He honestly should've been gone in the early 2000s at the latest. It got to a point to where he couldn't even do a promo without bleeding, he took "cutting a promo" literal, it was embarrassing and sad to witness.
@@BType13X2it was told that he had many debts to pay that's why he didn't retire plus they say he owes his exes money too for his previous failed marriages
@@BType13X2sad but true he should have used his head more wisely and not take money from everyone like it's nothing now he'll never be left alone or retire everyone will keep pushing him to return the money Flair is gonna end his life but even in Hell he'll not find peace!
Thanks to Beyond the Mat, everytime I saw Terry wrestling after, my mind always had the image of Terry with outstretched arms saying "it's my last match, it's my last match" to Dennis "im not booked" Stamp
Mick Foley actually peaked in early 2000s where his last match against Triple H in his full time career . But his feud against Randy Orton & Edge were underrated
Mick Foley vs. Randy Orton vs Booker T vs. John Cena vs. Bobby Lashley at Vengeance 2007 is one of my favorite matches of all time because it's the only time where Cena and Foley shared the same ring as competitors
@@Snyper1405Yeah I hate when fans say one more match or you still got it. It's hard for athletes to retire particularly wrestlers. To call it a day and hang up the boots. For Flair case he should have retired in 2005 instead of 2008. Cause he's one of the goats of wrestling but it sucks to see him struggle in the ring.
@@larrymarshall8900 fully 100% agree. I've never knocked flair as he was and will always be a legend. It was unessasary, however, for him to continue wrestling after wrestlmania 24 when he had his (end of career) match with Shawn Michael's. That was a perfectly good send-off Just my opinion on that though
To be fair to Flair he has/had a mountain of debt (most of it his own fault though) and it's not like flair has other skill sets he could've used to make money. So dude just kept wrestling
@ellemarr7234 even though Bret Hart already had a concussion and medical issues prior to the match?and I didn't it was impossible to make mistakes in the safe sport of wrestling
@@Emmanuel-lp9fp he had a concussion from earlier in the same match ie before the kick that he says ended his career. It was still Goldberg. Watch Stevie Richards break down of it. Goldberg doesn't even look where he kicks and then kicks through the target. That's not a mistake, that's reckless ego. Goldberg's biggest flaw was that he never understood it was the people taking the bumps that made him look good. He thought he was that powerful.
Number 1 really hurts. I grew up watching him every week on SmackDown and he was and still is my all-time favourite wrestler. Over the recent years I've been excited seeing him back in the ring here and then, but it had become quite obvious that his days are gone forever. And that's fine I guess. Still...what a performer this man was.
@@rfpcharof course he is ... At almost 60 years old, he's no longer able to hold a main event role, and if pro wrestlers still looked like pro wrestlers, he wouldn't look credible against them anymore. But we also can't have him show up on a TV show people actually watch and embarrass a top jobber like LA knight in front of the whole world, so they're gonna bring him back against a developmental jobber on the developmental show. He fought Leviathan and The Prototype in OVW, but most people don't know about that because they used to NOT put weekly developmental house shows on national tv. 😉
Undertaker was supposed to retire after losing to Roman Reigns, but he wasn't satisfied. He then had some stinkers with Goldberg and the tag match with Kane and DX. He just couldn't call it quits until he had one final good match, and he finally got it with AJ.
Tbf today he’s not the same and he should, when he came out for his return in Aew it’s clear he needs to let it go. But as Dutch Mantell says “you don’t quit wrestling, wrestling quits you” so it’s really all up to him
@@nonrefundablegaming275Yeah seeing Big Show standing on that Aew ramp with that song "wellllll" playing as his hips were running perpendicular from each other was sad to see.
Jokes aside Flair has many debts to pay plus he owes people including his exes who have sued him from his previous failed marriages for years he's been paying off his debts but apparently it's not enough the whole world is a debt to him especially that age!
At the Ric Flair match, there was a camera shot of the Undertaker and Mick Foley in the crowd. They were clapping along, and one got the impression that they were happy that they retired from the ring when they did. For any sportsman or woman, it's important to know when to finish. It's even more important to stay retired!
@YuckFouTubeX As long as you can still go or you can have sheltered matches sure by all means come back. But one of the hardest things anyone is ever going to have to accept is that you have gotten to old to do a young persons work. It happens to everyone and you need to clue in when its happening to you.
@YuckFouTubeX Sheltered matches as in matches where your opponents do more of the heavy lifting then you. So you don't need to exert yourself so much physically. We literally do this in the oil industry for our older workers where we let our older more experienced people do firewatch / confined space monitoring rather than sending them into the pressure vessel to do the work inside. Allows them to continue to work without exposing them to the more dangerous aspects of the work.
@YuckFouTubeX I never said don't let him wrestle re-read what I said. I said have him be in more sheltered matches. Then again you had no idea what I meant when I said that either Mr. Author.
