Ric Flair is a legendary figure in the world of professional wrestling, and this week his incredible story will be told when his 30 For 30 documentary premieres on ESPN.
Flair had to give up alcohol following his recent health scare, but he has some great stories from his heyday, and he recently shared some tales from his drinking adventures with The Undertaker with FanBuzz during the premiere for the 30 For 30 special.
“1991, flew from New York to Tokyo to wrestle one match. We roared all night long, then got on a plane. Slept three hours and flew to England for another match. Drank all night, then flew back to Chicago. I was sitting in first class, and when I work up, I was laying in coach with my arms across me like Rest in Peace an hour and a half after the plane landed. I missed my connection and the cleanup crew woke me up,” Flair said.
Flair then went on to share another story that involved him throwing his Rolex into a plate of spaghetti.
“(Another one) He and I and Harvey Grant and Curt Hennig started out again. That damn Jack Daniels. Next thing, I woke up in the morning with some alien (a woman) next to me. There were two aliens (two women) actually and I couldn’t find my Rolex. I woke her up and said ‘where’s my Rolex.’ She said, ‘You threw it in a plate of spaghetti at Sabatinos and said you had 11 of ‘em, no big deal.’”
Ric Flair has said in the past that he had lost his confidence after WCW closed and he returned to WWE, but it was his match at WrestleMania 18 with The Undertaker that helped restore the confidence that The Nature Boy is known for.
“I just came back at WrestleMania. We talked about it and got off the subject. Hunter came to me and said, 2004, Toronto, my self confidence was at an all-time low. It was a fight to get myself going. They kept putting me in situations where I had to perform, but I was a shell of myself. Hunter said Taker wants to work with you at WrestleMania. I said, I’m not ready for WrestleMania with the Undertaker, mentally. That’s what got me back in the saddle. We had a hell of a match. He got me up and running. He was going to give me the Last Ride, I hated that. I was a little heavy, and he said dammit and gave me the tombstone. I was never so happy to have been tombstones. It was outlawed, but he gave it to me.”
