Ric Flair On his Wrestlemania 24 Retirement vs HBK

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  • WWE Hall of Famer 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair joins Chris to discuss his legendary retirement match against Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 24.
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  • @CVVCLIPS
    @CVVCLIPS  ปีที่แล้ว +28

    WOOOOO! Hit that subscribe button and check out the full interview here: th-cam.com/video/leRfeTja9r4/w-d-xo.html

  • @wanderlustwarrior
    @wanderlustwarrior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    Ric: "It should be"
    Also Ric: "I'm gonna come out of retirement again."

    • @Bsmith806
      @Bsmith806 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think it may be the case he feels as though every match he’s had since hasn’t came close to that one, he wants to go out with a bang, and he wishes he did then

  • @NCO1426
    @NCO1426 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    He should’ve left that as his last match

    • @jaydenlawrence8393
      @jaydenlawrence8393 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah, but that's how it is. It's hard to let go of something you love so much

    • @yourfavoriteentertainment
      @yourfavoriteentertainment ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ​@@jaydenlawrence8393Are you talking about money? He came to TNA because of money.

    • @bpolovich9398
      @bpolovich9398 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@yourfavoriteentertainmentobviously, he should've ended his career with the Shawn match. But as he has discussed many times previously, he needed the money

    • @raybanvleet
      @raybanvleet ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He shouldn’t have got away with sexually assaulting as many woman as his age 😂 what’s your point

    • @jaydenlawrence8393
      @jaydenlawrence8393 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yourfavoriteentertainment I don't know about that situation. But you can't deny he loves wrestling with a passion

  • @templeos2954
    @templeos2954 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Crazy that Shawn called that on the fly, ric and Shawn two goats 🐐

    • @slabbyfatback2272
      @slabbyfatback2272 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't-Flair goes the extra mile to make his opponents/friends look better than himself. They all love him for it. If u actually watched that match u seen Flair guiding Michaels several times in that match.

    • @juztmypov
      @juztmypov ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​​@@slabbyfatback2272yeah, we don't believe someone who was in the match, but rather we are supposed to believe someone who watched the match on television..

    • @slabbyfatback2272
      @slabbyfatback2272 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@juztmypov U r entitled to your own opinion of course-Just rewatch it. U now know what to look for. Look and u will see. It's pretty obvious

  • @bobbyt6360
    @bobbyt6360 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I've watched that match dozens of times, and actually again just 10 minutes ago. And yes, it brings a tear to my eye every single time. Imho, one of the best, most emotion filled WrestleMania matches of all time!

  • @jaybou007
    @jaybou007 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Con: Flair didn’t leave after his match against HBK.
    Pro: We got that ludicrous and crazy segment with Jay Lethal afterwards.
    You lose some, you gain some.

    • @bcube.
      @bcube. ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wooooooooooooooooooooooo

    • @morningstar577
      @morningstar577 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It looks like the Horse took a dump in the ring and left THAT! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Bears86SB
      @Bears86SB ปีที่แล้ว

      Jay lethal is Ripoff artist

    • @jimbo_1312
      @jimbo_1312 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@Bears86SBripping off gimmicks is the least of his crimes.

    • @Phyrre56
      @Phyrre56 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Did I...Hear...that punk right there say anythingggg...about the FOUR HORSEMEN?? The Greatest...Group...of MEN...to have ever graced...God's...grrrreen Earth"

  • @ImmortalMathias
    @ImmortalMathias ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I remember my amazement as I watched that match.
    It was a masterpiece.

  • @vegasviking86
    @vegasviking86 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    At the end of the interview, Chris should've looked over and said "Hey Rick..." and given him the "let's speed it up" hand signal 😂

  • @Wglass90
    @Wglass90 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Flair vs Michaels at WrestleMania 24 is the only match that made me cry as a fan. They really made me believe at that time that it would be Ric Flair's last match ever. I was only 17 years old at the time, but I felt so stupid afterwards when he continued wrestling.

    • @Maverick512000
      @Maverick512000 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As far as WWE is concerned, that was his last match. Reason being doctors were telling Vince that Flair would basically die in the ring if he kept going like he was. So Vince gave him one last run and let him pick his final opponent. Flair had said years earlier befire WM24 that he wanted his last match to be against Hunter or Shawn.

