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Ric Flair mini-bio:
Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949) better known by his ring name, Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is one of the most well known professional wrestlers in the world.
Flair is recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion (8-time NWA Champion, 6-time WCW Champion, and 2-time WWE Champion) although his actual tally of World Championship reigns varies by source. In World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he also had two stints as a booker—from 1989 to 1990 and again in 1994.
Flair also won the 1992 Royal Rumble and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. Flair ended his 36-year in-ring career in 2008 at WrestleMania XXIV.
Richard Morgan Fliehr isn't what you'd expect from a professional wrestler. A medical student at Minnesota University (his father was a doctor, his mother an actress), Flair dropped out college to train for the mat wars under legendary former AWA World champ Verne Gagne. He made his professional wrestling debut on December 10, 1972, wrestling "Scrap Iron" George Gadaski (real name: John Kosti) to a ten minute draw in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
After spending the first few months of his career with Gagne's Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club (which used the brand name "American Wrestling Association"), Flair moved on to Charlotte, North Carolina where he became a regular for Jim Crockett Promotions (a member of the worldwide sanctioning body known as the National Wrestling Alliance) under the direction of matchmaker (wrestling terminology for writer) George Scott.
In 1981, he captured his first NWA World title (he would hold that belt officially nine other times). Later on, he would work for both World Championship Wrestling (a company formed by Ted Turner after buying the wrestling assets of JCP) and Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment.
He has been officially recognized as a World champion (an honor which generally signifies that a wrestler is the top attraction in any given company) 21 times, garnering recognition from the NWA, WWE, and WCW (as well as the WCW spin-off group WCWI, or World Championship Wrestling International). He is the only man in wrestling history to hold all four versions of the title.
Flair's son David is a semi-retired professional wrestler. Flair's youngest son Reid, who signed a developmental contract with WWE near the end of 2007, is an accomplished high school wrestler and made several appearances on WCW television along with his sister Ashley and half-sister Megan.
In 2004, Flair became a grandfather at the age of 55, when his eldest daughter, Megan Fliehr-Ketzner, gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Morgan Lee Ketzner on May 9.
On May 27, 2006, Ric married his third wife, fitness competitor Tiffany VanDemark.
On August 7, 2008, Tiffany announced that she had filed for divorce from Flair.
A month later, Flair's daughter Ashley was arrested on September 5, 2008 for assaulting a police officer. The incident occurred after police were called to a fight involving Flair, Ashley, and her boyfriend.
On November 11, 2009, Flair married his fourth wife, Jackie, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Flair and his new bride will celebrate their honeymoon later this month when Jackie accompanies Flair to Australia for his matches with Hulk Hogan.
| VITAL STATS | | Eye color:blue | | Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) | Nickname(s):The Nature Boy
The REAL World's Champion
Slick Ric
The Greatest Wrestler Of All Time
The Dirtiest Player in the Game
Naitch
"Slick" Ric | | Notable feature(s):peroxide bleached hair | Education: Port Barre High School,Wayland Academy
A medical student at Minnesota University | Family:adoptive parents
wife Jackie
children Meegan, David, Ashley and Reid. | | Resides in: Lives in Tega Kay, South Carolina | | Religious affiliations: | | Political affiliation:republican | | Personal interests/hobbies:wrestling, | | Charities/Causes: | Other:He 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.
He 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. | | |
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