Ric Flair Net Worth

April 2024 · 9 minute read
#Fact1On-air performer on "Raw is War" (1997) and still wrestling occasionally at age 54. [May 2003]2At Monday Night RAW saying his final goodbyes due to his loss to Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 24 on March 31, 2008. [March 2008]3Ric Flair & "Rowdy" Roddy Piper defeated Spirit Squad for the World Tag Team Championship at Cyber Sunday. [November 2006]4Lost his "Career Ending" match against Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania XXIV and is now officially retired from professional wrestling. [March 2008]5Is a member of the heel (bad guy) stable Evolution and at Armeggeddon 2003 he won only his second Tag Team Championship, with Batista. [December 2003]6Regained the Tag Team Titles on an episode of Raw this month again with Batista [April 2004]7Beat Carlito at Unforgiven to win his first Intercontinental Championship. [September 2005]8Inducted into the World Wide Entertainment Hall of Fame on March 29, 2008. [March 2008]9Will take part in the Road to Wrestlemania tournament to decide the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. [February 2006]10WWE Hall of Famer.11Is one of the few wrestlers to have never crossed over into Hollywood.12He stated in his autobiography that, although he is adopted, he is considers his adopted father to be his father and his adopted mother to be his mother. He also states he isn't bothered to find out who his biological parents are.13Supported Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in 2008.14Became a grandfather in 2004 when his eldest daughter, Megan Fliehr-Ketzner, gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Morgan Lee Ketzner on May 9.15Father-in-law of Carmel Macklin.16In 2006, Jack Nicholson expressed interest in inducting him into the WWE Hall of Fame, being his all time favorite wrestler.17Has four children: Megan, David, Reid and Ashley.18Flair returned to WCW in February 1993, and hosted a short-lived talk show in WCW called A Flair For The Gold as a compromise to work around a no-compete clause in his previous WWF contract.19Hotwired and joyrode a car when he was 15.20Went to boarding school.21Entered the 1992 'Royal Rumble' at #3, lasted over an hour, and ended up winning the vacant WWE Championship.22Submitted to 'Ricky Steamboat''s Double Arm Chicken Wing during a best of 3 falls match in 1989. It was the first time he submitted during a title match until, he lost the WWE Title when he submitted to 'Bret "The Hitman" Hart''s Sharpshooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World Title for the first time.23He was touted on WCW and NWA television as the cousin of 'Ole Anderson' and 'Arn Anderson', however in actuality none of the three men are related.24Founding member of the Four Horsemen along with 'Ole Anderson', 'Arn Anderson', 'Tully Blanchard', and their manager 'James J. Dillon'.25Lost the WWE Title when he submitted to 'Bret "The Hitman" Hart''s sharpshooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World title for the first time.26Has won and lost World Titles to 'Dusty Rhodes', 'Harley Race', 'Kerry Von Erich', 'Ron Garvin', 'Ricky Steamboat', 'Sting', 'Randy Savage', 'Bret Hart', 'Vader', 'Hulk Hogan', 'Rick Rude', 'Barry Windham', 'Diamond Dallas Page', and 'The Giant' ('Paul Wight')27Stated that the greatest wrestler he ever was defeated by was 'Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat'.28'Roddy Piper' was the best man at his wedding.29In 1984 40,000 fans packed Texas Stadium to see him wrestle 'Kerry Von Erich' at the 'David Von Erich Memorial' Parade of Champions, the 2nd largest live wrestling audience in U.S. history at the time.30Won his second WWE World Title by defeating 'Randy Savage'.31Has held the WWE Tag Team Championship (RAW) twice with Evolution member, 'Batista'.32He became the WWE InterContinental Champion for the first time ever in his long and illustrated career when he defeated 'Carlito' for the championship at Unforgiven 2005.33Was trained for Pro Wrestling in Minnesota by the legendary 'Verne Gagne'.34He became the WWE InterContinental Champion for the first time ever in his long and illustrated career when he defeated Carlito for the championship at Unforgiven 2005.35Former World Tag Team Champion.36Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006.37He is a 6 time PWI wrestler of the year (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992).38Daughter, Ashley, plays volleyball at Appalachian State University.39Was trained for Pro Wrestling in Minnesota by the legendary Verne Gagne40Stated in his Autobiography that Mick Foley would always be remembered as a "Glorified Stuntman".41Allowed Carlos Colón. to defeat him for the NWA Championship in Puerto Rico in order to prevent a riot. Later on, the title was returned to him.42He was adopted at the age of three weeks and while he mentions in his autobiography that his birth surname varies from Phillips to Demaree to Stewart on various documents, his birth first name appears to have been Fred.43Did an angle on WCW Monday Nitro which involved him having a heart attack on live television (the heart attack was, of course, scripted).44Notable Title Wins Include: Mid-Atlantic Tag Team titles with Rip Hawk; Mid-Atlantic TV title (2); NWA Tag Team Championship with Greg Valentine (2) NWA Tag Team Championship with Blackjack Mulligan; NWA United States title (5); Missouri Heavyweight title; NWA World Heavyweight Title (10); WWF Royal Rumble winner; WWF Federation Title (2); WCW World Title (8) WCW United States Title; WWE World Tag Team titles with Batista (2); WWE Intercontinental Championship45Recently published a autiobiography which has caught him a lot of heat for bashing Bret Hart and Mick Foley. He refers to Mick as no more than