@YuckFouTubeX What Rick Flair wants doesn't really enter into it when Fans start telling you to retire. I personally will never watch another one of his matches again because his last retirement match was a sad spectacle, so his next one will be worse. Your argument boils down to who are we to tell him he can't. Well fair enough but we do not owe him viewership everytime he decides to lace them up again. And finally there become a time in industry where you get made to retire to protect you from yourself. Flair has maybe a few years left where other wrestlers should indulge him before they should refuse to step in the ring with him for fear of hurting or killing him.
@YuckFouTubeX Yes and that is the only sort of match Flair has any business being in these days. And you sort of made my point anyway cause he could not have been more protected then his last match. That match was his fellow wrestlers love letter to Rick Flair, and he should look at what those guys did for him and thank them back by never getting in the ring again. Cause the next time he decides to have a last match I wont watch and I know many others that wont either.
@davidparkes7741 some of his matches before his streak was broken he looked so gassed imo if he would have retired after that triple h he'll in a cell when Shawn was ref would have been great leave on the end of one of the best mania matches ever
Ricky Steamboat's performance at Mania 25 did not disappoint honestly. He was in for a second run but I'm glad he didn't take it honestly because with his age and health wise it wouldn't have been good
Vader's an interesting case because he admitted several times that he wanted to wrestle until he was physically unable to do it anymore. Even when he was diagnosed with heart failure and urged by doctors to retire, he said he'd continue even if he died in the ring! Although that didn't happen, he did end up wrestling himself into an early grave. Was it reckless? Yes. Were his final matches duds? Sure. Did he love wrestling too much? I'd say that's the only problem he didn't have; from what I've seen of him, he was very passionate about wrestling and probably would've made the same decisions if he were given the chance. That's probably why his choice didn't tarnish his legacy. He just loved wrestling that much.
The interview he did where he slapped the host in the mouth after he asked if wrestling was fake is really all you need to know about how seriously he took professional wrestling. That guy probably still has Vaders hand imprinted on his face.
Disagree about Big Show... he still seems capable of performing decently, maybe I'm wrong though. I would point out that Big Show is only 5 years older than Cena and only 2 years older than Edge/Adam Copeland... I also never thought "Hey, Foley needs to retire". The man seems very self aware, it doesnt seem like he overdid it anywhere near the level that Hogan and Flair did.
It wasn't TNA's fault Ric Flair spent himself into bankruptcy and WWE didn't offer him a managerial or backstage job; TNA gave him a paycheck. IMPACT even helped out Flair to promote his last match ppv and help fill the card. Flair owes IMPACT a thank you.
Flair is the king of "Should have absolutely retired over 20 years before he did. Hogan also should have retired after his second WWE stint in the early 2000s.
Fully agree. He only beat triple h because the undertaker cost the game that match and Hulk hogan was getting slower and slower when he faced the legend killer in their rivalry in 2006
@@LuhTwizzy__ another one who thinks it's insanely clever and based to comment "IT'S ALL STAGED!!!" in a WWE video, as if we all don't already know. it's called letting people have fun, you should try it sometime.
Flair is the most tragic story on this list IMO. The larger difference in quality between the greatest match and the most terrible match. "Last Match" was abysmal, and the Wrestlemania match with Michaels was incredible.
To be fair, the Nature Boy does have a metaphorical gun to the back of his head with his lavish spending, all his ex wives, and children. He almost can’t retire with all the money he has to pay out. I have a feeling his true last match will be from a wheelchair, and he’ll have some up and comer kill him in the ring.
goldberg past his prime is still in better shape than a lot of wrestlers today. Guys like Adam Cole or Zack Sabre Jr. only wish they looked half as gold as snow white goatee goldberg
Eh, i always loved seeing Big Show. Not to mention Corporate Kane with the whole split personality thing was very enjoyable. I don't care what anyone says. The only wrestler i ever 'begged to retire' was Ric Flair.
I think Flair overdid it more than Hogan. I also personally thought that Undertaker went quite a bit longer than he should have. Though not at the levels Hogan and Flair did...
The fact that Terry Funk isnt top 3 (or even on this list period) is laughable. Dude was taking HARD chair shots consistently into his 60's. Id be willing to bet its what ultimately led to his untimely death recently.
Completely agree about Ric Flair. He had one of the greatest build ups in Wrestlemania history and one of the most iconic matches. It was the perfect retirement match. Since he started wrestling again in TNA almost straight after he's tarnishing his legacy. He can barely even walk now and he's still trying to wrestle. It's horrible to watch.
Taker is the only one that had any damn sense. He was old and worn by the time he had his last match and it was done the exact right way. I say if they don't let you have a well thought out sendoff like that, just walk away.
Realistically, Taker could have retired at Wrestlemania 30. The Streak was the only thing that he had left and once that was broken. There was nothing else for him to prove or do
He needs money that's why he still try to wrestle for. It sad that he needs to still wrestle to collect a check. Ric should have a net worth of at least 100 million dollars instead of a measly 50,000 bucks just saying since he's one of the goats of wrestling.
Shame Mick is down on his 2006 WM match with Edge. THAT would have been a worthy ending, and "made" Edge in the eyes of fans; he was a genuine main eventer long-term afterwards like Orton. He did the same for Triple H in 2000. WWF/E had put Edge and Triple H in main events and made them WWF/E Champion before their Foley feuds, but Mick helped get the fans behind them and Orton and made them legit respected draws...
I'd like to see Kane win a Greatest Royal Rumble match & win the Andre the Giant Memorial Match before he retires for good. Goldberg should've won the WWE championship at least once & from Drew McIntyre & with Drew winning the belt back. Maybe Brock or Roman should've retired him. Hulk Hogan should've retired as a 16 x world champion & with Randy Orton ending his career at Summerslam. I wanted Undertaker to retire as a 17 x world champion & be the only wrestler to have never lost at Wrestlemania. I've always picture his Mania streak being 30 - 0.
I actually thought Corporate Kane/Mayor Glenn Jacobs was a perfect move for Kane's character. A Big Red Demon, deciding to be a politician, in a Red State? Sounds about right
i was there for that jerry lawler northeast wrestling clip shown at the beginning. it was a piledriver match against kevin steen, and it was actually kevin's last match before officially starting in wwe. weird times but it was entertaining.
I just skipped a whole generation of wrestling because of john cena. He ruined my passion for WWE because he was all over the place. Havent watched WWE for like 12 years, and finally enjoying it again.
Shane should be on this list, I love the guy....he gives 110% and risks life and LIMB when he wrestles, but he should call it a day. Goldberg, that ones interesting, he still has the physique and the will, as long as you play to his strengths like simple old school moves and a spear and don't expect him to jackhammer a 400 pound man, he still has it to go. King should be BANNED from returning after his health issues, that man is more of a threat to drop dead in the ring than FLAIR is.
I think with Jerry Lawler's health issues, he should retire for his health's sake. I think for some of the wrestlers, it's fine to have a match every now and then, like a Royal Rumble appearance or just do some quick punches unless they're really not putting in the work to keep up with the current wrestlers. With Ric Flair, he should have stayed retired after his Wrestlemania match. He could have gone to TNA to do more of a manager role and do what Flair usually does instead of officially having a match. I think Undertaker was getting ready to hang it up after his match with Roman Reigns, but he just didn't like how it turned out and needed one more match to really call it. Thankfully, with the pandemic that happened, he had a cinematic match with AJ Styles, which did help him cover up the ring rust, and I thought it turned out pretty well. Wouldn't he wanted it in the ring with the crowd instead? He probably would, but the world during that time didn't let it happen.
The Undertaker was one of my favourite wrestlers until I stop watching around 2002-2003. I wish they'd have had him lose the streak as his 'last match' against someone of worth like Lesnar, only to come back the following Wrestlemania to beat him as his one off return and retribution.
Jeff Hardy for sure. Its really kinda sad seeing him out there now. He's young but christ, I want Darby Allin to retire tomorrow. The guy is murdering himself every day for literally no reason. I hope he changes it before something goes super wrong.
The one for me, two who jumped immediately to mind were Ric Fair and Dusty Rhodes. Flair was covered on this list, so I have a bit to say about Dusty Rhodes. By the time I started watching (late 1980s), he was still a superstar scripted to defeat jobbers/enhancement talent, but visually was old and flabby.
Goldbergs legacy is still intact he had a awesome career In WCW and his wwe run in 2003-2004 and he's matchs through 2016-2017 with the likes of brock lesnar and Kevin Owens and in 2017 or 2016 royal rumble but his matches started get rough after he was inducted in the hall of fame the only good matches he had was the one match with Dolph ziggler and those 2 matches with Bobby Lashley but as of the rest of him the haven't been the best but goldberg will still go down in history as 1 of the greatest of all time and he is one of my favorites
I want to see WWE sign Lizzo and Tess Holiday as a tag team. It would be the most destructive force in history towards the structural integrity of the ring, and catering, but also inspiring to infinifats who might stop blocking shopping aisles with thier fat scooters.
Honestly in the case of Jerry Lawler for a man his age he is actually quite good in the ring. When Ric Flair or Roddy Pipper came back at a higher age you can kinda tell they lost a step. But Lawler can still put on a decent match despite being 70 years old. When it comes to anyone on this list, let's be honest it's their body their choice.
There's one wrestler who comes to my mind that should be on the list. "STING" I guess we know he's doing great in his AEW run at this point in his wrestling career, but sooner or later we want him to have a send-off match and retire for good.
I really don’t think Jerry Lawler should be wrestling anymore. The fact that his heart attack came after a match should be a wake up call, and I don’t want to lose him too soon.
@@declangaming24 yes it is really sad and pathetic that a grown man can't separate himself from the character he portrays on television and lived the Gimmick in real life he should have retired 15 years ago and lived comfortably for the rest of his life
Taker wasn’t allowed to retire if we’re honest was McMahons moniker for years I personally believe undertaker knew he would never top 25 with Shawn but those four matches with Shawn then triple h should’ve been the catalyst and an actual end of an era while they were are the top cream of the crop. Mind you Vince had other plans
Interesting Mr Lamia u said all of that about the other wrestlers possibly never retiring but not about Undertaker's words of Never Say Never at the HOF humm INTERESTING .
Flair had the chance to go out on a literal masterpiece.
