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| 1 | On-air performer on "Raw is War" (1997) and still wrestling occasionally at age 54. [May 2003] |
| 2 | At Monday Night RAW saying his final goodbyes due to his loss to Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 24 on March 31, 2008. [March 2008] |
| 3 | Ric Flair & "Rowdy" Roddy Piper defeated Spirit Squad for the World Tag Team Championship at Cyber Sunday. [November 2006] |
| 4 | Lost his "Career Ending" match against Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XXIV and is now officially retired from professional wrestling. [March 2008] |
| 5 | Is a member of the heel (bad guy) stable Evolution and at Armeggeddon 2003 he won only his second Tag Team Championship, with Batista. [December 2003] |
| 6 | Regained the Tag Team Titles on an episode of Raw this month again with Batista [April 2004] |
| 7 | Beat Carlito at Unforgiven to win his first Intercontinental Championship. [September 2005] |
| 8 | Inducted into the World Wide Entertainment Hall of Fame on March 29, 2008. [March 2008] |
| 9 | Will take part in the Road to Wrestlemania tournament to decide the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. [February 2006] |
| 10 | WWE Hall of Famer. |
| 11 | Is one of the few wrestlers to have never crossed over into Hollywood. |
| 12 | He stated in his autobiography that, although he is adopted, he is considers his adopted father to be his father and his adopted mother to be his mother. He also states he isn't bothered to find out who his biological parents are. |
| 13 | Supported Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in 2008. |
| 14 | Became a grandfather in 2004 when his eldest daughter, Megan Fliehr-Ketzner, gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Morgan Lee Ketzner on May 9. |
| 15 | Father-in-law of Carmel Macklin. |
| 16 | In 2006, Jack Nicholson expressed interest in inducting him into the WWE Hall of Fame, being his all time favorite wrestler. |
| 17 | Has four children: Megan, David, Reid and Ashley. |
| 18 | Flair returned to WCW in February 1993, and hosted a short-lived talk show in WCW called A Flair For The Gold as a compromise to work around a no-compete clause in his previous WWF contract. |
| 19 | Hotwired and joyrode a car when he was 15. |
| 20 | Went to boarding school. |
| 21 | Entered the 1992 'Royal Rumble' at #3, lasted over an hour, and ended up winning the vacant WWE Championship. |
| 22 | Submitted to 'Ricky Steamboat''s Double Arm Chicken Wing during a best of 3 falls match in 1989. It was the first time he submitted during a title match until, he lost the WWE Title when he submitted to 'Bret "The Hitman" Hart''s Sharpshooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World Title for the first time. |
| 23 | He was touted on WCW and NWA television as the cousin of 'Ole Anderson' and 'Arn Anderson', however in actuality none of the three men are related. |
| 24 | Founding member of the Four Horsemen along with 'Ole Anderson', 'Arn Anderson', 'Tully Blanchard', and their manager 'James J. Dillon'. |
| 25 | Lost the WWE Title when he submitted to 'Bret "The Hitman" Hart''s sharpshooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World title for the first time. |
| 26 | Has won and lost World Titles to 'Dusty Rhodes', 'Harley Race', 'Kerry Von Erich', 'Ron Garvin', 'Ricky Steamboat', 'Sting', 'Randy Savage', 'Bret Hart', 'Vader', 'Hulk Hogan', 'Rick Rude', 'Barry Windham', 'Diamond Dallas Page', and 'The Giant' ('Paul Wight') |
| 27 | Stated that the greatest wrestler he ever was defeated by was 'Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat'. |
| 28 | 'Roddy Piper' was the best man at his wedding. |
| 29 | In 1984 40,000 fans packed Texas Stadium to see him wrestle 'Kerry Von Erich' at the 'David Von Erich Memorial' Parade of Champions, the 2nd largest live wrestling audience in U.S. history at the time. |
| 30 | Won his second WWE World Title by defeating 'Randy Savage'. |
| 31 | Has held the WWE Tag Team Championship (RAW) twice with Evolution member, 'Batista'. |
