Ric Flair is considered the greatest professional wrestler of all time and there is a good reason for that as well. He is a 16 time World Champion according to WWE and only John Cena has been able to reach this mark and tie the Nature Boy. Just like Sachin Tendulkar is for cricket and he inspired all the young cricketers, Ric Flair inspired every wrestler that came after him as they all idolized him and wanted to be like him and be a professional wrestler. So, his legacy is not just limited to his in ring work but also the fact that he provided countless young wrestlers for WWE who went on to do incredible things in the business.
Ric Flair has had countless great wrestling Matches in his 40 year plus career and his list of WWE matches is legendary and he was able to do so much in the biggest wrestling company in the world and he made a lot of young WWE superstars by just being with them and teaching the tricks of the trade. So, let’s try to do the impossible by selecting his Top 5 Best WWE Matches.
1992 Royal Rumble
It is rare that a Royal Rumble match is considered one of the best matches in the career of a wrestler but that’s exactly what happened in the 1992 Royal Rumble match which is still considered the greatest Rumble match of all time and only Ric Flair could have pulled off the kind of performance he did in this match. He came in at number 3 and a lot of pressure was on him because people were doubting him whether he belongs in the big leagues or not and just by this one performance he made all those people eat their words and he wrestled the who’s who in that match and finally eliminated Sid to win the Royal Rumble match. This match is still the standard for all the future Royal Rumble matches to follow.
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Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 24)
If there was an award for the best farewell match then Ric Flair would be very high in that conversation because the match that he had at WrestleMania 24 against his star pupil in Shawn Michaels is still the standard for last Matches. Two all time great wrestlers going all out to give a legend a deserved farewell and Shawn Michaels carried Ric Flair to an amazing match and Ric Flair wanted to win at all costs but Shawn was not willing to retire his mentor. In the end the most famous last words by Shawn “I am Sorry, I love You “ and a sweet chin music for the pin and the career of Ric Flair was over. Perfection in every sense of the word.
Ric Flair vs Randy Savage (WrestleMania 8)
Ric Flair vs Randy Savage is a WrestleMania match that should have been the main event of the show and these two made sure that they had such a great match that no one could follow them in the show. The story leading into the match was awesome as it was Ric Flair who was showing he was dating Miss Elizabeth and these two incredible wrestlers put on a show at the biggest stage of them all and in the end Savage beat Flair with a roll up and win the title. One of the all time great wrestling Matches at WrestleMania.
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Ric Flair vs The Undertaker (WrestleMania 18)
This was a match that was very important and personal to Ric Flair because Before the match he was not sure about himself and he had lost the confidence that he was still a good professional wrestler so he asked The Undertaker if he would work with him at WrestleMania 18 and obviously The Undertaker who was a huge fan of Ric agreed and they put on a classic at WrestleMania 18. Undertaker went all out for Flair in this match and made sure that Ric Flair looked the best version of himself and Ric Flair to his credit worked a really good match and he was getting his confidence back as the match went along and in the end when Undertaker beat him, in the end it was Ric Flair who was the winner as he got his confidence back.
Ric Flair vs Mr Perfect (Raw 25th January 1993)
The last match on our list is a great one as it was a match and it was a match between two incredible wrestlers on the third ever episode of Raw and if was a story of a master and a pupil and these two put on a clinic and all the fans in New York City were in for a classic and these two had one of the best Raw matches in history and these two left it all there on the line and both of them were bigger stars after this match.
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