
Interviewer
Yeah. That's insane. Six, one, two, forty.
Ric Flair
Boom.
Interviewer
Wow.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Any shocking smaller guys who got you up? Yeah.
Ric Flair
No, I can't think of that stands out like that. A lot of guys are real strong, you know.
Interviewer
Yeah. No, we talked about. I mean, a lot of guys real strong, real athletic.
Ric Flair
Cesaro's real strong. Yeah, real strong. John Cena's strong.
Interviewer
Yeah. Everyone says Cena. And Kane.
Ric Flair
And Kane. Yeah. Glenn, I don't know. That strong. Big guy. Yeah, could have been.
Interviewer
Yeah. Everyone says Cena's real strong.
Ric Flair
Yeah, he is.
Interviewer
He's not the tallest guy and a great guy. Great guy. Are you. How do you feel about his retirement tour and him hanging it up? I mean, that's coming up soon.
Ric Flair
I know. I'm. I'm. I'm elated for him.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
I heard they shared for him for 10 minutes in the Guard Monday night.
Interviewer
You'll be there.
Ric Flair
No, they did.
Interviewer
Oh, they did. Yeah. Absolutely. But he's received a lot of fanfare. Deserved.
Ric Flair
Yes. He's. He's a phenomenal man. And he's a man. Yeah.
Interviewer
What he does with the Make a Wish kids and everything. Yeah. Is he one of your favorites in the ring, too, John?
Ric Flair
I never got to work with John.
Interviewer
Yeah. But do you like to watch him as a fan?
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
For our generation, the Gen Z, I mean, he was our biggest guy.
Ric Flair
Yeah, for sure.
Interviewer
Super Cena.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Larger than life.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
No, he really, I think, carried on the mantle and did a good job representing the sport.
Ric Flair
Yep. He did phenomenal. He'll be missed.
Interviewer
He'll be missed for sure. Do you think for someone like him it's too soon to give it up or do you know?
Ric Flair
No, it's perfect.
Interviewer
It's perfect.
Ric Flair
So active in Hollywood now and he's done so well. His acting is. He's spot on now and he's doing great.
Interviewer
What was your relationship like with the original Nature Boy, Buddy Rogers?
Ric Flair
Oh, it was good, but it was fun. I'll tell you. It was strange. So I really admired Buddy. I never worked with him when you obviously were 30 years, difference in age. But I did finally work with him. He came to Charlotte, he walked in a dressing room. And what made Rogers. This is what formed my gimmick. Always tan, dressed immaculately Right. And he walked over to me and he looked at me and said, kid, there's only one diamond in this business. And you're talking to Buddy Riders. He was a man, but he looked phenomenal. But I never wrestled him twice. But it was. He was like in his 60s or something like that. But he knew back then, brother. He was big time. He told me. Well, I've heard it several times. I think about in the 50s, he was making 50 grand a week. He'd go from Montreal to New York to St. Louis. I mean, everywhere. Everywhere he went wrestling with Billy Watson, wrestling San Martino, Gene Kinisky, Pat O'.
Interviewer
Connor.
Ric Flair
I mean. I mean, he was making 50 grand a week back in the 50s.
Interviewer
Wow.
Mystic Zach
Yeah.
Ric Flair
He sold everything. He was. And he really. He had that strut down. He's the first guy to ever do what we call high spots, where you, like, you drop down, a guy jumps over you and all that. He was the first guy to ever do that stuff.
Interviewer
That's one of the beautiful things about wrestling is you can get those intragenerational matchups that you can't get in boxing. Because in boxing you talk about what would happen if Sugar A. Robinson box. Sugar A. Leonard. You never get to see it, really. It's just hearsay. But in wrestling, you can get some cool stuff with different generations.
Ric Flair
Let me tell you the answer to that.
Interviewer
Yeah, true.
Ric Flair
Ray Robinson.
Interviewer
All right.
Ric Flair
Those older guys were tough as, man. Yeah, it's like Archie Moore, they. Archie Moore, he did a favor for Muhammad Ali because Archie Moore was what we call a shooter. Archie Moore was tough as shit.
Interviewer
Oh, yeah.
Ric Flair
It's like, you know, to this day, Sunday. Liston, come on. He was bad. Nobody would fight Sonny Liston. He was Eddie Machin. Those guys were scared of.
