I've met Flair several times. Always gracious to the fans.

It's facinating listening to flair a guy who wrestled for 38 years. Flair got over by putting guys over, best there was at wrestling psychology

Flair's measure of a good guy is someone who can drink and party.

I love Ric Flair, he's one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time. For those of you that don't know, this is Ric's first shoot interview.

What is limited in wrestling? Someone who does 3 moves? At the end of the day, as a wrestler, you want to have a good match, but what is a good match? A match with about 10,000 spots with a roll up finish that gets no reaction at the end because the crowd are exhausted? Or a match with an awesome story which had the crowd sitting on the edge of their seats and a massive reaction at the end, but maybe one or two high spots that makes sense? Flair was a master at getting the crowd to react.

You don't have to second-guess yourself Ric even in the 90s you were still the man..... Woooooo

Royal Rumble 92.. when Flair won.. we celebrated for weeks!! We were so high.. 12 year old kids we were.. that was epic!! Flair is the best!!

I think Flair definitely has a 12-15 minute match in his back pocket whenever he wants, but there are the Steamboat matches, some work with Piper, Sting...that are different, and that he deserves credit for.

It makes me so happy to know that there are wrestling fans like you out there who actually understand and love wrestling to see that.

Respect guys, Flair made a career out of making other wrestlers look good.

Guess Who? Wahoo! Wahoo McDaniel. Thanks, Ric - he was one helluva football player

anyone who can wrestle and win a world championship with a broken back like flair did deserves respect, vidflesh....the man is a true hard worker in an era right now, where everyone is afraid of breaking a nail....so do everyone a favor and get a life

Wahoo was an incredible person /athlete. Would run a marathon at the drop of a hat to win a bet. A legit tough guy who did so much for wrestling.

Flair is one of the very few wrestlers I've seen actually tell the truth about Cena's "abilities".

You can hear Cena loudly calling spots in the ring lol

Awesome interview we love you nature boy God bless you, still climbing space mountain wooo

Flair definitely has a lot of class

Watch Flair vs Steamboat at Music City Showdown in Nashville from the late spring of 1989, watch Flair wrestle Harley Race at the first Starrcade from 1983, and watch Flair vs. Terry Funk from the fall of 1989 in Troy, New York on The Clash Of Champions where they had their "I Quit Match" and then tell me it's the same match all 3 times. BTW, he was famous for being a "60 minute man" but none of those three matches is a sixty minute match even though he wrestled many, many 60 minute matches.

It's nice to see a good, positive interview. Thanks.

Fantastic. I will be buying this no questions asked.

Ric Flair a Wrestling God; I'm such a mark for this dude....

he lost me at Texas Titans

When Flair talks i listen.

If there were a Mt. Rushmore of wrestling, the Nature Boy Rick Flair would sit front and center.

You got that right. I got a chance to meet him back in the late 70's...

Most of the "fans" like him, the main people who hate him are guys jealous because their girlfriends like him, and wannabe smarks who boo him because it was the cool thing to do 3 years ago.

What a legend! Love this guy

THE NATURE BOY WOOO HE'S ON FIRE LOL

Ric Flair is the greatest wrestler of all time. He had to work with a simple worf rame to make all the mediocre talent around him good. The matches with Rick Martel, Ricky Steamboat, Jack Veneno, Ron Garvin, and Carlos Colon, pure classics. The second best I saw, was Dory Funk Jr. Brett Heart was great as Tag team. Bruno Sammartino is on coach seat with Brett Heart.

Yup. Flair knew how to build a match. Flair and Dusty fights were the fights of legend.

Got to love Rick Flair! Just an Awesome Person!

Wahoo McDaniel was a specimen of a man!

Ric Flair must of wanted to keep the wwe door open saying cena's unselfish. As a person cena seems nice but the guys never puts over anyone clean and you can be sure he playing politics to be at the top for as long as he has.

He does bring up a very valid point, Cena is not the best worker but the guys a great performer. The same thing can be said of Hogan too. That's what just drives me nuts about most of us marks, most of us don't get that. lol

Woooo!!! enough said

you're so wrong. ric flair is a household name. even non wrestling fans know who he is. you can't say that about bret hart.

wow i cant believe he has done a sit down interview awesome

John cena's matches with Shawn are phenomenal

Actually this footage will not be on any of the four DVDs. We got that much great footage.