| 32 | He became the WWE InterContinental Champion for the first time ever in his long and illustrated career when he defeated 'Carlito' for the championship at Unforgiven 2005. |
| 33 | Was trained for Pro Wrestling in Minnesota by the legendary 'Verne Gagne'. |
| 34 | He became the WWE InterContinental Champion for the first time ever in his long and illustrated career when he defeated Carlito for the championship at Unforgiven 2005. |
| 35 | Former World Tag Team Champion. |
| 36 | Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006. |
| 37 | He is a 6 time PWI wrestler of the year (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992). |
| 38 | Daughter, Ashley, plays volleyball at Appalachian State University. |
| 39 | Was trained for Pro Wrestling in Minnesota by the legendary Verne Gagne |
| 40 | Stated in his Autobiography that Mick Foley would always be remembered as a "Glorified Stuntman". |
| 41 | Allowed Carlos Colón. to defeat him for the NWA Championship in Puerto Rico in order to prevent a riot. Later on, the title was returned to him. |
| 42 | He was adopted at the age of three weeks and while he mentions in his autobiography that his birth surname varies from Phillips to Demaree to Stewart on various documents, his birth first name appears to have been Fred. |
| 43 | Did an angle on WCW Monday Nitro which involved him having a heart attack on live television (the heart attack was, of course, scripted). |
| 44 | Notable Title Wins Include: Mid-Atlantic Tag Team titles with Rip Hawk; Mid-Atlantic TV title (2); NWA Tag Team Championship with Greg Valentine (2) NWA Tag Team Championship with Blackjack Mulligan; NWA United States title (5); Missouri Heavyweight title; NWA World Heavyweight Title (10); WWF Royal Rumble winner; WWF Federation Title (2); WCW World Title (8) WCW United States Title; WWE World Tag Team titles with Batista (2); WWE Intercontinental Championship |
| 45 | Recently published a autiobiography which has caught him a lot of heat for bashing Bret Hart and Mick Foley. He refers to Mick as no more than a "glorified stuntman" and said that he was ashamed to lose the WWF title to Bret because he is a terrible, repetitous wrestler. He also stated that Bret wasn't a draw like him and the other former champs were. Bret, in return, tore into Flair in a recent Calgary Sun column, and declared how he really felt. |
| 46 | Has held the WWE Tag Team Championship (RAW) twice with Evolution member, Batista. |
| 47 | His daughter Megan and son David Fliehr are children from his first marriage, his daughter Ashley Fliehr and son Reid Fliehr are children from his second marriage to Elizabeth Flair. |
| 48 | Briefly considered running for governor of North Carolina in 2000. |
| 49 | In 1984 40,000 fans packed Texas Stadium to see him wrestle Kerry Von Erich at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions, the 2nd largest live wrestling audience in U.S. history at the time. |
| 50 | Roddy Piper was the best man at his wedding |
| 51 | Stated that the greatest wrestler he ever was defeated by was Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat |
| 52 | Has won and lost World Titles to Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race, Kerry Von Erich, Ron Garvin, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Vader, Hulk Hogan, Rick Rude, Barry Windham, Diamond Dallas Page, and The Giant (Paul Wight) |
| 53 | The only persone to win the WWF, NWA, and WCW World Championships. |
| 54 | The movie Class Action (1991) shows archive footage of him battling Sting in a wrestling match. |
| 55 | Cousin (at least in terms of wrestling storyline) of the Anderson family (Gene, Lars, Ole, and Arn). Also, the 'nephew' of wrestler Rip Hawk. |
| 56 | Was taken to court (along with fellow wrestler 'Wahoo McDaniel') in 1981 after the two wrestlers beat up several people in a bar fight. |
| 57 | Survived a plane crash in Wilmington, N.C., on Oct. 4, 1975. Suffered a broken back as a result and was told by doctors he would never wrestle again. |
| 58 | Sued the estate of the pilot who caused his 1975 plane crash and won. |