Interviewer
Oh, yeah.
Ric Flair
Floyd Patterson dodged him. Nobody to fight, so.
Mystic Zach
Didn't go well.
Interviewer
When they did fight, I mean. Yeah, Sonny listened to, you know, a really young guy named Cassius Clay.
Ric Flair
Yeah. Well, it made him. But Sonny never got enough credit for his. He was bad at a bone, man. I'll tell you what's funny. Do you remember Emil Griffith? Uh huh, Right. Remember he was in a boxing match. Benny Kid Pratt. Yep. Right. So I was at the Planet Hollywood in New York years ago, right? And I'm walking. He had that phenomenal body on him, Emil Griffith did. And I'm walking out the door and this guy is shining shoes, and I go, are you Emil Griffith? He said, yeah, man. I said, God, I'm a big fan of yours. Can I get into your Shoes. I mean, it's just a shame.
Interviewer
Wow, that is a shame.
Ric Flair
Yeah. I mean, the guy was phenomenal.
Interviewer
Incredible. Yeah. All time.
Ric Flair
Great. Anyway, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.
Interviewer
No, no, no, no. It's. The story is that Perrette called him, mentioned how you. Milgris. Yeah, he really did.
Ric Flair
I watched him fighting.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
Saturday night. Advice. Yeah, Watch it. Yeah. Griffith was something. What a body. I don't know.
Interviewer
I tell you what, I was working with Jake, trying to make sure everything was all good. I was like a liaison. And Pete walks in, he's smoking cigarettes in the locker room.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
And I'm telling Triller. I'm like, you guys have this comedian in your chain smoking, and Jake's got to come in here and warm up. He can't have a smoky room. I said, get him out of here.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
So he got out of there and they Febrezed it. And then he comes in and he was like kind of mocking everyone to their face. And like, you know, Davidson was. Yeah.
Ric Flair
Huh. Well, that's. That's their humor.
Interviewer
Yeah, Like a different. It didn't go well with the boxing guys. Yeah, the old school. I think BJ wanted to hit him in the ear, but he didn't catch him.
Ric Flair
Yeah. God, everybody was thinking of Snoop Dogg.
Interviewer
Snoop Dogg? Yeah.
Ric Flair
Ricky Ross.
Interviewer
So Jake said when he knocked him out, he could hear Snoop Dogg yelling.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Because there was no audience. It was just me. You. There wasn't many people there.
Ric Flair
No, I know.
Interviewer
What do you think about Jake Paul and his boxing career?
Ric Flair
Well, I was supposed to go to that fight last Monday. Last one in Miami.
Interviewer
Last. The one that got canceled.
Ric Flair
Yeah.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Ric Flair
He's a tough kid. Both those kids are tough. I mean, I know for a fact, but I shouldn't say it, but I don't mind. He pulled up on Mike, he could have. He could have done some damage to Mike. 30 years, difference in age. I don't care. I mean, yeah, Mike's 57 or 58 and the kid's 30, but Jake's 28. 28. I mean, 30 years, I don't care how tough you are. And Mike, where you got in shape for that? Mike was running six miles a day and trimmed down and, you know. But you're still not gonna be the same at 57. No, the Paul guys are tough kids. Yeah, they both are.
Interviewer
Now he's got a fight coming up in Miami next month. He's fighting Anthony Joshua, the six foot six, two time heavyweight champion. Josh was a 15 to 1 favorite.
Ric Flair
Oh, Joshua with gloves on.
Interviewer
Yeah. 10 ounce pro.
Ric Flair
Oh, wow. So you actually box.
Interviewer
Yep. On Netflix.
Ric Flair
He's gonna. On Joshua.
Interviewer
Yep. Heavyweight.
Ric Flair
Oh, God. Well, I'd be surprised if Joshua. Yeah, but you never know with the ball gets. They're tough.
Interviewer
Yeah. You think it's a one round fight?
Ric Flair
I have no idea anymore.
Interviewer
Yeah, the public seems to think it's a big mismatch.
Ric Flair
Yeah, but that's what they do with. They trying to get you to bet.
Interviewer
Yeah, yeah, but it's, it's a pro sanction. I mean it's, it's 10 ounce gloves.
Ric Flair
Yeah. I don't know. I'll go talk to him.