Cena could never be a technical wrestler even if he wanted to be... he is nothing special at all.

Flair was beaten up a week before the interview.

Is his black eye from the scrap he got into with his son-in-law?

This has to be the biggest shoot interview ever

All Flair cares about is if guys go out and drink and party. If they don't do that, Flair doesn't think they care about the business. Cena is solid, I think the problem that most fans have with him is that his character has not changed one bit in like 5 years or so now. It needs to change.

I already pre ordered this. I can't wait

Shawn was in the AWA long before WWE, the Undertaker was Mean Mark in the NWA, Triple H was in the Pacific Coast for a bit.

Rick looks like war veteran combat soldier.

Flair talks very well about Wrestling, You can tell he really knows his stuff. Not sure I agree with him on Cena but he makes a fair point. Bearing in mind this was 2008 I'd add Jericho to that list as an old school heel who could also have great matches. And though he was in TNA at that point I think Angle deserves to be talked about in that league. Maybe Kane too. I think WWE or someone should do a a DVD release on Wahoo McDaniel. I've not seen much of his stuff but always hear good things. Cornette was a big fan too.

@mrslash11 - My Ric Flair had an awesome match in the tokyo dome with Tatsumi Fujinami !

It's clearly not dead. Is it as big as it was in the late 90s?! No. But obviously the business is still going, and will continue to go.

Flair doesn't compliment too much but if he likes you, he isn't shy to admit it.

Rick Flair was the greatest wrestler of all time. Really respected among his peers

Ric's black eye is the result of losing a fight to his daughter's boyfriend.

To promote this video if you change the title to include Wahoo Cena you would have way more views....

Ok bud we get the point. I personally believe Savage was a better performer than Hogan also, but Hogan is and always will be a legend in wrestling, like it or not. I've made my point, you've made yours.

Austin was a fantastic technical wrestler before he had the pile driver incident with Owen Hart.

Give this man a gold metal....he gets it.

EVEN Flair respects Cena.That shows the difference of FANS and wrestlers opinions of themselves

I came in here wanting to find a good video my 11 year old and their "John Cena" backpack could laugh at and I found nothing.

6:50 xD!!!!! I can only imagine the 1970s When flair was at his peak !!!

he lives up to his name, hope he will hop by wwe someday to see the growth of the new gen, and oso mentor dem backstage hahas, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Yea it was Highspots

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I think I'll will too. I just hate when he puts his hand in the air and goes " you can't see me!".

Flair seems to always find the best in other wrestlers... even when he criticizes them, he's still sure to point out their strengths as well.

He, wasen't beaten up he got in a fight. He, gave as good as he got. WOOOO

Ric one of the best ever.

Flair Aged Horribly.

Ten years ago I would've said you're so right, he's not getting the reaction he's supposed to get. But, welcome to the 21st century kiddos. We are LONG passed the days of "heel" or "face". You can blame Austin and other "tweeners" for that and I for one am grateful. We live in a world where MARKS mean money, but SMARKS mean improving the quality of the product, which means MORE money. Cena gets a reaction, that's all he needs to do. "BOO" or "CHEER", it's a reaction and a that means money.

Bret was great but let's stop pretending he had all these different matches and Flair didn't. Ric, Bret and every other wrestler had moves and spots they liked and used in nearly every match. It's not a coincidence that the same people who make that criticism never were in the same position as Flair but the ones who were (Race, Steamboat) are his biggest fans.

Austin was huge for maybe 5 years, Hogan has been huge for 30 years.

is there more deleted stuff?? I mean I have this shoot but I can't get enough! The dvds are like 3 hours each but I still feel like they barely scratched the surface. He must have so many stories.