a "glorified stuntman" and said that he was ashamed to lose the WWF title to Bret because he is a terrible, repetitous wrestler. He also stated that Bret wasn't a draw like him and the other former champs were. Bret, in return, tore into Flair in a recent Calgary Sun column, and declared how he really felt.46Has held the WWE Tag Team Championship (RAW) twice with Evolution member, Batista.47His daughter Megan and son David Fliehr are children from his first marriage, his daughter Ashley Fliehr and son Reid Fliehr are children from his second marriage to Elizabeth Flair.48Briefly considered running for governor of North Carolina in 2000.49In 1984 40,000 fans packed Texas Stadium to see him wrestle Kerry Von Erich at the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions, the 2nd largest live wrestling audience in U.S. history at the time.50Roddy Piper was the best man at his wedding51Stated that the greatest wrestler he ever was defeated by was Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat52Has won and lost World Titles to Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race, Kerry Von Erich, Ron Garvin, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Vader, Hulk Hogan, Rick Rude, Barry Windham, Diamond Dallas Page, and The Giant (Paul Wight)53The only persone to win the WWF, NWA, and WCW World Championships.54The movie Class Action (1991) shows archive footage of him battling Sting in a wrestling match.55Cousin (at least in terms of wrestling storyline) of the Anderson family (Gene, Lars, Ole, and Arn). Also, the 'nephew' of wrestler Rip Hawk.56Was taken to court (along with fellow wrestler 'Wahoo McDaniel') in 1981 after the two wrestlers beat up several people in a bar fight.57Survived a plane crash in Wilmington, N.C., on Oct. 4, 1975. Suffered a broken back as a result and was told by doctors he would never wrestle again.58Sued the estate of the pilot who caused his 1975 plane crash and won.59Lost the WWF Title when he submitted to Bret "The Hitman" Hart's sharpshooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World title for the first time.60Lives in Tega Kay, South Carolina.61He was voted number two in People Online's Most Beautiful People in 1998. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf (from the Howard Stern Show) edged him out.62He was from WCW fired in 1998 for missing a match to attend an amateur wrestling tournament that son Reid was in. It started an online effort that included a boycott of WCW.63Has four children from two marriages. Oldest daughter Meegan (who's now married), David who also wrestles pro, Ashley who's an accomplished gymnast, and Reid.64Founding member of the "Four Horsemen" along with Ole Anderson, 'Arn Anderson', Tully Blanchard and their manager, James J. Dillon.65Considered a run for Governor of North Carolina but dropped out of the race when Jesse Ventura told Flair, a notorious partier, that the press would have a field day with his personal life.661975 Inside Wrestling Rookie of the Year.67He has been a world champion 21 times.6810 NWA World title reigns, 8 WCW World title reigns, 2 WWF World title reigns, 1 WCW International World title reign, 6 NWA/WCW US title reigns, 2 NWA World tag team title reigns, 3 Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight title reigns, 3 Mid-Atlantic tag team title reigns, 2 Mid-Atlantic Television title reigns, 1 Missisouri State Heavyweight title reign.691975 Wrestling Rookie of the Year.70He was touted on WCW and NWA television as the cousin of Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson, however in actuality none of the three men are related.71Ranked #2 in the "PWI 500" of the PWI Years (1979-1999) (Pro Wrestling Illustrated 20th Anniversary Special)72He was voted number 2 in People online's most beautiful people in 1998. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf beat him for it.73In April 1998, Eric Bischoff encouraged World Championship Wrestling into a lawsuit (for breach of contract) against him after a series of no-shows at events. He had been working without a contract since February and had refused to sign a new one, citing differences between the document and the terms he had previously agreed to work under. He later filed a suit of his own in response, but the matter was settled out of court - he returned to television in September 1998.74Entered the 1992 Royal Rumble at #3, lasted over an hour, and ended up winning the vacant WWF Championship.75Bills himself as a 16-time former World Champion, however different wrestling historians put the number at anywhere between 15 and 22, depending upon some officially unrecognized victories.76Submitted to Ricky Steamboat's Double Arm Chicken Wing during a best of 3 falls match in 1989. It was the first time he submitted during a title match until, he lost the WWF Title when he submitted to Bret "The Hitman" Hart's SharpShooter, which resulted in Hart winning the World Title for the first time.77Voted number 3 in a list of the "Best Wrestlers of the Century".78Won his second WWF World Title by defeating Randy Savage.79Children include Ashley Fliehr, David Fliehr and Reid Fliehr.80Ranked number 2 in a poll of 5 (non-WWF) wrestlers who should be in the WWF.81Recently won his record breaking 14th title82In 1997, (then) Minnesota governor, Arne Carlson declared a one-day 'Ric Flair Day' in the state. A year later, in 1998, Minneapolis mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton proclaimed a one-day 'Ric Flair Day' in the city.83On April 29, 1995, in North Korea, Ric Flair wrestled Antonio Inoki in a match attended by 190,000 people. The number is believed to be the highest ever to attend a professional wrestling card.84Member of the Millionaires' Club.

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