Interviewer
Yeah. Are you gonna catch it? Maybe.
Ric Flair
Well, they wanted me to walk the ring with them this last time.
Interviewer
Oh, wow.
Ric Flair
Last Friday. So yeah, if they invite me again, I will.
Interviewer
Okay. All right, we'll be there.
Ric Flair
The team.
Interviewer
Oh, yeah. It's my good friend for a long time, Jake. It was an honor and privilege to sit down with you. Get your time. The Nature boy and for the cameras. Can we get one?
Ric Flair
Thanks guys. Great show. Great time.
Mystic Zach
What's up, guys? Mystic Zach here after a legendary interview with the nature Boy, Ric Flair. We couldn't let you go without giving you the picks of the week.
Interviewer
To start off.
Mystic Zach
I like the Seattle Seahawks over the Tennessee Titans. The Seattle Seahawks are a team that I've talked about all year. I touted them as a potential super bowl threat. I said they were a good pick at plus 1300 to win the NFC and I think it's been going well ever since. Their odds have increased, creeping up in that area. And also they have been winning games. Last week, tough game against Los Angeles Rams, the division rival. But I take positives out of that against a two loss Rams team. They were right in the thick of it until the very end with a quarterback in Sam Darnold who threw for four interceptions. I don't see that happening again against the Tennessee Titans team. And I also don't see this Tennessee Titans team being able to surmise or surmount any type of offense against a dominant Seattle Seahawks defense. This is a defense that's been revitalized. They're in a totally different era. With head coach Mike McDonald, they acquire DeMarcus Lawrence from the Dallas Cowboys. They get Leonard Williams, they have a dominant defensive line, they have a great secondary led by young corner Tariq Wulin. And I think it's going to be a tough day for the Tennessee Titans. I like The Seattle Seahawks -13. My second pick of the week is the Dallas Cowboys. Against the Philadelphia Eagles. This spreads three and a half in the Eagles direction. The over under is 47.5 and when I look at this line, I like the Cowboys with the over. A lot of people have been hitting the under and that's because the Eagles offense has struggled. And the Dallas Cowboys defense looked revitalized against a poor Raiders offense. But a Raiders offense. They acquired Quinn and Williams at the trade deadline. They dealt with the tragedy of Martian. Nealon seem to respond really strongly. But this offense I think is going to put up points better than most teams. They've got one A and one B and CD Lamb and George Pickens. There's not too many casinos in Philly, so I think these guys will be ready for game day. I like the Cowboys plus nine and a half along with over 41.5. My final pick of the week is the Carolina Panthers against the San Francisco 49ers. A lot of the times when I'm looking at lines, I think the 49ers are a bit inflated. They've had a lot of success this decade. This is a team that's been to the super bowl, but I think they're riding off the coattails of their previous defenses. They've had guys like DeForest Buckner in the building. Previously they had a healthy Nick Bosa, a healthy Fred Warner. That's no longer the case. This is a struggling defense going against the Carolina Panthers team that's looked a lot better this year. They draft McMillan in the first round. They acquire Rico Daddle and what else do they do? They got Bryce Young going. He was throwing the ball deep last week. He had 450 passing yards. He looks really good. Probably his best career performance as a professional. This is the guy who's the number one overall pick. Seems to be finally putting it together a little bit. I like the Carolina Panthers plus seven going against the San Francisco 49ers. Those are my picks of the week right here on double coverage.
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This episode features wrestling icon Ric Flair in a lively and candid conversation about his legendary career, the realities and legends of professional wrestling—including never-before-heard details about Hulk Hogan’s final days—his storied rivalries, wild personal stories, and life beyond the ring. The hosts and Flair delve into the evolution of wrestling, family legacies, and relationships with fellow sports and music superstars, all delivered with the wit and unapologetic tone expected from the “Nature Boy.”
Flair is frank, unfiltered, and reminiscing, blending humor and pathos (“praying for friends that are suffering now”), full of bravado but often tinged with honesty about regrets and losses. The hosts keep the mood conversational and fan-driven, asking for stories while sharing their own admiration and wrestling knowledge.
This episode is a vivid, wide-ranging portrait of Ric Flair—his legendary highs and devastating lows, his place in the sport’s past and future, and inside stories you will not hear anywhere else. A must-listen for old-school fans and wrestling newcomers alike.