i really don't flair is going to tna.besides why is tna crazy about over the hill wwe hasbeens btw kev i saw your article about umaga on cnn. when did that happen and how was it like?

I believe Ric will wrestle for TNA at some point. Just read Ric's Quote " It's all about the money". He don't give a rats behind about Orlando or The Hall of Fame. Put a contract in front of him, he will do whatever they ask, Manage, Wrestle or just talk.As long he is on tour, I wonder how long until the Nature Boy shows up in downtown Dundalk??? IT WILL HAPPEN!!! REMEMBER YOU READ IT ON RINGPOST's FIRST.....

Baron

I'd watch that show... probably before I'd watch Impact....

"Wrestling in the U.S. for WWE's competitor, however, would be the ultimate slap in the face to WWE and all the fans who believed they were witnessing something special the weekend of March 29-31, 2008 in Orlando, Fla."

Kevin, please explain why you think Flair's sendoff was real and not a work or wh anybody should think that?

Do wresting programs flash a color code or something on the screen when you are supposed to take something seriously?

Wrestlers come and go all the time, even suppsedly retired ones as part of the storylines.

I liked the Flair sendoff angle as well, and HBK did a fine job, but I think you've let your emotions override your judgement on this one.

Oh and personally, I have no desire t see Flair wrestle anymore either because his time for that is past, not because the WWE story line said so.

RESPONSE FROM KE: It was a work in the sense that it was a story line. Flair could keep wrestling until he lost, and it built up to WrestleMania, where we all knew he would lose and get the grand sendoff. It's pretty common knowledge that Vince McMahon wanted to do something special and he also really wanted Ric to stay retired. That's what made it special. THis was not a retirement or loser leaves stip that everyone knew ahead of time was bogus. I remember at the Hall of Fame press conference when I asked Flair the first question and he started crying like a baby. He really believed that weekend was it for him. So did Shawn Michaels, who got Rolex watches for him and Flair commemorating Flair's final match. The retirement story line was a work. The retirement wasn't supposed to be.

Its a tough situation as a fan. On one hand I don't think that a company should be able to tell a man when to give it up if he physically could still do it.

Then again if he didn't want to retire he could have vetoed the send-off angle & retirement match celebration. I can't say the actual match because I've seen countless retirement matches that never retired anyone.

Wow the man really does not know how to quit. He is really becoming a real life Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Hopefully he just wants to be an on-air character, but I don't think that's the case. I really admire Flair's career but it's really sad to see this desperation.

"I say have a camera follow all of them around backstage as they interact with each other and make a reality show out of that."
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LOL! Now THAT I would watch.

Tna whatever you do DON'T SIGN HIM. Kevin, you know well enough that if Flair were to sign with tna (GOD forbid) at first he would accept his on air character place but after a while he's going to feel like lacing them up again. Dixie Carter already messed up bringing Hogan and Bishoff in. I can see it now, Hogan and Flair hogging up the spotlight and always in the main event or in the title picture.

You can't fault Flair for coming out of retirement because that's what professional wrestlers do -- just ask Terry Funk! Flair's got more gas in the tank and I encourage him to give that "ultimate slap in the face" to WWE. In fact, he should give 'em a good ol' fashioned knife edge chop as well. Wooooo!

I think a reality show showing the inner workings of the wrestling industry would be so fascinating to watch, if only that would ever happen.
Flair wrestling after that send off doesn't tarnish what happened on that weekend, it was a very good match between two excellent wrestlers that will likely not ever wrestle each other again. If you were there and saw that, it is probably the only time you will ever see that combination of wrestlers. If he wrestles for TNA, then I agree that it's a huge slap in the face to Vince for giving him such an opportunity to have such a memorable moment.

I've been a Flair fan for as long as I have been watching wrestling (30 years). If this is true the spit isnt in WWE's eye, its on everyone who bought Wrestlemania,everyone who still has the Raw after mania on DVR/DVD, and on his fans who thought the sendout couldnt have been any better. Please dont do it.