Probably motivated by financial reasons why he got back in the ring repeatedly.
He honestly should've been gone in the early 2000s at the latest. It got to a point to where he couldn't even do a promo without bleeding, he took "cutting a promo" literal, it was embarrassing and sad to witness.
@@BType13X2it was told that he had many debts to pay that's why he didn't retire plus they say he owes his exes money too for his previous failed marriages
@@RomanZ-zy1ef Yeah those are the things I was told too, along with alimony Flair has personal financial management issues.
@@BType13X2sad but true he should have used his head more wisely and not take money from everyone like it's nothing now he'll never be left alone or retire everyone will keep pushing him to return the money Flair is gonna end his life but even in Hell he'll not find peace!
Jerry Lawler vs Michael Cole was painful to watch
A rematch of a bad match is just a wild idea
@@patrickfinnegan7489 exactly
FACTS dude.
Best 😁
That wrestlemania 27 itself was a worst
Honourable mention
Terry Funk . He also wrestled till 70s in 6 decades in his wrestling career despite fans wanted to see him retired for good . RIP
Funk would have died in the ring, if he had it his way.
I came here to say the same thing. When he was wrestling hardcore matches in the late 90’s I genuinely feared he was going to die in the ring.
Nah
@@spongeblue_depressedpants I'm pretty sure us fans were worried that is exactly what would happen
Thanks to Beyond the Mat, everytime I saw Terry wrestling after, my mind always had the image of Terry with outstretched arms saying "it's my last match, it's my last match" to Dennis "im not booked" Stamp
Mick Foley actually peaked in early 2000s where his last match against Triple H in his full time career . But his feud against Randy Orton & Edge were underrated
FACTS dude.
What does that even mean??
Nah the mid to late 90s was his peak in my opinion.
True
Mick Foley vs. Randy Orton vs Booker T vs. John Cena vs. Bobby Lashley at Vengeance 2007 is one of my favorite matches of all time because it's the only time where Cena and Foley shared the same ring as competitors
Wrestlers are their own worst enemies as far as knowing when to call it a day after having their last match. Ric Flair is a perfect example of this.
Well to be fair it certainly doesn't help when you get fools saying "one more match one more match" lol. Come on seriously!!!
@@Snyper1405Yeah I hate when fans say one more match or you still got it. It's hard for athletes to retire particularly wrestlers. To call it a day and hang up the boots. For Flair case he should have retired in 2005 instead of 2008. Cause he's one of the goats of wrestling but it sucks to see him struggle in the ring.
@@larrymarshall8900 fully 100% agree. I've never knocked flair as he was and will always be a legend. It was unessasary, however, for him to continue wrestling after wrestlmania 24 when he had his (end of career) match with Shawn Michael's. That was a perfectly good send-off
Just my opinion on that though
To be fair to Flair he has/had a mountain of debt (most of it his own fault though) and it's not like flair has other skill sets he could've used to make money. So dude just kept wrestling
If your past your prime your past
Your prime.
You already tarnished your legacy and
Won all the belts.
What more do you want?
Oldberg ruined his legacy by burying younger talents like Kevin Owens
Kevin is too fat to be world championship material
Also fiend
He ruined his “legacy” by nearly killing Bret Hart. He certainly killed his career.
@ellemarr7234 even though Bret Hart already had a concussion and medical issues prior to the match?and I didn't it was impossible to make mistakes in the safe sport of wrestling
@@Emmanuel-lp9fp he had a concussion from earlier in the same match ie before the kick that he says ended his career.
It was still Goldberg. Watch Stevie Richards break down of it.
Goldberg doesn't even look where he kicks and then kicks through the target.
That's not a mistake, that's reckless ego.
Goldberg's biggest flaw was that he never understood it was the people taking the bumps that made him look good.
He thought he was that powerful.
Interesting facts : Vader had wrestled plenty of names like Pete Dunne & Will Ospreay in UK indie scene in his final wrestling career . RIP
Wow that’s surprising but yeah if he kept wrestling winch he did its kinda not surprising
@@Ganman5000ytbeing 63 years old and still 400+ lbs definitely was the main contributor to his death, even if he was wrestling or not.
We saw Vader wrestling Pete Dunne in the video. Bit late with that fact.
Number 1 really hurts. I grew up watching him every week on SmackDown and he was and still is my all-time favourite wrestler. Over the recent years I've been excited seeing him back in the ring here and then, but it had become quite obvious that his days are gone forever. And that's fine I guess. Still...what a performer this man was.
But I am still a big fan of his. And I will be watching nxt next week just for him
And he’s teasing a return in NXT
Shout out to people who followed that man well before smackdown was a show.
@@rfpcharof course he is ... At almost 60 years old, he's no longer able to hold a main event role, and if pro wrestlers still looked like pro wrestlers, he wouldn't look credible against them anymore.
But we also can't have him show up on a TV show people actually watch and embarrass a top jobber like LA knight in front of the whole world, so they're gonna bring him back against a developmental jobber on the developmental show.
