Ric Flair

American professional wrestler

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January 2024 Flair definitively stated 'no return to the ring ever'.
January 2023 Flair stated that he did not want to wrestle again, except for wanting to redo his Last Match.
September 2022 During a celebration for the 50th anniversary of his professional wrestling debut, Flair announced that he would never retire.
July 2022 Before his last match, Ric Flair vowed to honor his word and never wrestle again, stating he would continue in the business as a manager.
July 31 2022 The event drew 6,800 fans and generated a live gate of $448,502, becoming the second highest-grossing North American independent professional wrestling event in modern history.
July 31 2022 Flair wrestled his final match in Nashville, teaming with Andrade El Ídolo against Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal, winning the match.
July 29 2022 Nick Gage announced a potential GCW invasion of Ric Flair's Final Match during The People vs. GCW event at Starrcast, challenging the event's lack of GCW wrestlers.
July 25 2022 Final episode of 'Ric Flair: The Last Match' web series aired, featuring a contract signing between the main event teams, brokered by promoter David Crockett.
July 11 2022 First episode of 'Ric Flair: The Last Match' web series aired, narrated by Darius Rucker, detailing Flair's personal struggles including his battle with alcoholism and aftermath of his son Reid's death in 2013.
June 23 2022 Flair was attacked by Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett outside Nashville Fairgrounds following the event's press conference, leaving him bloodied in the parking lot. This attack led to the main event match being set up.
April 2022 Footage surfaced of Flair training with former TNA rival Jay Lethal, hinting at a potential return to wrestling.
March 31 2012 Flair became the first person to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice, this time as part of the class of 2012 with The Four Horsemen.
January 29 2011 Flair wrestled his only match of the TNA Maximum Wooo! tour in London, defeating Douglas Williams and tearing his rotator cuff in the process.
July 11 2010 Flair made a return to the ring at Victory Road, losing to Jay Lethal.
June 17 2010 Flair announced the reformation of the Four Horsemen under the new name Fortune, with A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, and James Storm.
January 17 2010 At Genesis, Flair helped A.J. Styles cheat to pin Kurt Angle and retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
January 4 2010 Flair made his debut appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on Impact!, arriving via limo and observing the main event between A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle.

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