| 59 | Lost the WWF Title when he submitted to Bret "The Hitman" Hart's sharpshooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World title for the first time. |
| 60 | Lives in Tega Kay, South Carolina. |
| 61 | He was voted number two in People Online's Most Beautiful People in 1998. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf (from the Howard Stern Show) edged him out. |
| 62 | He was from WCW fired in 1998 for missing a match to attend an amateur wrestling tournament that son Reid was in. It started an online effort that included a boycott of WCW. |
| 63 | Has four children from two marriages. Oldest daughter Meegan (who's now married), David who also wrestles pro, Ashley who's an accomplished gymnast, and Reid. |
| 64 | Founding member of the "Four Horsemen" along with Ole Anderson, 'Arn Anderson', Tully Blanchard and their manager, James J. Dillon. |
| 65 | Considered a run for Governor of North Carolina but dropped out of the race when Jesse Ventura told Flair, a notorious partier, that the press would have a field day with his personal life. |
| 66 | 1975 Inside Wrestling Rookie of the Year. |
| 67 | He has been a world champion 21 times. |
| 68 | 10 NWA World title reigns, 8 WCW World title reigns, 2 WWF World title reigns, 1 WCW International World title reign, 6 NWA/WCW US title reigns, 2 NWA World tag team title reigns, 3 Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight title reigns, 3 Mid-Atlantic tag team title reigns, 2 Mid-Atlantic Television title reigns, 1 Missisouri State Heavyweight title reign. |
| 69 | 1975 Wrestling Rookie of the Year. |
| 70 | He was touted on WCW and NWA television as the cousin of Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson, however in actuality none of the three men are related. |
| 71 | Ranked #2 in the "PWI 500" of the PWI Years (1979-1999) (Pro Wrestling Illustrated 20th Anniversary Special) |
| 72 | He was voted number 2 in People online's most beautiful people in 1998. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf beat him for it. |
| 73 | In April 1998, Eric Bischoff encouraged World Championship Wrestling into a lawsuit (for breach of contract) against him after a series of no-shows at events. He had been working without a contract since February and had refused to sign a new one, citing differences between the document and the terms he had previously agreed to work under. He later filed a suit of his own in response, but the matter was settled out of court - he returned to television in September 1998. |
| 74 | Entered the 1992 Royal Rumble at #3, lasted over an hour, and ended up winning the vacant WWF Championship. |
| 75 | Bills himself as a 16-time former World Champion, however different wrestling historians put the number at anywhere between 15 and 22, depending upon some officially unrecognized victories. |
| 76 | Submitted to Ricky Steamboat's Double Arm Chicken Wing during a best of 3 falls match in 1989. It was the first time he submitted during a title match until, he lost the WWF Title when he submitted to Bret "The Hitman" Hart's SharpShooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World Title for the first time. |
| 77 | Voted number 3 in a list of the "Best Wrestlers of the Century". |
| 78 | Won his second WWF World Title by defeating Randy Savage. |
| 79 | Children include Ashley Fliehr, David Fliehr and Reid Fliehr. |
| 80 | Ranked number 2 in a poll of 5 (non-WWF) wrestlers who should be in the WWF. |
| 81 | Recently won his record breaking 14th title |
| 82 | In 1997, (then) Minnesota governor, Arne Carlson declared a one-day 'Ric Flair Day' in the state. A year later, in 1998, Minneapolis mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton proclaimed a one-day 'Ric Flair Day' in the city. |
| 83 | On April 29, 1995, in North Korea, Ric Flair wrestled Antonio Inoki in a match attended by 190,000 people. The number is believed to be the highest ever to attend a professional wrestling card. |
| 84 | Member of the Millionaires' Club. |
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