WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently appeared as a special guest on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show podcast, where he talked about the most recent storyline he was put in involving Lacey Evans and his daughter, Charlotte Flair. Ric admitted that he wasn't comfortable with the storyline, but he would not want to argue with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, who said this storyline will get her noticed and get her over.
Ric Flair said, “In this instance, I didn’t [feel comfortable].” “The one thing I’ve learned is you’re not going to win a war when someone’s got their mind made up. She most definitely didn’t like it, but the one thing that I can say about me is I always said yes. I didn’t want to be that guy that was always going ‘Oh, that isn’t perfect for me.’"
“When that was all over, I was mad but now I just look back and say it wasn’t it. This was something that when I got to TV, Mr. McMahon wasn’t there to argue the point with and he had stuff going on, I don’t like to put the pressure on someone if I can’t talk to him. He just made up his mind, I think a lot of it was because [Lacey] was a marine. God only knows we cannot give enough back to the people that serve in the military and I think he wanted her to be successful and the way to get successful sometimes is to take two people that are doing really well and give them the rub.”
Ric then talked about Evans being a nice girl and all and how he wished her all the success, but this storyline wasn't for him and it is nothing personal. Ric also talked about how until this day McMahon still sees him as the 80's heel he once was.
Ric Flair said, “She’s a really nice girl and all that, but it didn’t fit this time.” “We made the best of it but ultimately, she’s pregnant with her husband now. It was never anything personal, I barely know her and her whole life is her husband and her daughter. I didn’t like that one, to him I’m always going to be the ‘kiss stealin’, wheelin’ dealin’, yanno what I mean? Which is great because he likes that."
“Even though he hated it when I used to say it, he used to say ‘80’s heels don’t draw!’ I’m on the dark match [one night and I complained and he said], ‘I don’t care, you lead by example around here, these people look up to you.’ You’re not going to win the argument because he’s smarter and he’s the boss. He may be the smartest guy I ever met. He never stops being the best.”
You can check out Ric Flair's comments in the video below:
