Ric Flair Reveals Idea He Pitched For Sting’s Retirement Match That AEW Rejected

Sting was lucky enough to have a long career in the world of wrestling, but back in October of 2023 he announced to the world that he would be retiring at the 2024 AEW Revolution pay-per-view. Shortly after Ric Flair made his AEW debut and announced that he would be with Sting through his retirement. Sting and Darby Allin went on to defeat The Young Bucks at Revolution and Sting retired undefeated from AEW.

During a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, Ric Flair revealed that he pitched an idea that would have seen him turn heel during Sting’s retirement match.

“I gave them a finish to that match. They looked at me like I had seven different things….I don’t think Tony (Khan) knew that I was on blood thinners. I’ve been doing all that s**t for all these years. I’ve had that blood clot since 2012. Tony, if he asked me once, he asked me ten times, ‘Do not cut yourself.’

“What I wanted to do. I wanted those guys to have the same match, but at the end, instead of leaving my laying there like that, just keep me on the outside the whole time. At the end, as Sting is standing there and those guys are gone, I jump on Sting, boom, boom, boom, he does one big move to me, puts the scorpion (death lock) on me, and we go out the way we started 31 years ago. It would have blown the roof off the joint and it would have made me a heel so I had somewhere to go. It’s hard to get the people to get mad at me now.

“I haven’t heard back from them since. ‘Ric that’s a great idea. We’ll call you later on.’”

H/T Fightful