He fought Leviathan and The Prototype in OVW, but most people don't know about that because they used to NOT put weekly developmental house shows on national tv. 😉
Undertaker was supposed to retire after losing to Roman Reigns, but he wasn't satisfied. He then had some stinkers with Goldberg and the tag match with Kane and DX. He just couldn't call it quits until he had one final good match, and he finally got it with AJ.
Nah dude, even going up to big show asking him to please retire is too much😂
😂😂
Right?? I wouldn’t know how to react if someone said that to me💀
Tbf today he’s not the same and he should, when he came out for his return in Aew it’s clear he needs to let it go. But as Dutch Mantell says “you don’t quit wrestling, wrestling quits you” so it’s really all up to him
@@nonrefundablegaming275Yeah seeing Big Show standing on that Aew ramp with that song "wellllll" playing as his hips were running perpendicular from each other was sad to see.
Don't be surprised if Ric Flair wants to have his another 100 time retirement match lol 😂
His huge ego won't allow himself to retire with dignity. It's ridiculous and pathetic, and this coming from a respected Ric flair fan "smh"
With a walker.
Remember on wrestling empire seeing
A sign saying old guy's retire.😂
Poor old wrestlers still want one more
Shot in the ring.
If it's over it's over.
Like emilem said just let go.
Stop it before you kick the bucket.
Jokes aside Flair has many debts to pay plus he owes people including his exes who have sued him from his previous failed marriages for years he's been paying off his debts but apparently it's not enough the whole world is a debt to him especially that age!
At the Ric Flair match, there was a camera shot of the Undertaker and Mick Foley in the crowd. They were clapping along, and one got the impression that they were happy that they retired from the ring when they did.
For any sportsman or woman, it's important to know when to finish. It's even more important to stay retired!
@YuckFouTubeX As long as you can still go or you can have sheltered matches sure by all means come back. But one of the hardest things anyone is ever going to have to accept is that you have gotten to old to do a young persons work. It happens to everyone and you need to clue in when its happening to you.
@YuckFouTubeX Sheltered matches as in matches where your opponents do more of the heavy lifting then you. So you don't need to exert yourself so much physically. We literally do this in the oil industry for our older workers where we let our older more experienced people do firewatch / confined space monitoring rather than sending them into the pressure vessel to do the work inside. Allows them to continue to work without exposing them to the more dangerous aspects of the work.
@YuckFouTubeX I never said don't let him wrestle re-read what I said. I said have him be in more sheltered matches. Then again you had no idea what I meant when I said that either Mr. Author.
@YuckFouTubeX What Rick Flair wants doesn't really enter into it when Fans start telling you to retire. I personally will never watch another one of his matches again because his last retirement match was a sad spectacle, so his next one will be worse. Your argument boils down to who are we to tell him he can't. Well fair enough but we do not owe him viewership everytime he decides to lace them up again.
And finally there become a time in industry where you get made to retire to protect you from yourself. Flair has maybe a few years left where other wrestlers should indulge him before they should refuse to step in the ring with him for fear of hurting or killing him.
@YuckFouTubeX Yes and that is the only sort of match Flair has any business being in these days. And you sort of made my point anyway cause he could not have been more protected then his last match. That match was his fellow wrestlers love letter to Rick Flair, and he should look at what those guys did for him and thank them back by never getting in the ring again. Cause the next time he decides to have a last match I wont watch and I know many others that wont either.
Undertaker should've retired at WM 30 where his Streak was broken . That was the right time for him to retire . He was no longer the same after that
He should've retired earlier than that, with the Streak intact.
Maybe but at least we got the first ever bone yard match. That was absolutely fire
The streak should've never been broken
@davidparkes7741 some of his matches before his streak was broken he looked so gassed imo if he would have retired after that triple h he'll in a cell when Shawn was ref would have been great leave on the end of one of the best mania matches ever
Would personally liked to see him end on 25/0
The undertaker ending his legacy like a badass.. thank you for the memories legends!🎉❤
Ricky Steamboat's performance at Mania 25 did not disappoint honestly. He was in for a second run but I'm glad he didn't take it honestly because with his age and health wise it wouldn't have been good
Vader's an interesting case because he admitted several times that he wanted to wrestle until he was physically unable to do it anymore. Even when he was diagnosed with heart failure and urged by doctors to retire, he said he'd continue even if he died in the ring! Although that didn't happen, he did end up wrestling himself into an early grave. Was it reckless? Yes. Were his final matches duds? Sure. Did he love wrestling too much? I'd say that's the only problem he didn't have; from what I've seen of him, he was very passionate about wrestling and probably would've made the same decisions if he were given the chance.
That's probably why his choice didn't tarnish his legacy. He just loved wrestling that much.
The interview he did where he slapped the host in the mouth after he asked if wrestling was fake is really all you need to know about how seriously he took professional wrestling. That guy probably still has Vaders hand imprinted on his face.
I definitely agree with the Undertaker, he’s my favorite wrestler but man was it hard to watch his last matches
Disagree about Big Show... he still seems capable of performing decently, maybe I'm wrong though. I would point out that Big Show is only 5 years older than Cena and only 2 years older than Edge/Adam Copeland... I also never thought "Hey, Foley needs to retire". The man seems very self aware, it doesnt seem like he overdid it anywhere near the level that Hogan and Flair did.