RESPONSE FROM KE: I totally agree with you. For those saying it's no big deal if he wrestles and all wrestlers come out of retirement, I say what the hell were all the tears about then? Was it all just part of the act? I don't think the fans saw it that way.

I could see TNA coming up with a story line that involves Flair, Hogan and Sting.

And maybe that's the value of having Hogan and Flair sign with TNA. Assuming that Sting does plan to retire in the near future, the one thing that TNA has lacked is the ability to give him a deserving sendoff. With Hogan and Flair aboard, you could put together a real PPV finish to Sting's career that was worthy of him.

...Ironic, since it would be screwing with Flair's own magnificent sendoff by WWE. But still.

Groan.... Not that I watch TNA anyway, but Hogan and Flair need to retire for good, at least as on air characters.

I'm in Australia and didn't even want to go near the arena the night that the Hulkamania tour cmae through town, and I'm one of the biggest wrestling fans in the world.

By the way Kevin, have you heard anything about the match quality at the Australian tour? Or seen any footage? I'm just curious if it was as bad as a few people have told me.

All that said, I suppose it's possible that TNA will get better with Flair and Hogan (not because I'll watch though - I lost all interest in Hogan around the time of Wrestlemania 7... an unstoppable superman who eventually beats everyone who comes his way....a leg drop as a finisher..... BORING!!), and competition will make WWE better. I'm not sure why they need to have competition to realize that making cool storylines and elevating people the audience acutally cares about.... but that's what they did when WCW was strong.

ALso on an unrelated topic is there any word on how Jim Ross is doing?

Maybe TNA can set up a Seniors division, with a championship belt for over-50 wrestlers. The first title could be awarded in a "Crutches, Walkers, and Splints" match.

I don't think Flair will confine himself to an on air character.If he comes he will indeed wrestle.Good Lord!I don't want to see the old WCW feuds again.

30 years from now I half expect Dixie Carter to use a walker to come out and give another speech. She'll still be "in it to win it", still hankering for that well that pans out and strikes oil for them, instead of just building on and showcasing their strengths.

While the sons of AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels wonder when they'll be allowed to run with the title and show what they can do, the main event will be a casket match - the freshly dug up casket of Hogan will sit in the ring next to the fresly dug up casket of Flair. Their proxies will fight to get to the jumpers on a pole, and whoever does will then zap the winner back to life. He can then try to take TNA to a whole new level...again.

In the past several weeks TNA has made a number of changes that could be considered exciting, but mostly I just find sad.

Flair, if you go back will you be part of the problem, or the solution? Is that even something you or anyone else involved bothered to truly think about?

Thank God for ROH.

I guess the real reason TNA brought in Hogan and possibly Flair is to have actual legends hold the Legends Championship. When will TNA sign Terry Funk and Abdullah the Butcher?

This may seem harsh, but Flair is becoming a loser in life. This is all about Flair being broke, nothing else.

Kevin I stopped posting comments regularly but needed to get this out.

I was one of those in attendance in Orlando for the Flair-HBK match. Ric Flair was and is my favorite wrestler dating back to the Georgia Champoinship Wrestling days of the NWA. I agree whole heartedly with your comments. The ironic thing is that the last time I got to watch Flair wrestle was also the first. In all my years of events, I always seem to just "miss him" so it holds a special place in my memories for sure.

Keep up the good work.
Bob

Once I heard that Hogan was heading to TNA and with Kevin Nash telling Mick Foley live on TNA that Hogan was not coming alone, I was just waiting for Flair's name to be mentioned in connection with TNA. I think it is only a matter of time before Flair shows up in the Impact Zone. As a big fan of TNA the only thing I can say is, God help us all .

jvwalt was just bucking for "Comment of the Week".

OH MY!!!!!

Sorry, but I wish Flair would just go away. Seriously, now it's to the point where the sight of him on television just ruins his credibility IMO.

Maybe TNA can set up a Seniors division, with a championship belt for over-50 wrestlers. The first title could be awarded in a "Crutches, Walkers, and Splints" match.

HAHAHA, I have to recommend this comment for "Comment of the Week."