@RSXemperor Flair is right about Cena.Honestly WWE doesn't have that "star" that can draw big like the guys back in 70's,80's& 90's

rich got that shiner on his eye from a 90 year old lady. He kept shouting "Whooo!" at her and she couldn't take it anymore.

the reason everyone is hating on cena is because his character hasnt changed/evolved is years. i dont like the current direction wwe is gonig, but i think the pg-13 could work better if cena stepped it up a bit. hes very talented and i think he and wwe are too scared to try anything new with him. we need a new monday night war.... but not with tna

Recently I've been looking for segments where Ric talks about the von erichs, WCCW, Texas. Can't seem to find anything about his times there

what do you mean whoooo? that's ric flair. He's the greatest of all time. How do you not know who ric flair is? he's the guy that says WOOOOOO!!!! all the time.

@ShaneSites LOL! You called me a scrub! Oh man,THAT was funny. Hey,if you are a Cena mark that's your thing. I didn't mean to upset you.

Ric is so humble, who would have thought? I will always miss the coked out 80's interviews or more like rants. woooooooooooo!!!!!! Buy your N.C Ric Flair five dollar scratch offs!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Dude I meant to give your comment a thumbs up But i clicked the wrong button. whoopsie!

Don't get me wrong, i respect the hell out of Ric. I read his biography a few years back, very eventful life. I was just commenting on the black eye mainly.

I agree with Ric, Cena ain't the most talented Wrestler, but would WWE be the same today without John Cena.

Ric Flair FTW WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Look at the money, look at the gates, look at the merchandise. Austin, in particular, became a bigger mainstream star than Hogan.

Woooooooo!!!!!

whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo from el paso!

Sure there were other good wrestlers but hogan and flair took it to a different level!!

I love Cena. I wish he'd actually sell a move once in a while but he's got a certain charisma to him you find hard to replicate, especially in this day and age. Though he's no Rock, he oozes charisma. As for Flair. I love the guy to bits and there's no denying what he's done for the business, but I wish he'd retire now. Its getting painful seeing him tear himself up in the ring and I worry he's going to push past his limit. Awesome interview

@DoctorDelaware Lucky! I've only met him once, but I felt very fortunate for that opportunity.

what Ric mentioned about Cena is what's so frustrating as well... he's not the best worker(he's barely even mediocre when it comes to wrestling), but that is something that can be learned. It's a skill. The fact that he's still doing the same basic lame crap shows he doesn't WANT to be a better in-ring worker. He gets over with the 11 year olds and sells alot of merch, so oh well, let's lift some more weights. I have given up on US-based pro-wrestling(yes, I know there is some decent stuff going on on the indie scene)... the only wrestling I watch now is from Japan. Thank the godz for youtube/the internet.

Its the 4 disc one I have, but it's still not enough, Ha. yeah I agree he hols back about some things but there were so many subjects for him to talk about. Oh and what did he say about Owen?

There was a bidding war between a few companies for the services of a Flair shoot, which Highspots (obviously) ended up winning. I want to say t/o was $50,000 if memory serves me right, but don't quote me on that.

MRobert 21. I agree with you only on the aspect that, if this were the 70's or 80's, Cena might fair well. However, wrestling is not only a joke today, but Cena doesn't even try to wrestle. As long as kids buy his junk, that's all he cares. In the old days, he would have to perform much better.

The real! Worlds heavyweight champion.

Flair was a great wrestler. His problem was he didn't know when to let go and quit wrestling. He wrestled until he was 63 years. As he quit wrestling for WWE.com at age 62. And then wrestled for a few for TNA wrestling and then quit permantly from wrestling. I think we can all say Rick Flair was one of the best wrestlers around. And that there are others just as good as Rick Flair was including Bret Hart etc.

Luger paid his dues unlike some

The funny thing is Ric probably didn't have shit to say about HHH and Shawn before 2001 when he came to the WWE.

@RSXemperor WWE now reminds me of the the WWF in the mid-90s where the talent pool was really low. Where the "big draws" back then would of been mid carders in any other era.

@Shoooooooo81 If Flair were still wrestling right now, then I would agree with you. The established, old, respected guys of the industry are still valuable to the product at 60 years old so long as they're used properly. There is no greater endorsement to a young wrestler(from a spectator's perspective) than to have one of the big dogs in the industry at his corner. That's what the old guys should be used for.

Sorry, I meant successful "work", not shoot.