Talk:Ric Flair

message: At least twice Ric Flair has told a story where he was at an airport (on the runway) when it was raining, he had an umbrella with a metal spike on top, lightning hit it but bounced off and killed the man next to him. Google confirms that he has told the story, but I can't find proof that it is true.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 (talk) 22:23, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Struck by lightning"? 

message: Ric Flair is involved in the expansion for the popular 'Red Alert 3' videogame, playing a character in the cutscenes; is this worth noting?Wired News
15:47, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video Game Personality? 

message: Shouldn't something be added about Flair's backstage politics? Eg. his unwillingness to put anyone over, to pass the torch, his refusal to work with certain wrestlers? This article reads like a Flair fanzine.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.168.205 (talk) 09:36, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Backstage Politics 

message: This is hilarious. The "mighty" Ric got his butt kicked by his daughter's little boyfriend.  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,419901,00.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.99.238.21 (talk) 21:07, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, a 60 year old wrestler getting beaten up by a 22 year old in a car park brawl. How hilarious(!) Tony2Times (talk) 20:44, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beat up by daughter's 22 year old boyfriend 

message: Who else thinks the ridiculous "other signatures" list should be turned into prose and merged into the "Legacy" section? Nikki311 23:24, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 14:24, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Oh, God, yes. I've never seen that before... Don't know how I missed it. That's ridiculous. ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 19:23, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Other signatures" 

message: What about a section on Flair's power plays, creative control etc?! This prick has fucked up the careers of many many men. Fuck him!—Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs) 
Please calm down!! Please be civil!!!. WIkipedia is not a forum!!! Thanks a lot, Genius101   T. C.   20:56, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Power plays 

message: Shouldnt his induction into the NWA HOF be added into the opener?LifeStroke420 (talk) 16:41, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NWA 

message: All of Flair's reigns are listed under the member promotion he won the title in, except one. First, under Mid Atlantic/Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW someone put 6 times, it's actually 7:
1.Beat Harley Race at Starrcade 83
2.Beat Dusty Rhodes in 1986
3.Beat Ron Garvin in 1987
4.Beat Rick Steamboat in 1989
5.Beat Sting in 1991
6.Beat Tatsumi Fujinami in 1991. The match where Fujinami won was in New Japan. WCW consider Flair to still be WCW Champ via DQ. The NWA considered it a title change, so Fujinami was the new NWA World Champ, even if WWE doesn't recognize the switch. The rematch at SuperBrawl I was a WCW event 
7.Beat Barry Windham in 1993.
The other 3, the first was beating Dusty Rhodes in 1981. Was this a St. Louis or Central States show? The 1986 match against Dusty, was this a JCP or Central States show? It definitely was one of Bob Geigel's rings, but Crockett was running the area by then. To keep it simple I'll just list the 1986 win as being a JCP show. There was the match where Flair beat Kerry Von Erich on an All Japan show. This leaves the switches a few months before. Here's the story: Steve Rickard was the NWA member in New Zealand. His promotion was called All Star Pro Wrestling and he was an NWA member from 1972-2001. All the people that screamed that the NWA became WCW, there wouldn't be an NWA today if not for Steve Rickard. He was the one that had got together with WCW to bring about the NWA tournaments in 1992. Anyway, Flair & Race had a match in Wellington, New Zealand. The NWA didn't okay a title change, but Rickard did a switch anyways. Funny thing no one knew, Houston promoter Paul Boesch just happened to be in attendance. While Boesch is mistakingly called an NWA member (he left the NWA in the early 70's) he did remain in good terms with the Board. When he saw what happened, he tried to get in touch with the Board in the US. Problem is it took two days to get through to the US. By this point, Steve Rickard's brother Tony (who was the NWA member in Singapore) hosted another Flair-Race match in Kallang, Singapore two days after the switch in Wellington. By the time the NWA Board was told about what happened, the belt was back on Flair. They just ignored it until the early 90's. When Howard Brody was NWA President he was quoted as saying that the switch did take place, so why not recognize it. It's funny that Race calls himself an 8 time NWA World Champion and WWE sometimes call him a 7 time champ, sometimes they call him an 8 time champ, yet they refuse to acknowledge this switch in Flair's reigns   class="autosigned">—Preceding MrNWA4Life 08:17 17 March 2009
Whenever the NWA switched the World Title, the board would have to vote on it. If the board voted "no" then no switch took place. When the NWA was touring Oceania/Asia the local promoters put the situation to the board, who voted overwhelming AGAINST switching the belt. However, the NZ promoter basically went into business for himself, and had Race win. The NWA's immediate response was to annul/overturn the decision. Instead the local promoters ahd Flair win back the belt, and return to the US as champion. The NWA's decision was simply to ignore two unsanctioned title changes that the vast majority of wrestling fans had no idea had ever even happened. However the NWA of the post-WCW era(a completely different beast) decided to recognize these changes. Largely because one of the main movers and shakers of the post-1993 NWA was the same guy who had gone into business for himself back in 1984! To say that "They happened. Everyone knows they happened, so why not recognize them?" is ridiculous. What about the Flair-Colon switches? The Flair-Veneno switches? In the days when wrestling was territorial there were NUMEROUS "title changes" that were just for the local crowd. However the NWA NEVER recognized these, as they were invariably done against the express wishes of the NWA board who voted for all title changes etc. Since wrestling is a work, and is booked and written, what the bookers/writers/promoters say is what matters. If some people care so little about their employers and the business that they are in as to blatantly disregard the booking orders and plans, that is thier problem. The NWA NEVER sanctioned those changes, the board voted OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST those changes, and the NZ/Singapore promoters (2 brothers)had NO RIGHT to make them.So the NWA did the distinguished thing and just ignored them, as technically they never existed, as they were never truly NWA sanctioned matches as such.41.245.185.66 (talk) 09:14, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The NWA World Title switches in New Zealand & Singapore in 1984 

message: This does not need its own section IMO. It's pretty clear (based on the official statements) that he's not gonna be wrestling, it's nothing more than a deal for him to show up and sign autographs for fans. There is nothing about him wrestling or any other involvement. A 1 or 2 sentence mention in the retirement section is enough. TJ Spyke 23:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is he is involved in the tv show and seems to be a main figure here and there. He is set to appear at the next tapings in May.--WillC 04:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: How come it isn't mentioned at all anymore? Are we waiting to see what else he goes on to do? If Matt Hardy's one time appearance gets a mention then Flair's multiple appearances should as well. Tony2Times (talk) 20:44, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ring of Honor 

message: Don't get me wrong, I'm not ripping on Flair or anything, but shouldn't some of his behind the scene politicing of his career also be in here?  To me, this page seems to glorify Flair.  Flair did put a lot of people down with his booking influence in order to keep himself and his friends at the top.  I would do this myself, but there are some better authors that me around here.  Like I said, I'm not trying to rip the guy, but I think the controversies he created should also be noted on this page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.179.34 
That's just your opinion which I don't agree with, if every article on here had every possible claimed "controversy"
about someone it would just be a glorified gossip magazine.
(talk) 04:36, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's sort of covered in the Real Life Feuds section though maybe that should be retitled to make it clearer. Tony2Times (talk) 20:44, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy 

message: The article doesn't say why he chose that name --AW (talk) 03:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Flair, however, reached elite status when he began referring to himself as "The Nature Boy," which incited a 1978 feud with the original "Nature Boy," Buddy Rogers, who put Flair over in one encounter." Tony2Times (talk) 18:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but why did he choose "Nature Boy"? Why not something else? --AW (talk) 15:14, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: To spark a feud with Buddy Rogers, and then the name stuck. Like Cena's FU name was meant to mock Brock Lesnar's F5. Tony2Times (talk) 23:22, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, Flair was billed as the Nature Boy in JCP, as early as 1975. See Mid Atlantic Wrestling Gateway website for historical newspaper clippings and ads as evidence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.76.220.34 (talk) 19:48, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is he called Nature Boy? 