He’s like a 400lb dude, it’s not as easy
big show cvan barely walk now, his knees buckle and he looks in agony - clearly takes a million painkillers before each match
He should come back and he looks a lot better now. Vince made him leave
Jerry Lawler is fully retired now from wrestling . Hope he is fine & healthy
Let's hope so.
He likes young girls.
To be honest with Hulk was AWESOME to see him in his run in the early 2000s I mean come on WM 18 was the perfect example.
It wasn't TNA's fault Ric Flair spent himself into bankruptcy and WWE didn't offer him a managerial or backstage job; TNA gave him a paycheck. IMPACT even helped out Flair to promote his last match ppv and help fill the card. Flair owes IMPACT a thank you.
The fact that Ric Flair really wants to die in front of an audience is concerning!!
Flair is the king of "Should have absolutely retired over 20 years before he did. Hogan also should have retired after his second WWE stint in the early 2000s.
Fully agree. He only beat triple h because the undertaker cost the game that match and Hulk hogan was getting slower and slower when he faced the legend killer in their rivalry in 2006
@@Snyper1405it’s scripted wdym he only beat him because of taker 🤡😂
@LuhTwizzy__ bravo, you can add cute little emojis like a clever child. Well done!!
@@LuhTwizzy__ another one who thinks it's insanely clever and based to comment "IT'S ALL STAGED!!!" in a WWE video, as if we all don't already know. it's called letting people have fun, you should try it sometime.
Flair is the most tragic story on this list IMO. The larger difference in quality between the greatest match and the most terrible match. "Last Match" was abysmal, and the Wrestlemania match with Michaels was incredible.
To be fair, the Nature Boy does have a metaphorical gun to the back of his head with his lavish spending, all his ex wives, and children. He almost can’t retire with all the money he has to pay out. I have a feeling his true last match will be from a wheelchair, and he’ll have some up and comer kill him in the ring.
The mania match one the definition of a one trick match.
No different than mick and taker. Thats nota good match thats a good spot.
Kevin Nash would've tore his quad yet again if he decide to come out of retirement to wrestle
Ever seen the state of his leg before his recent surgery? That joke isn't funny anymore. Hell, it got old 15 yrs ago.
As sad as it is, but we're gonna have to see Cena retire 😢
Cena isn't retiring get he will call it a day when he is 50 or getting towards 60 he wants to go on his own terms
Speak for yourself, I'll be happy. He's almost as over rated as Goldberg.
@@younglove3362 Damn, for a second I thought you were a Cenation Fan defending him 😭
@@declangaming24 ik but most wrestlers retire at that age in the 50s or 60s (unless you're Sting)
@@younglove3362Atleast he can draw unlike majority of wwe roster now
Retirement is the beauty of life
Watching Goldberg, k ane n even the undertaker wrestle past there prime was just sad..
Who is k ane 😂
@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333 .. I know it put a space in between it..🤣🤣
I know kane the big red 👹 monster. Not sure about this k ane fellow 🤔😂
@@Snyper1405 ..😂😂😂..yup it put a space in between
goldberg past his prime is still in better shape than a lot of wrestlers today. Guys like Adam Cole or Zack Sabre Jr. only wish they looked half as gold as snow white goatee goldberg
Honestly I would have put Flair at #1 lol
I couldn't watch his final matches. It was too painful to watch an elderly man put himself through that.
Eh, i always loved seeing Big Show. Not to mention Corporate Kane with the whole split personality thing was very enjoyable. I don't care what anyone says. The only wrestler i ever 'begged to retire' was Ric Flair.
If Hulk Hogan Isn't Number 1 I'm Going To be disappointed
Well Hulk Hogan is no 2 . Undertaker is no 1
Over Flair? (Spoiler, we’re both wrong)
Flair is like 95 years old and still thinks he's in his prime 😂
@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333nah undertaker was never on there
I think Flair overdid it more than Hogan. I also personally thought that Undertaker went quite a bit longer than he should have. Though not at the levels Hogan and Flair did...
Nia Jax for sure , her injury record is bigger then she is
and that's saying a lot as her beer gut is bigger than Kairi Sane!
All Real Wrestling Fans Can't Wait To See predator vince be Retired
Mick Foley vs Edge is to this day one of my favorite Wrestlemania matches
Big Show has still fully not retired yet
Lawyer should never wrestle again. It’s just embarrassing
He should stay as a commentator that's what he's good at he was way past his best after the 90s
Kane needs to have his very last match to end his career . His corporate run was worst to his career & forgettable at best
The fact that Terry Funk isnt top 3 (or even on this list period) is laughable. Dude was taking HARD chair shots consistently into his 60's. Id be willing to bet its what ultimately led to his untimely death recently.
Completely agree about Ric Flair. He had one of the greatest build ups in Wrestlemania history and one of the most iconic matches. It was the perfect retirement match. Since he started wrestling again in TNA almost straight after he's tarnishing his legacy. He can barely even walk now and he's still trying to wrestle. It's horrible to watch.
