{"id":117369,"date":"2022-12-28T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T17:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=117369"},"modified":"2025-05-13T19:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T23:53:05","slug":"ric-flair-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/12\/28\/ric-flair-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Charmed Life: How Ric Flair Cheated Death to Live Out His Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WWE documentary, Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair, <\/em>made its debut on Peacock<\/a> this week, and it was certainly a captivating watch. While the story of the 16-time world champion has been told many times before, this one added a few extra layers to the onion. It touched on some aspects of Flair’s life that had not been thoroughly explored in former work-ups on his life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Life may be the keyword in the whole equation, as the man we know today as ‘Ric Flair’ has basically danced with danger since birth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slick Ric entered the world in 1949 as Fred Phillips, an orphan child from Memphis, Tennessee, who was given up for adoption and became a black market baby. In these times and conditions, many of the infant children were neglected or abused, and would sometimes become ill or even die. So, the future superstar dodged a bullet when he was adopted by Dr. Richard Fliehr and his wife, Kathleen. They gave the child all the love and care that he needed. Unbeknownst to them, they were also grooming greatness.<\/span><\/p>\n

After briefly attending the University of Minnesota, Flair would train with hard-nosed grappler Verne Gagne. He trained in the bitter cold in a huge barn, where he was put through ridiculous paces and nearly quit altogether. Upon finally getting his big break in the Carolinas, darkness would come knocking on his door once again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ric Flair\u2019s Plane Crash in 1975 Would Change Him, and the History of Professional Wrestling, Forever<\/h3>\n