WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently appeared on a special pop-up show with Conrad Thompson, where he revealed that he pulled Roman Reigns aside and talked to him as he was afraid he had lost the respect of the WWE Universal Champion due to a dispute with WWE in 2019.
Ric Flair said, “I was concerned that I had lost the respect of Roman Reigns.” “When that whole ‘The Man’ thing went upside down, I had to file the trademark and whatever transpired, it means nothing now. I walked right up to him and said ‘Hey, it means a lot to me.’ You want the kids to look forward to you coming, not here he comes again. Especially when you have a daughter that is at the most elite position she can be in. You don’t hear Bob Orton at home, and Bob was a huge star, complaining about anybody. Let bygones be bygones and let it go.”
Ric Flair then talked about this year's WrestleMania 37 Event and his thoughts on the PPV Event being as good as he had ever seen, especially with the feeling of a live crowd.
Ric Flair said, “I went the second night and it was great.” “I thought it was as good a WrestleMania as I had seen. All the matches were good, they didn’t have a bad match on the card either night. Some were better than others but they didn’t have a bad one. Everybody got to enjoy the feeling of a live crowd and above all else, everybody on Sunday night came out afterwards."
“I don’t mean Vince, Stephanie or Hunter, but I can assure you wherever they were in their suite or restaurant they rented, everybody celebrated. They made a statement and that went towards other events opening up. It wasn’t like they were rolling the dice, the SuperBowl they did it right but our WrestleMania, that show that the company put on, it blew the SuperBowl away if you’re looking for spectacular. WrestleMania was phenomenal and people got their money’s worth.”
Ric Flair then talked about his daughter, Charlotte Flair, and how she has maintained her spot on top of the WWE just like the other Four Horsewomen members and that nobody in the company can say that it is something they have achieved, with the exception of a few men.
Ric Flair said, “They didn’t start out low, they came in on top.” “They didn’t leave NXT and start on the bottom, they left NXT and started on top. To think she and Sasha and Becky and Bayley have been on top for six years. Six years on top? You know how many guys can say that? Randy Orton can say it, Roman can say it now, Seth can say it, AJ. It’s just a handful."
“To be there five or six years and be on top and not go back and be repackaged. When you don’t have to comeback repackaged and different music, to just comeback as just yourself, [Charlotte] will always be the queen. Sasha will always be the boss. You don’t understand how special that elite group is, there’s a lot of people that go in the Hall of Fame but there’s no mark for how long you can stay on top and how great that makes you just at a different level to be on top. In what is a very very very competitive situation.”
