Richard Morgan Fleihr (Memphis, 25 de fevereiro de 1949), é um ex-lutador de wrestling profissional norte-americano mais conhecido pelo seu nome de ringue The Nature Boy Ric Flair ou só Ric Flair. Ao longo de sua carreira Flair lutou nas mais importantes promoções de wrestling dos Estados Unidos, como a National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling e World Wrestling Entertainment.
Em 2008, no WrestleMania XXIV, Ric Flair teve de se retirar da WWE, por ter perdido uma luta contra Shawn Michaels valendo a sua carreira.
Em 4 de janeiro de 2010 fez sua primeira aparição na TNA em uma edição especial do iMPACT!. Após alguns problemas de relacionamento foi anunciado seu desligamento da empresa em junho de 2012.
Carreira[]
- American Wrestling Association (1972-1973)
- National Wrestling Alliance (1974-1986)
- World Championship Wrestling (1986–1991)
- World Wrestling Federation (1991-1993)
- World Championship Wrestling (1993–2001)
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001–2008)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010-2012)
No wrestling[]
- Finishing e signature moves
- Diving knee drop - Início de carreira
- Figure four leglock
- Chop block usually as a setup for the figure four leglock
- Elbow drop
- Inverted atomic drop
- Knife edge chop, usually com Flair shouting "Wooooooooo!"
- Múltiplas variações de suplex
- Belly to back
- Double arm
- Stalling vertical
- Running jumping knee drop
- Shin breaker, usually as a setup for the figure four leglock
- Small package rollup
- Snapmare
- Signature illegal moves
- Thumb to the eye
- Eye rake
- Low blow
- Testicular claw
- Vários roll-ups usando as cordas com apoio.
- Apelidos
- (The) Nature Boy
- Naitch (Short for "Nature Boy")
- The Dirtiest Player in the Game
- The Man
- The Limousine Ridin', Jet Flying, Kiss Stealin', Wheelin' Dealin', Son of a Gun
- Space Mountain
- The Sixty-Minute Man
- Managers
- Debra
- Sherri Martel
- James J. Dillon
- Hiro Matsuda
- Woman
- Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
- Curt Hennig
- Miss Elizabeth
- Jimmy Hart
- Wrestlers de quem foi manager
Campeonatos e prêmios[]
- Central States Wrestling
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (4 vezes)
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (3 vezes) - com Rip Hawk (1), Greg Valentine (1) e Big John Studd (1)
- NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (1 vez)
- NWA Television Championship (1 vez)
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (5 vezes)
- NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship (6 vezes)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (3 vezes) - com Greg Valentine (2) e Blackjack Mulligan (1)
- WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (2 vezes)
- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship (8 vezes)
- 1º WCW Triple Crown Champion
- 1º WCW Grand Slam Champion
- NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)4
- NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)
- PWI o classificou na posição de número 2 entre os PWI 500 melhores do "PWI Years" em 2003.
- Feud of the Year (1987) Four Horsemen vs. Super Powers e The Road Warriors
- Feud of the Year (1988, 1990) vs. Lex Luger
- Feud of the Year (1989) vs. Terry Funk
- Match of the Year (1983) vs. Harley Race (10 de junho)
- Match of the Year (1984) vs. Kerry Von Erich no Parade of Champions 1 (6 de maio)
- Match of the Year (1986) vs. Dusty Rhodes em uma luta na jaula no The Great American Bash em 26 julho.