Taker is the only one that had any damn sense. He was old and worn by the time he had his last match and it was done the exact right way.
I say if they don't let you have a well thought out sendoff like that, just walk away.
Realistically, Taker could have retired at Wrestlemania 30. The Streak was the only thing that he had left and once that was broken. There was nothing else for him to prove or do
Can't wait until Charlotte Flair is on one of these list.
Also Nia Jax , roman
And most importantly Vince to retire from his company for good
Its a shame, we all have to get old. Feels like this relates to wwe performers more than ever
Wrestlers just don't know when to retire.
Honestly i think Ric is ruining his legacy by continuing to wrestle.
He needs money that's why he still try to wrestle for. It sad that he needs to still wrestle to collect a check. Ric should have a net worth of at least 100 million dollars instead of a measly 50,000 bucks just saying since he's one of the goats of wrestling.
Shame Mick is down on his 2006 WM match with Edge. THAT would have been a worthy ending, and "made" Edge in the eyes of fans; he was a genuine main eventer long-term afterwards like Orton. He did the same for Triple H in 2000. WWF/E had put Edge and Triple H in main events and made them WWF/E Champion before their Foley feuds, but Mick helped get the fans behind them and Orton and made them legit respected draws...
I'd like to see Kane win a Greatest Royal Rumble match & win the Andre the Giant Memorial Match before he retires for good. Goldberg should've won the WWE championship at least once & from Drew McIntyre & with Drew winning the belt back. Maybe Brock or Roman should've retired him. Hulk Hogan should've retired as a 16 x world champion & with Randy Orton ending his career at Summerslam. I wanted Undertaker to retire as a 17 x world champion & be the only wrestler to have never lost at Wrestlemania. I've always picture his Mania streak being 30 - 0.
Kid dreaming fantasy😂😂
@@Yoithyeah but people can if they want to do it let them you can use your imagination
And once again that was some great WRESTLING CONTENT as always 🙂
I was happy when Kane retired, it was getting tough to watch .
I’m happy the big show didn’t retire, when I was little he was my hero, it would have broke my heart
I actually thought Corporate Kane/Mayor Glenn Jacobs was a perfect move for Kane's character.
A Big Red Demon, deciding to be a politician, in a Red State? Sounds about right
Sting would be an honorable mention as well. But great video.
I want to see Nia Jax retire
we all do bud.. 🤦♂️
Also roman & Charlotte
Why add Hulk Hogan and Undertaker if they are retired??
Congrats on 2 Mil BTW!
There's no question that Flair should've topped that list. Goldberg & Taker tying at #2.
i was there for that jerry lawler northeast wrestling clip shown at the beginning. it was a piledriver match against kevin steen, and it was actually kevin's last match before officially starting in wwe. weird times but it was entertaining.
I just skipped a whole generation of wrestling because of john cena. He ruined my passion for WWE because he was all over the place. Havent watched WWE for like 12 years, and finally enjoying it again.
Lots of these guys who DO call it a day, are USUALLY welcomed back in a supporting role like management or commentary.
what event was that on the last clip of the section about Vader? It looks like a Hall of Fame ceremony but he was already dead when he got inducted
I think it was 2016 when he made a one night only appearance to induct Stan Hansen.
Im convinced Rey Mysterio is never going to fall off 🇲🇽💪
Rey is still going strong. But you can tell he's ready to retire soon.
@@criminalmindsgirl2936it’s insane he’s still moving how he is, but yea his time in the ring is almost up😔
Rey was and still is incredible. ✌😎👍
The little taquito must be 60 years old, how long you think he's gonna go for lmao
@gutter339 he said he will retire at 50. He is 48 so two more years for The king
Shane should be on this list, I love the guy....he gives 110% and risks life and LIMB when he wrestles, but he should call it a day. Goldberg, that ones interesting, he still has the physique and the will, as long as you play to his strengths like simple old school moves and a spear and don't expect him to jackhammer a 400 pound man, he still has it to go. King should be BANNED from returning after his health issues, that man is more of a threat to drop dead in the ring than FLAIR is.
I think with Jerry Lawler's health issues, he should retire for his health's sake. I think for some of the wrestlers, it's fine to have a match every now and then, like a Royal Rumble appearance or just do some quick punches unless they're really not putting in the work to keep up with the current wrestlers. With Ric Flair, he should have stayed retired after his Wrestlemania match. He could have gone to TNA to do more of a manager role and do what Flair usually does instead of officially having a match. I think Undertaker was getting ready to hang it up after his match with Roman Reigns, but he just didn't like how it turned out and needed one more match to really call it. Thankfully, with the pandemic that happened, he had a cinematic match with AJ Styles, which did help him cover up the ring rust, and I thought it turned out pretty well. Wouldn't he wanted it in the ring with the crowd instead? He probably would, but the world during that time didn't let it happen.
Man Mick foleys short in ring chemistry with Aj styles,Samoa joe and his Bound for glory bout with Abyss in TNA were too great !!!
Taker should’ve retired after his End of an Era HIAC at WM 28. That was literally the perfect ending.
Jerry Lawler Love ya man.Thank you for everything!
