Loss Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 He's supposedly a park ranger now and got out of wrestling voluntarily, which is probably a good move. He didn't have his father's talent and supposedly had a completely different personality (read: he was actually normal), so it's good he moved on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Good for him. He would always have been compared unfavourably to Ric, and the wrestling industry isn't really made for overly normal people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricR Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I cannot think of one wrestler who he *would* be compared to favorably. He's the most unnatural wrestler I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 On Legends of WrestleMania on the network, he broke down crying talking about Reid when Cole asked about his family being there for the Michaels match. Super uncomfortable to watch and really, really bad ad-libbing on Cole's part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposer Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I agree. I blame Cole for that. It was awful watching that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 How the fuck does Cole lack the tact to ask that question? You've been with the company for how long now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Oh man… What the fuck was Cole thinking ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I'm watching it now, I think he was trying to link his family at WM to his daughter in NXT. As soon as Flair mentioned Reid you could kind of see the other three get a "oh fuck..." look on their faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrim Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Beyond the obvious, an all around rough Flair event to watch. He seemed sober, which actually just made him seem deeply, deeply sad. Also (Unintentionally, I Hope?) took a pretty nasty swipe at Foley with "You overstayed your welcome." You can see Foley is pretty flummoxed after he says it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I think Flair mispoke, although he clearly doesn't mind taking shots at people. It was also a little odd that he's still pointing out how weird garbage wrestler's are when he essentially became one the last six years of his career. They should only use him as a talking head for network shows where they can edit out stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 You would think they'd have learned their lesson after that video game press conference that led to J.R. leaving. I mean you let go of J.R. for essentially not being able to control Flair but keep Flair around and put him in the same situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I think Flair was intentionally being a dick to Foley - we've seen that before in past Legends of Wrestling roundtables - and I was really rooting for Mick to snap and put Ric in his place. But my heart did go out to the Nature Boy after he broke down and started crying. Â It also dawned on me while watching that Mick Foley never got a proper retirement - I realize injuries and circumstances played a part in that - but he deserved a much better send-off. Instead, he's been marginalized for the past several years. The best example I can think of is him being added to some Cena PPV match - one of many in that match - and treated as almost an afterthought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrim Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 You would think they'd have learned their lesson after that video game press conference that led to J.R. leaving. I mean you let go of J.R. for essentially not being able to control Flair but keep Flair around and put him in the same situations. Â I think JR's inappropriateness during that conference is under-remembered due to how bad Flair was. I don't think Flair was the only one who had a few too many, and I really don't have any sympathy for JR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I think JR's inappropriateness during that conference is under-remembered due to how bad Flair was. I don't think Flair was the only one who had a few too many, and I really don't have any sympathy for JR. Â Â J.R. claimed he wasn't drinking - he said any word-slurring and the like was because of his Bell's Palsy - and I'm inclined to believe him. After all, he doesn't have a history of inappropriate behavior and public intoxication - Flair does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 You would think they'd have learned their lesson after that video game press conference that led to J.R. leaving. I mean you let go of J.R. for essentially not being able to control Flair but keep Flair around and put him in the same situations. Its weird that despite all the dicking around that they've done, both legit and storylines, that JR never got the "untouchable" label that clearly Flair and Lawler have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 JR mentioned the libations going down in the first two minutes that he was at the podium. He seemed a bit "slow" during the debacle, rather than "buzzed" or "slurring". I dont doubt he was drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Farmer Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I don't doubt he was drinking either, but if you listen to his podcast his speaking voice has changed and at times appears to lose his train of thought. And he does slur his words to some degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrim Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yeah, I've been pretty disappointed with his hosting abilities on the podcast. He just feels so much less sharp than he did in years past. Always seems to have a few talking points and sticks with them no matter where the conversation goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 I just don't think a podcast is a good format for him. I don't think he really has a vibrant personality to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 His best role is "slightly grumpy member of Legends of Wrestling panel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Face Chicken Wing Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yeah, I'm close to deleting Ross's podcast from my feed. The first couple episodes were good because he would ask follow-up questions here and there, but now he talks more than the guest and it's always the same grouchy, get off my lawn stuff that doesn't provide any insight whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 I think Flair was intentionally being a dick to Foley - we've seen that before in past Legends of Wrestling roundtables - and I was really rooting for Mick to snap and put Ric in his place. But my heart did go out to the Nature Boy after he broke down and started crying. Â It also dawned on me while watching that Mick Foley never got a proper retirement - I realize injuries and circumstances played a part in that - but he deserved a much better send-off. Instead, he's been marginalized for the past several years. The best example I can think of is him being added to some Cena PPV match - one of many in that match - and treated as almost an afterthought. I didn't even get to Flair crying. He was just too much of a dick to Foley and I stopped watching. It's funny. I kind of think that if they let Flair out into the ring as a heel manager and paired him with someone, he'd be fine. I think he'd just channel what comes natural to him and he'd be vibrant and dynamic and probably have the time of his life. As a talking head, he's terrible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 As a manager he'd at least get to perform and sort of be Ric Flair. The talking head gig seems to be actually making Richard Fliehr more miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 You know I feel bad for Flair, Though he seems to be morphing into a modern day Fritz Von Erich. Fritz and Ric both have/had kids in the business. They both have lost a child/children to drugs. Fritz would say Mike was the best amateur of the brothers. Ric says Charolette is the best athlete in the Flair family. These statements are quite similar. It's just something to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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