- Match of the Year (1989) vs. Ricky Steamboat no WrestleWar
- Match of the Year (2008) vs. Shawn Michaels no WrestleMania XXIV
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1978, 1987)
- Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2008)
- Rookie of the Year (1975)
- Stanley Weston Award (2008)
- Wrestler of the Year (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992)
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- Class of 2006
- St. Louis Wrestling Club
- NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)
- NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)
- St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Class of 2007
- WWF Championship (2 vezes)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 vez)
- World Tag Team Championship (3 vezes) - com Batista (2) e Roddy Piper (1)
- Royal Rumble (1992)
- WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)
- Triple Crown Championship (13º)
- Slammy Award for Match of the Year (2008) vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania
- 5 Star Match (1987) vs. Barry Windham (11 de abril, Crockett Cup Tournament)
- 5 Star Match (1989) vs. Ricky Steamboat (20 de fevereiro, Chi-Town Rumble)
- 5 Star Match (1989) vs. Ricky Steamboat (2 de abril, two out of three falls match, Clash of the Champions VI)
- 5 Star Match (1989) vs. Ricky Steamboat (7 de maio WrestleWar)
- 5 Star Match (1989) vs. Terry Funk (15 de novembro, "I Quit" match, Clash of the Champions IX)
- 5 Star Match (1991) com Larry Zbyszko, Barry Windham e Sid Vicious vs. Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner e Scott Steiner (24 de fevereiro, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
- Best Heel (1990)
- Best Interviews (1991, 1992, 1994)
- Best Pro Wrestling DVD (2008) Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
- Feud of the Year (1989) vs. Terry Funk
- Match of the Year (1983) vs. Harley Race in a steel cage match no Starrcade
- Match of the Year (1986) vs. Barry Windham no Battle of the Belts II em 14 de fevereiro
- Match of the Year (1988) vs. Sting no Clash of the Champions I
- Match of the Year (1989) vs. Ricky Steamboat no WrestleWar
- Most Charismatic (1980, 1982–1984, 1993)
- Most Outstanding (1986, 1987, 1989)
- Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1984–1993, 1996)
- Worst Feud of the Year (1990) vs. The Junkyard Dog
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (1996) com Arn Anderson, Meng, The Barbarian, Lex Luger, Kevin Sullivan, Z-Gangsta e The Ultimate Solution vs. Hulk Hogan e Randy Savage, Uncensored, Towers of Doom match, 24 de março
- Wrestler of the Year (1982–1986, 1989, 1990, 1992)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
1Alguns campeonatos de Flair não são reconhecidos devido a reorganizações promovidas várias vezes pelas mais diversas promoções onde trabalhou ao longo de sua carreira.
Ligações externas[]
| NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship | ||
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Orville Brown • Lou Thesz • Whipper Billy Watson • Dick Hutton • Pat O'Connor • Buddy Rogers • Gene Kiniski • Dory Funk Jr. • Harley Race • Jack Brisco • Giant Baba • Terry Funk • Dusty Rhodes • Tommy Rich • Ric Flair • Kerry Von Erich • Ron Garvin • Ricky Steamboat • Sting • Tatsumi Fujinami • Masahiro Chono • The Great Muta • Barry Windham • Shane Douglas • Chris Candido • Dan Severn • Naoya Ogawa • Gary Steele • Mike Rapada • Sabu • Steve Corino • Shinya Hashimoto • Ken Shamrock • Ron Killings • Jeff Jarrett • AJ Styles • Raven • Rhino • Christian Cage • Abyss • Adam Pearce • Brent Albright • Blue Demon, Jr. • Colt Cabana • The Sheik • Kahagas • Rob Conway • Satoshi Kojima • Hiroyoshi Tenzan • Jax Dane • Tim Storm • Nick Aldis • Cody • Trevor Murdoch • Matt Cardona • Tyrus • EC3 • Thom Latimer | ||
| WCW World Heavyweight Championship | ||
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| World Championship Wrestling | ||
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Ric Flair • Lex Luger • Sting • Big Van Vader • Ron Simmons • Hulk Hogan • The Giant • Randy Savage • Goldberg • Kevin Nash • Diamond Dallas Page • Bret Hart • Chris Benoit • Sid Vicious • Jeff Jarrett • David Arquette • Booker T • Vince Russo • Scott Steiner | ||
| WWF | ||
| WWE Championship (Campeões) | ||
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Buddy Rogers • Bruno Sammartino • Ivan Koloff • Pedro Morales • Stan Stasiak • Billy Graham • Bob Backlund • The Iron Sheik • Hulk Hogan • André the Giant • Randy Savage • The Ultimate Warrior • Sgt. Slaughter • The Undertaker • Ric Flair • Bret Hart • Yokozuna • Diesel • Shawn Michaels • Sycho Sid • Steve Austin • Kane • The Rock • Mick Foley • Triple H • Vince McMahon • Big Show • Kurt Angle • Chris Jericho • Brock Lesnar • Eddie Guerrero • John "Bradshaw" Layfield • John Cena • Edge • Rob Van Dam • Randy Orton • Jeff Hardy • Batista • Sheamus • The Miz • CM Punk • Rey Mysterio • Alberto Del Rio • Daniel Bryan • Seth Rollins • Roman Reigns • Dean Ambrose • AJ Styles • Bray Wyatt • Jinder Mahal • Kofi Kingston • Drew McIntyre • Bobby Lashley • Big E • Cody Rhodes | ||