• One Of The Greatest Of All Time Celebrates His Birthday
One of the greatest Professional Wrestling Legends of all time, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair (Real name: Richard Fliehr) celebrates his birthday today.
The Nature Boy wrestled for several NWA territories during the 70s and 80s, but his official home promotion was always Jim Crockett Promotions (Mid-Atlantic area), which was sold to Ted Turner in late 1988, who renamed it World Championship Wrestling.
In 1991 Ric had a falling out with WCW president Jim Herd, which caused him to leave and jump ship to the World Wrestling Federation, where he had a very successful main event run, until he returned to WCW in February 1993.
Flair, who wrestled in 5 decades, from 1972 till 2011, is officially considered a 16 time World Heavyweight Champion, though not including several additional World Title wins.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008 by his good friend Triple H, and again in 2012 as part of the legendary 4 Horsemen.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIC FLAIR!
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• Old School Wrestling Veteran Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WCW/WWF Veteran Sean O’Haire.
Trained at WCW’s own Wrestling School, the WCW Power Plant, Sean had his televised debut on WCW TV in mid-2000 and soon became a member of the ‘Natural Born Thrillers’ stable.
When World Championship Wrestling was bought by Vince McMahon in 2001, so was O’Haire’s contract, thus he became a member of the WCW/ECW Alliance stable during the infamous Invasion storyline.
He left the WWE in 2004 and got into MMA, where he held a 4-2 record.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE
February 25, 1971 – September 8, 2014
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