Trivia

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.

Roddy Piper was the best man at his wedding.

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.

In 2006, Jack Nicholson expressed interest in inducting him into the WWE Hall of Fame, being his all time favorite wrestler.

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.

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.

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.

Stated that the greatest wrestler he ever was defeated by was Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Richard Blood) .

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.

Has won and lost World Titles to Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race, Kerry Von Erich, Ron Garvin, Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood) , Sting (Steve Borden), Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Vader, Hulk Hogan, Rick Rude, Barry Windham, 'Diamond' Dallas Page, and 'The Giant' (Paul Wight).

He has been a world champion 21 times.

Sued the estate of the pilot who caused his 1975 plane crash and won.

He was from WCW fired in 1998 for missing a match to attend his son Reid Flair's amateur wrestling tournament . It started an online effort that included a boycott of WCW.

Was one of the many children allegedly stolen by the infamous child trafficker Georgia Tann and her Tennessee Children's Home Society.

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.

Was taken to court, along with fellow wrestler 'Wahoo McDaniel' (Ed McDaniel), in 1981 after the two wrestlers beat up several people in a bar fight.

In 2004, he published an autobiography 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, repetitious wrestler. He also stated that Bret wasn't a draw like he and the other former champs were. Bret, in return, tore into Flair in a recent Calgary Sun column, and declared how he really felt.

Member of the Millionaires' Club.

Ranked #2 in the "PWI 500" of the PWI Years (1979-1999) (Pro Wrestling Illustrated 20th Anniversary Special)

The movie Class Action (1991) shows archive footage of him battling Sting (Steve Borden) in a wrestling match.

Became a grandfather on May 9th of 2004 when his eldest daughter, Megan Fliehr-Ketzner (Megan Fliehr), gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Morgan Lee Ketzner.

His daughter Sid Eudy and son David Fliehr are children from his first marriage, his daughter Ashley Fliehr and son Reid Flair are children from his second marriage to Elizabeth Flair.

Made his WWE debut in September 1991, advertised as being "the real world's champion." Initially, Ric Flair was destined for big things with the company. However, after losing the WWE title to Randy Savage at WrestleMania VIII (1992), Flair's career failed to match the hype from early on. He left the WWE in January 1993, after losing a "career-ending" match to Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig).

Regained the WWE title from the Macho Man Randy Savage in September 1992, thanks to interference from Razor Ramon (Scott Hall).

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.

Won his second WWF World Title by defeating Randy Savage.

Submitted to Ricky Steamboat's (Richard Blood) 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 "The Hitman" Bret Hart's SharpShooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World Title for the first time.

In April 1998, Eric Bischoff encouraged World Championship Wrestling into a lawsuit (for breach of contract) against Flair 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 under which he had previously agreed to work. Flair later filed a suit of his own in response, but the matter was settled out of court - he returned to television in September 1998.

Lives in Tega Cay, South Carolina.

Cousin (at least in terms of wrestling story line) of the Anderson family (Gene Anderson, Lars (Larry Heiniemi), Ole Anderson, and Arn Anderson). Also, the 'nephew' of wrestler Rip Hawk.

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.

Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006.

Was trained for Pro Wrestling in Minnesota by the legendary Verne Gagne.

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.

WWE Hall of Famer.

Was reported to have been devastated by the passing of close friend, Roddy Piper.

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.

The only person to win the WWF, NWA, and WCW World Championships.

Voted number 3 in a list of the "Best Wrestlers of the Century".

Entered the 1992 Royal Rumble at #3, lasted over an hour, and ended up winning the vacant WWF Championship.

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.

1975 Wrestling Rookie of the Year.

Has held the WWE Tag Team Championship (RAW) twice with Evolution member, Batista.

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 (Bob Windham); 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 (Dave Bautista) (2); WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Did an angle on WCW Monday Nitro which involved him having a heart attack on live television (the heart attack was, of course, scripted).

He is a 6 time PWI wrestler of the year (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1992).

Has held the WWE Tag Team Championship (RAW) twice with Evolution member, 'Batista'.

Won his second WWE World Title by defeating Randy Savage.

Hotwired and joyrode a car when he was 15.

Beat Carlito (Carlos Colón Jr.) at WWE Unforgiven (2005) to win his first Intercontinental Championship. (September 2005)