    • @MichaelMyers-pj2uk
      @MichaelMyers-pj2uk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Maverick512000 exactly it was his last WWE match. I don’t get why people cry that he continued to wrestle. It’s actually amazing that he can perform in he ring at his age

    • @cngotham4111
      @cngotham4111 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@MichaelMyers-pj2ukpreform is a strong word to use lol

    • @beardown2489
      @beardown2489 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MichaelMyers-pj2ukperform is a pretty bold word for what Flair has done in the ring over the last decade

    • @MichaelMyers-pj2uk
      @MichaelMyers-pj2uk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@beardown2489 done more that what we may ever do….

  • @slabbyfatback2272
    @slabbyfatback2272 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Even in his interviews he goes the extra mile to make his opponents look good!! U could see Flair telling Michaels what to do several times in that match, guiding him. That's why they all love him, he always tries to make them look better than himself. The GOAT!

    • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
      @ModernDayRenaissanceMan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Talking doesn't always mean calling a spot. Sometimes you're asking a question. I wrestled for 4 years. We say a lot of crap in that ring

    • @ElijahHighsmith-s7i
      @ElijahHighsmith-s7i 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ModernDayRenaissanceManyou ever just had a conversation while you wrestled? Like “what you eatin after this?”

  • @MrHarris73
    @MrHarris73 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    When Lillian Garcia announced Ric Flair out to the ring for that match, I felt it in my soul. She put everything she had into that announcement.

    • @kc4276
      @kc4276 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lillian is the goat

  • @ThatGuyManny_V
    @ThatGuyManny_V ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That last moment of the match was the best ever! It’ll never be topped.

  • @tthomaselli2
    @tthomaselli2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As far as I'm concerned, Ric Flair's match with Shawn Michaels from 'WWE WrestleMania 24' is technically considered to be Ric Flair's final match--in both pro wrestling & WWE, respectively.
    What all he did in his 2½-year stint with TNA, however as far as in-ring work is another story, though...

  • @TheRoyalHour
    @TheRoyalHour 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Shawn Michaels is the best there ever was. Looking back at that match,Flair could still go. But,it would have been better if that was his actual retirement match. Everything that happened after is a negative contribution to his legacy

  • @marveen6372
    @marveen6372 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Shows the greatness of Shawn Michael

  • @BrianHallmond
    @BrianHallmond 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It was a good send off for his WWE run at least ❤

  • @EliDrake1507
    @EliDrake1507 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    To everyone sayin he should have just quit, if ric left it at that we wouldn’t have the jay lethal segment.

    • @HTYM
      @HTYM ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point. 👍

    • @ricksmith2127
      @ricksmith2127 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The what?

    • @thepunisherclub6442
      @thepunisherclub6442 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Actually, it probably would've still happened, just not the match. (If TNA signed Ric Flair like they did in real life, they could've just have him be a GM in TNA, or a manager there. Heck, even the on screen "Network executive" like they did with Mick Foley before)

    • @bpolovich9398
      @bpolovich9398 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Could've had that regardless if he didn't actually WRESTLE a match again

    • @bpolovich9398
      @bpolovich9398 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@ricksmith2127lol

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Flair comes back now in AEW & tags with Sting & Darby as the Sting, Fling, & Wing express.

  • @MrTrueCaller619
    @MrTrueCaller619 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Unbelievable fun fact : Ric Flair is the last Evolution member to compete in a wrestling match .

    • @8Bitorbust
      @8Bitorbust ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No way! Even Randy?...... Holy ****!!! I guess so. That's insane.

    • @CVVCLIPS
      @CVVCLIPS  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I brought that up to him during this interview

    • @8Bitorbust
      @8Bitorbust ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CVVCLIPS That's so mind blowing. What are the odds?

    • @devonjones5200
      @devonjones5200 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Randy will return eventually

    • @ash80510
      @ash80510 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@devonjones5200 not looking good physically

  • @cloudydaze7447
    @cloudydaze7447 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That’s why HBK still orchestrates matches today, his knowledge of the business was praised by Vince and Triple H both saying they learned from him

  • @kc4276
    @kc4276 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Ric.
    Shawn, however, is the GOAT in my eyes. He literally had the Match of the Year till the day he officially retired. The man had an unfair God given advantage in the ring. The greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots.

