Ric Flair: How Does Wrestling Not Have A Union? It Wasn’t Something I Wanted To Explore
Ric Flair is heralded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, thanks in part due to his work ethic when he was the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion.
Flair flaunted his lavish lifestyle when he was on top of the wrestling world, and he paved the way for some of the big money that wrestlers are making today.
Appearing on Games with Names, host Julian Edelman commented on wrestling doing big business and how Flair helped get the sport to its current level.
“They don’t see it like that. How do we not have a union? A multi-billion-dollar company. No union,” he said.
Asked why he thought a union never came to fruition, Flair replied, “Nobody wants to do it because they’ll just move on without you. They wanted me and Hogan to do it. Hulk called me and I said, ‘I’m not jumping out there. They’ll just replace me.’ Jesse Ventura drove me crazy. ‘Come on, come on.’ I go, ‘Jesse, so I give up the NWA World Championship, walk out. They’ll just put the belt on DiBiase or back to Harley.’ It just wasn’t something I wanted to explore, but I was certainly asked to do it a lot.”
Ventura has often commented on Hogan killing his plans for a union.
Hogan would later admit he did just that.
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