Ric Flair: ‘Wrestling is in a good place right now’
Ric Flair says that wrestling is in a good place right now.
During a recent interview with CasinoBeats, Flair discussed not appearing on the AEW Blood & Guts show in Greensboro earlier this month due to a torn rotator cuff. He cut a promo before the crowd at the show but didn’t take part in a planned segment involving Ricky Steamboat and FTR. However, Flair says he watched the segment and loved it.
Flair said:
“I just loved it. I wish that I had been able to do something with Ricky, but my shoulder didn’t allow it. But I try to see him as much as I can. Him and Shawn Michaels are the two best babyfaces ever of all time. Nobody comes close.”
Flair also provided an update on his injury:
“I’m better, I’m doing fine. I’ll probably have to have something done with it, but I have a long weekend ahead of me with two appearances. One in California and one in Chicago. And then next week, I’ll figure out when I have time to go down there and get it looked at. Tony Khan is a really great guy. The guys over in AEW are great. Wrestling is in a good place right now.”
This weekend, Flair did an appearance with Sting in Santa Clara, CA on Saturday and was at the Chicago Sports Spectacular on Sunday.
Flair continued to say of Khan:
“I can’t say enough good things about him. He is fantastic, and he is just a total gentleman, and I think he legitimately cares about everybody. They’re not just a number to him. I think he legitimately cares about everybody that works for him.”
Flair says it’d be difficult for AEW to catch WWE but thinks it’s great for the business that wrestlers have another place to work.
“WWE/WWF has been around forever, and it’d be very difficult to overtake them. They have so much momentum, and now they have this new deal with ESPN. But I think it’s great for the business and for the guys that have an opportunity to work in other places as well.”
He was asked about Chris Jericho recently saying he felt TNA Wrestling looked like the number two promotion in the world due to the attendance at Bound For Glory. Flair responded that he doesn’t really follow TNA much.
“Oh, I like AEW much more than TNA. I don’t know much about TNA because I haven’t seen it. AEW has some really great performers.”
Flair posted the below apology after having to miss Blood & Guts:
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