  • @Jwjmcc
    @Jwjmcc ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If flair had saved all the cash it would have been his last match

  • @iijasonbrody978
    @iijasonbrody978 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This match was great, it's a shame that ric joined TNA after a couple of years where he was sloppy and embarrassing to watch...

    • @bpolovich9398
      @bpolovich9398 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol.... "the TNA"
      What are you.. Bret?!

    • @iijasonbrody978
      @iijasonbrody978 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bpolovich9398 Wait what you mean? He was in the TNA back then, ik it's called impact wrestling now.

    • @bpolovich9398
      @bpolovich9398 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@iijasonbrody978 TNA is just TNA.. as opposed to "the TNA"
      LOL
      It's a joke, because Bret Hart used to refer to WCW as "the WCW"
      There's other examples, but that's the most prominent one.
      But yeah, that's all.

    • @iijasonbrody978
      @iijasonbrody978 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bpolovich9398 Ohhh yes my bad, thank you I'll correct my comment. Cheers mate. 🤝🏻

    • @bpolovich9398
      @bpolovich9398 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@iijasonbrody978 Lol! No need to correct, my friend.
      Cheers!!!

  • @dceasedbrickfan74
    @dceasedbrickfan74 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He’s going to pull a Randy “The Ram” moment…

  • @phillipjfry10
    @phillipjfry10 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that was a 5 star match no question. i love both superstars man, but i hate how all good things come to an end

  • @ocsjc13
    @ocsjc13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact everyone said he said I love u😂😂😂

  • @lebronakon2324
    @lebronakon2324 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Flair wants one more match but agrees that shouldve been his last 😂

  • @bigboss4178
    @bigboss4178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good job Chris

  • @Beepbopboh
    @Beepbopboh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shaun was the man .

    • @reniisgod
      @reniisgod 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Prick don’t you mean

  • @mac888spectral7
    @mac888spectral7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When did Tarek El Moussa start interviewing wrestlers?

  • @Stranzua
    @Stranzua 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did Flair ever finish that retirement speech? Sounds like an opportunity for a great TH-cam video.

  • @Jblizzybaby
    @Jblizzybaby ปีที่แล้ว

    Leave the memories alone

  • @EmotionsToBurn-mi8fv
    @EmotionsToBurn-mi8fv ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shawn Michaels carried this bum in that match 100% hbk is the goat

  • @TripleR250
    @TripleR250 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know I kinda liked Flair vs Hogan in TNA after that match but certainly should have been his last WWE match.

  • @FrankC71
    @FrankC71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Van Vader should have been Flair's last match, he would be a Bigger Legend and an Announcer or Figure Head, But Flair could not walk away

    • @areallg17
      @areallg17 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After he beat him ?

  • @BENEKEALUMINIUMINTERIOR
    @BENEKEALUMINIUMINTERIOR 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ric wearing two ⌚

  • @T.Hizzle
    @T.Hizzle ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watched it live. he should have kept it his last match.

  • @FrankC71
    @FrankC71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tear to the eye? What a HMO

  • @secularbelt
    @secularbelt ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m never wrestling again…
    I’m never drinking again…
    At least he doesn’t lie as much as hogan

    • @areallg17
      @areallg17 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When did he say he's never drinking again? He drinks a lot daily

  • @astralnight3493
    @astralnight3493 ปีที่แล้ว

    never would have had the woo off on impact if that was really his last match though

  • @master-of-mind5881
    @master-of-mind5881 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did flair just admit that should have been his last match? 😂😂😂

  • @dylanrea6728
    @dylanrea6728 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shawn called the whole thing, Flair didn’t say anything because Shawn is that good.

  • @mexiwolf009
    @mexiwolf009 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man wouldn’t have been nice of Ric Flair began to cry at this moment.