So, I heard for the next TNA PPV they are gonna have some throwback matches... CAUTION: SPOILER ALERT

Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash vs Ric Flair and Mick Foley, losers go to retirement home for good!

Goldberg vs Bobby Lashley, loser gets their head shaved.

Jim Hellwig vs Ultimate Warrior, winner gets a job.

Jake the Snake vs Jack Daniels, lifetime ironman match

Kurt Angle vs Scott Steiner, pills on a pole match for the TNA title

I'd welcome Ric Flair in TNA - maybe pair him up with the "Beautiful People" doing that role Kip had...sort of a female version of the 4 Horsemen...but Ric's major problem was when he was hangin with HHH in the WWE, he allowed himself to be in one too many steel cage matches ..that one match that he and HHH had where barbed wire was used and Flair's face was a bloody mess, to me just ruined his appearance ..the character "Ric" was always bout being sly, not taking the big bumps, bailing when in trouble, and cheating to win .. don't know what they could do makeover wise, but he has to lose that ponch stomach - quit using the grecian formula wet look scraggly hair style and get back to being the guy who'd walk the aisle in a designer robe...bring 'that guy" into TNA and you might have something ..not the mess he is right now - what you think Kev

RESPONSE FROM KE: Well, the fact is that he's 60 now. He's pretty much going to look the way he looks.

Maybe he doesnt want Hunter taking his record so he'll just add a few more.

What a sad man he is, I have no respect for him.

I recall reading that part of the deal with Flair's retirement was for him to become an ambassador of sorts for the WWE... you know, something that would provide a steady revenue source for him since he crapped all of his money away. Since that fell through, I really can't blame him for taking whatever offers come his way. A man's gotta eat you know.

RESPONSE FROM KE: Flair would have had a job with WWE for life but he apparently wasn't happy with the good will ambassador deal because he felt he could make more money doing appearances and such on his own.

Other than for my nickname, I am the biggest Flair mark of all time and I can't stand that he wrestled in Australia. I saw some video of the "Down Under Tour" and it was horrible. Hogan can't be carried anymore. Even if Ric was in his prime he couldn't do it and he carried everyone but Rick Steamboat.

I watch TNA and RAW and think TNA is so much better. If Raw wasn't live it would be unwatchable. I just hope the broken down Hogan stays back stage and never gets in the ring. Ditto for Flair.

I'm guessing that if Flair had some other way of making consistent money, then he would have been more inclined to stay retired.

Things between McMahon and Flair simply did not work out, so Flair is just looking for ways to make money now.

I remember at the Hall of Fame press conference when I asked Flair the first question and he started crying like a baby. He really believed that weekend was it for him. So did Shawn Michaels, who got Rolex watches for him and Flair commemorating Flair's final match
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Okay..... I have to say this... ROTFLMFAO =D =D

We all bought into his 'farewell match' at WM but anyone who has knowledge of Ric Flair knew, deep down, that he simply didn't have it in him to stay retired.

Ric Flair thrives on the attention, the adulation, the thrill.
It's his oxygen and he can't function without it so i've no doubt that Ric will work, in one form or another, until the day he dies.

It's not the way i'd want to go out but for someone who lives for wrestling, i imagine it'd be the perfect ending.

Alimony trumps retirement matches.

Good, maybe now fans can view that WrestleMania XXIV match with Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair again to realize that a wrestling match based on the movie "Old Yeller" wasn't a fitting send-off for Ric Flair in the first place..

Not that TNA could do any better, but Ric Flair is the Iron Man of pro wrestling! He wrestled more matches in the 1980's than there were days in that decade, and this was after a broken back was diagnosed as something from which he could never recover.

This is the only wrestler about whom I will say this, BUT: "I don't want Ric Flair to stop wrestling as long as he can wrestle!" I want to know for how long this one-of-a-kind legend can continue to perform because there will never be another one like him. Ever.

We should use Flair and Hogan as pin-ups against the criticism that pro-wrestling kills people. Of course, not against the ones detracting Linda McMahon, but the other ones.