Ric Flair
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NOW: Some fellow wrestlers have looked unfavorably upon Flair’s career from the 1990s onward. In 1998, wrestler and former WCW colleague Stone Cold Steve Austin said that Flair had reached the “time to hang it up”, having not been great for a “long time”. He nevertheless continued to wrestle until retiring in 2008, at age 59.
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Flair would return to the (again) ring in 2009 and signed to wrestle for TNA the following year, breaking a vow to never again lace up his boots Today Flair is still an active participant in WWE storylines with his daughter Charlotte, but he also works as a brand ambassador. Wrestling is in his blood and it’s doubtful he will ever shy away from the attention.
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