  • @duccedoffdre
    @duccedoffdre 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dat boa ric got dat ice on🤣

  • @wesmyone9562
    @wesmyone9562 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was perfect, as he said, yet, he still kept wrestling afterwards🤷🏿‍♂️

    • @areallg17
      @areallg17 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cocaines a helluva drug. And it's expensive

  • @omerta316
    @omerta316 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ric would say anything and not mean it later

  • @harleyjackson3708
    @harleyjackson3708 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Flair can tend to contradict himself. I'm retired, but I still have matches. Energy is natural, but buy my 30 dollar energy drink. Don't smoke pot but also buy my pot and smoke it. Don't be out of shape but by all means eat as many Woo Wings as possible. Watch your health but drink like a fish. Shout WOO, but also, try and keep your voice down around me in public places. He's a complicated man.

  • @KJShinra
    @KJShinra 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If only it was actually his last match.

  • @chuckgroesbeck8871
    @chuckgroesbeck8871 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He never should have came back after that

  • @Bears86SB
    @Bears86SB ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish he would've retired for real after this match

  • @fuzzluvver69
    @fuzzluvver69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To those saying that Flair should never have wrestled again - I agree, to an extent. BUT, I'm perhaps one of the few that isn't bothered by a wrestler having the odd match after a 'career ending' match. It's an easy plot device to get around, and here is the narrative:
    A wrestling 'career' should ALWAYS (no exceptions) be about striving to win matches to move up the ranks and win titles. A 'fight' or a 'match' held in isolation, where the fighter has no intention of long-term chasing of a championship is not a career, it's just a fight, and you don't need to have a career to just have a fight because you 'hate' someone else (kayfabe). It would only be stepping back into a career if trying to get in line for a championship.
    That's my opinion anyway.

    • @runpullfourskinz6796
      @runpullfourskinz6796 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's pretty much what they did with KO vs Stone Cold and that's one of the better matches in recent memory.

  • @pictureofmyjunk2279
    @pictureofmyjunk2279 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It should have been last match, but life stepped in and he needed $.

  • @bloodsling
    @bloodsling ปีที่แล้ว

    it was an amazing moment,a little sullied because he kept wrestling..ah well.

  • @jedsithor
    @jedsithor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And he NEVER wrestled again...

  • @DominicDeNaro2284
    @DominicDeNaro2284 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And went to TNA to bleed all over the place for 500 bucks

  • @BALDJIMI
    @BALDJIMI 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ankles

  • @dr.fitprofessor1970
    @dr.fitprofessor1970 ปีที่แล้ว

    HBK and Ric flair a romantic moment? Come on, let's not get those rumors started again. LOL

  • @NycLogics
    @NycLogics ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It doesn’t have the same effect anymore to me. Great match yes. But emotional no. He went to TNA then had that last match which is horrendous. Should have left sat WM 24

  • @smiss5769
    @smiss5769 หลายเดือนก่อน

    no sound#

  • @kman215
    @kman215 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let's pretend TNA never happened

  • @Trumpisgod
    @Trumpisgod ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He should keep wrestling. He can still go.

  • @stedarkside1529
    @stedarkside1529 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He should've retired in 1996 before the nWo started!!!

    • @Wglass90
      @Wglass90 ปีที่แล้ว

      I disagree, because we would've never gotten that entertaining nWo vs Horsemen feud from '97 which was great. Flair was older, but he still had a lot in the tank in the late 90s and was just as entertaining as he was in the 80s if not more.

    • @bigolebot
      @bigolebot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wglass90 lol no, Flair was past his peak by then.

  • @terrybeseick8177
    @terrybeseick8177 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please retire naitch for good dont want see him ruin his legacy by going on too long only ever be one WOOO like undertakers gong everyone knows it even if u dont watch wrestling iconic WOOO

  • @Ozzys-World03
    @Ozzys-World03 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does he ever stop crying 😂😂😂😂

  • @Karl.Leiserbach
    @Karl.Leiserbach ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ric Flair vs Jay Lethal was a better match

  • @bradgaines
    @bradgaines ปีที่แล้ว

    Ya'll trippin'. His final match in Nashville was much better than his Wrestlemania match with Shawn.

    • @ash80510
      @ash80510 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You joking right?

  • @CarlyDayDay
    @CarlyDayDay ปีที่แล้ว

    I, honestly, hated that match. Who begs somebody to kick them in the face? I ain't into that romantic stuff.

  • @TheDanielShepherd
    @TheDanielShepherd ปีที่แล้ว

    And then he went and spoilt it all by doing something stupid like T, N, A.