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Ric Flair Is Wrestling One Last Match For Glory, Not The Money

Ric Flair is gunning for glory in his final match.

Ric Flair announced earlier this year that he would be stepping into the ring one final time. We found out last week that it will be a tag team match, with Flair teaming with Andrade El Idolo to take on Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal this Sunday.

During an appearance on the Battleground Podcast, Conrad Thompson, the promoter of the event and Flair’s son-in-law, discussed some of the negative reactions to the legend’s return to the ring.

“Here’s the thing for me. As we’re recording this, The Rolling Stones are touring. Why? A lot of people who are against the idea of Ric wrestling say, ‘Oh, he must need the money.’ Y’all reckon Mick Jagger needs money? No, Ric could comfortably retire just on his Cameo earnings, much less, he is the highest autograph circuit rate of anyone. I know there was a big uproar recently about another star who’s in that business now, and people said, ‘Can you believe they charged that much?’ For Ric’s, it’s almost double. So he’s fine. This is more about the glory, and he wants to be on that stage and walk that aisle and be Ric Flair one last time. Given the fact that since he wrestled last, he lost his son, and he nearly lost his life, and man, what’s wrong with being Ric Flair one more time? I’m all for it, his doctor’s for it, he feels like he can do it, he’s comfortable, his doctor’s comfortable. Let’s go, man. We’re gonna have some fun July 31 at Ric Flair’s Last Match,”

Conrad Thompson On Battleground Podcast

Flair is set to return to the ring as part of the Starrcast V convention this weekend. Time will tell how it will go, but Conrad Thompson is expecting a fun match this weekend.

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