AEW Star Responds To Harsh Criticism From WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair

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Two-time WWE Hall of Famer "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair recently took to his "To Be The Man" podcast to discuss a variety of topics such as the matchup between Bryan Danielson and Konosuke Takeshita on the January 11 episode of AEW Dynamite and how Takeshita’s knife-edge chops was just bulls**t as it could not even break an egg.

Ric Flair said:

“I’ll give you an example of what I thought was just literal bulls**t.” “The Japanese young man that was chopping Danielson on his knees the other night. Come on, those chops couldn’t have broken an egg. If you’re gonna chop somebody, God damn it, hit them hard. It’s not gonna hurt you.”

Ric Flair also discussed how the spot with Bryan was embarrassing and how Takeshita would have gotten the sh*t slapped out of him in the 1980s in Japan.

Ric Flair said:

“Daniel was on his knees.” “And the guy was going, ‘Yah.’ I mean, give me a break. It’s embarrassing. In Japan, in the 80s, that Japanese kid would have got the sh*t slapped out of him just walking back into the locker room door. If you’re gonna hit someone like that, and you’re trying to get the crowd to go ‘Wooo!’ or react, you’ve gotta hit ’em hard.”

Takeshita didn't take the two-time WWE Hall of Famer's comments lightly as he took to his Twitter and responded to the harsh criticism. Takeshita said he has the utmost respect for Ric Flair and he needs to practice chopping a lot as he didn't do much of it in Japan. Takeshita then thanked The Nature Boy for his advice and said he would like Flair to teach him how to chop if possible. As of this writing, Ric Flair has yet to respond to Takeshita.

You can check out WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair's full comments at this link, along with the footage of the chop and the tweet from Takeshita below. H/T to WrestlingHeadlines for transcribing the above quotes.