Ric Flair does not think he will wrestle in AEW.
Flair made his AEW debut last week as Tony Khan’s gift to Sting as he began his retirement tour.
Flair requested that Sting bring him along for the ride, and Sting being Sting, agreed to let Flair join in on his retirement tour towards AEW Revolution.
Now, it has been announced that Flair has signed a multi year deal with the promotion.
Speaking to Mike Johnson at PWInsider, Flair commented on the deal and if he intends to wrestle in All Elite Wrestling.
“I was excited. It’s been my life, I have no problem admitting that. Getting the opportunity to work with Tony is something I’ve thought about a couple of times. I’m at a point now where people are actually happy for me to be doing something that I enjoy so much. I think they recognize the positive contributions I’ve made for whatever company I work for. I don’t think anybody begrudges me going there from the WWE whatsoever. It’s not a personal issue. I’m doing what I like to do. I think I’ve earned that respect and I love Sting as human, a person, a performer. He’s one of the top three or four guys I’ve ever worked with. Tony Khan couldn’t be a nicer guy to work for,” he said.
When asked if he might wrestling in an AEW ring, Flair replied, “No, I don’t think I will. If you’re asking me if I want to? I have to be careful what I say because it never comes out (the right way). I just made it very clear to everybody that I can take bumps. I have a doctor’s release to do anything I want like that. Do I think I’ll wrestle again? No. Would I like to? Obviously. I’m never going to say no.”
Ric Flair
Flair was absent from this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
We will have to wait and see how frequent his appearances will be under this new deal.
H/T to Fightful for transcription
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