After that taker Goldberg match I was thinking ' yeah it's time for taker and Goldberg to retire especially taker
The Undertaker was one of my favourite wrestlers until I stop watching around 2002-2003.
I wish they'd have had him lose the streak as his 'last match' against someone of worth like Lesnar, only to come back the following Wrestlemania to beat him as his one off return and retribution.
“Ric Flair’s Last Match”…..one turnbuckle for each “last match”
So, there can be *12* last matches...🤣🤣
Jeff Hardy for sure. Its really kinda sad seeing him out there now.
He's young but christ, I want Darby Allin to retire tomorrow. The guy is murdering himself every day for literally no reason. I hope he changes it before something goes super wrong.
I want 95 percent of the AEW roster to retire but sadly it ain't going to happen
In no specific order , my top 5 are … Flair , Hogan , Austin , Hitman & Sting !
I will be upset and sad when Randy Orton retires. He has every attribute and skill to go for many more rounds I hope.
Kevin Nash sticking around a place only for a paycheck, sounds right.
Been watching Taker since the early 90s and I'm one of those people that thought he should retired.
The one for me, two who jumped immediately to mind were Ric Fair and Dusty Rhodes. Flair was covered on this list, so I have a bit to say about Dusty Rhodes. By the time I started watching (late 1980s), he was still a superstar scripted to defeat jobbers/enhancement talent, but visually was old and flabby.
Undertaker will always be the GOAT 🐐
Ryback and Goldberg.
Either one...we win 😈
I dont know why Big Show has received the hate that he gets. He has shown on many occasions that he has a big heart.
Hulk Hogan definitely 🤦🏾♂️
We need Jerry lawler vs Michael Cole pt 2. Pat mcafee can be the ref
I feel like they just love wrestling so much and it’s hard to let go.
Honestly idk how Lawler can still go but I would love to see him wrestle one more match at Mania in an actual proper farewell match
Goldbergs legacy is still intact he had a awesome career In WCW and his wwe run in 2003-2004 and he's matchs through 2016-2017 with the likes of brock lesnar and Kevin Owens and in 2017 or 2016 royal rumble but his matches started get rough after he was inducted in the hall of fame the only good matches he had was the one match with Dolph ziggler and those 2 matches with Bobby Lashley but as of the rest of him the haven't been the best but goldberg will still go down in history as 1 of the greatest of all time and he is one of my favorites
I won't lie... The 2011 Diesel return for the Royal Rumble...
That is my favorite return of all time!
Give Jerry one last match. Long live The King👑
Ric Flair has to take the number one spot. Taker looks old but Flair looks like he came out of the retirement home.
Rollins, Ziggler, Orton. If they retire, I will back to watching WWE
Rollins time might come after Fastlane this weekend
I think Wrestling Fans will be okay never seeing these people Wrestle again
Yeah Big Show now more than ever, he just doesn't look right. Also Chris Jericho is absolutely getting to that point as well.
I want to see WWE sign Lizzo and Tess Holiday as a tag team. It would be the most destructive force in history towards the structural integrity of the ring, and catering, but also inspiring to infinifats who might stop blocking shopping aisles with thier fat scooters.
Honestly in the case of Jerry Lawler for a man his age he is actually quite good in the ring. When Ric Flair or Roddy Pipper came back at a higher age you can kinda tell they lost a step. But Lawler can still put on a decent match despite being 70 years old. When it comes to anyone on this list, let's be honest it's their body their choice.
Depending on if someone's desperate to watch a 1 star match, lol
There's one wrestler who comes to my mind that should be on the list. "STING"
I guess we know he's doing great in his AEW run at this point in his wrestling career, but sooner or later we want him to have a send-off match and retire for good.
Hulk hogan and ric flair both looked old when I was watching them 35 years ago
We didn't want them to retire, but father time gets to everyone.
I really don’t think Jerry Lawler should be wrestling anymore. The fact that his heart attack came after a match should be a wake up call, and I don’t want to lose him too soon.
The reason Ric Flair kept going after his retirement at WrestleMania 24 can be spelled out with 7 letters....
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didn't he owe the IRS a ton of money as well
@@stewartmcrae8007exactly he owed the tax man tons of money so TNA offered him a huge bag he couldn't refuse
@@declangaming24 yes it is really sad and pathetic that a grown man can't separate himself from the character he portrays on television and lived the Gimmick in real life he should have retired 15 years ago and lived comfortably for the rest of his life
I resent Taker being no.1 lol
We all know it should had been Ric flair or Hulk Hogan.
Taker wasn’t allowed to retire if we’re honest was McMahons moniker for years I personally believe undertaker knew he would never top 25 with Shawn but those four matches with Shawn then triple h should’ve been the catalyst and an actual end of an era while they were are the top cream of the crop. Mind you Vince had other plans
Interesting Mr Lamia u said all of that about the other wrestlers possibly never retiring but not about Undertaker's words of Never Say Never at the HOF humm INTERESTING .
Sad to see Kane after his peak, after that WWE really just pushed him off the edge
Kane is 1 of our mayor's still here in Knoxville! Very nice guy