While it comes across as an ongoing war between Ric Flair and the WWE with how Ric’s called out various aspect of the company, this one feels more like his honest opinions mixed with helpful insight.
He wasted little time on the Ric Flair Whooooo Nation Uncensored podcast in criticizing and offering a better alternative to how Seth Rollins responded to the press after a fan attacked him.
He then shifted talk to the toughness of second generation wrestlers and praised Charlotte Flair, Roman, Reigns, the Usos, and others by name.
In the process, his comments could be construed as him burying Rollins but we don’t think that’s true.
Born tough
Hulk Hogan once said wrestling is where entertainers pretend to be tough guys, and that may be true as they’re not really beating on each other.
But they’re still taking bumps and other shots that push one’s toughness, not to mention injuries that often happen they wrestle through.
It takes a tough mentality to get through that and the road weariness. Ric touched on that on his podcast. Special thanks to @wrestlefeed.app for the transcription.
“You got to be tough to be in this business, period,” he said. “Even today, these kids are tough. I’ll tell you right now and I can’t help but bring her in, [Charlotte] can kick anybody’s ass.
“Second-generation kids are taught to be tough. Roman Reigns, The Usos, that’s why I’m such a fan of kids that had to really be tough to just survive in life.
“If you’ve been a real athlete and really competed at a top-level, you’re tough. You’re mentally tough. You’re physically tough. You are honed and trained to be — I mean, if that same thing had happened to Ashley (Charlotte Flair’s real name), hypothetically, I don’t know if that guy could have taken Ashley down. She’s tough, man.
“You don’t think Tamina’s tough, or Nia Jax, or, Nattie Neidhart, are you kidding me? They come up in families where you had to be tough.”
Stirring something up?
It’s easy to read more into what’s being said than is meant to be, and we don’t think Ric meant any disrespect to Rollins. The point of second or even third generation wrestlers being tougher makes sense.
Like any athlete, they have to weather the storms to get where they want to go, but their family already knows what to expect and they’ll help them by making sure they’re ready.
The means may or may not justify the ending, but it can be argued they’re better prepared for what’s to come. Not to mention having to deal with accusations of getting where they are due to their family ties.
Getting through that is historically one of the toughest things to deal with.
Do you agree with Ric about second generation wrestlers? Let us know in the comments below.
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