message: "Flair was born on February 25, 1949. Various places have been given for his birthplace.  In his autobiography Flair claims he was born in Memphis, Tennessee. In the opening chapter of his autobiography To Be the Man, titled "Black Market Baby," he notes that his birth name is given on different documents as Fred. At the time of his adoption, his father was completing a residency in gynecology in Detroit."
The above is (badly!) written as to assume the reader has prior knowledge of Flair being adopted. Since this came as news to me as a 43 year-old wrestling fan it is reasonable to assume the general public being equally ignorant in this respect. (Kmitch87 (talk) 09:25, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early life 

message: Could someone explain this? WWE's official policy is "16". Even if we take the NWA's claim of 10NWA titles(which is revisionism), the 2 WWE titles and the nonsensical idea that it's 8 WCW Tiles, that still "only" comes to 20. Where do the other 5 come from? 41.245.130.141 (talk) 15:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree that a better number is 20, not 25. However, the "8 WCW titles" idea is not nonsensical. It's the number you get by independently evaluating each match by the same standards as other WCW title changes. For example, in other WCW cases, when the belt is "held up" and then won back, it counts as a title change. You could certainly make a case for 22. There are the 20 you mention, plus the Jack Veneno title swap in Trinidad (which is not included in the NWA 10), plus the WCW International (if this is counted as a World Title) victory over Sting. The (high-end) totals would then be 11 NWA, 9 WCW, and 2 WWF, for a total of 22.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.76.220.34 (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some as high as 25? 

message: Weight: 330lbs ??????? Noway he was max 260lbs when he was a very young Wrestler, 230-245lbs the most of his career
Height: he´s about 5´10", maybe he lost height but his current height is not over 5´10".
Vince McMahon described him as 5´10" in the late eighties  —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Specialist66 (talk • contribs) 11:47, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Until Flair showed up in WWF McMahon would never have even said the word "Flair" in any public context, let alone guessed his height. Height and weight are taken from sources, you disagree then find a source. Darrenhusted (talk) 13:16, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height and weight 

message: 4He won the title for the third time in Kallang, Singapore. Records are unclear as to which promotion hosted the event.
What is this referring to, in the Titles section?  75.45.194.234 (talk) 13:06, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note 4 

message: "...although his actual tally of World Championship reigns varies by source". Surely his actual tally can only be one number, and some of those sources are thus quite simply bs?
:WCW recognised the WCWI as a world title, then it didn't. WCW recognised the NWA international changes, then it didn't, PWI recognise 20 world titles, then it didn't. WWF didn't acknowledge NWA titles (at one point Flair was only recognised in the WWF as a 2-timw world champion), then in WWE it recognised WCW, NWA and WWF titles but not WCWI or international changes. Due to kayfabe the actually amount varies by year and by organisation, such is the problem with professional wrestling. Darrenhusted (talk) 09:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Silly phrasing 

message: I corrected the first one, but there appears to be a great deal of years that have been changed to be 17XX or 18XX instead of 19XX or whatever is correct. Someone may need to go back and verify all the years as I am not 100% sure what they should be if it is more than just fixing the first two digits. Doconeill (talk) 01:31, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism - dates/years? 

message: How come the crash that nearly ended Flair's career isn't mentioned? TyVulpine (talk) 21:39, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plane Crash 

message: Can someone explain the Sr.title on his name?I don't understand.(MgTurtle (talk) 14:43, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sr.? 

message: Someone ought to write a section regarding this huge (politically and draw-wise)  match. 24.42.93.217 (talk) 00:28, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Match with Inoki in North Korea 

message: There was nothing wrong with the previous one, it was actually much clearer and better than the current.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.205.39 (talk) 18:49, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Clearer? Better?? I don't think so. The current picture is actually perfect. In my opinion. --79.224.127.202 (talk) 16:03, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the OP.  The picture change wasn't necessary.  If a photochange was completely necessary then there are plenty of better ones to chose from.  This new one isn't very clear and it is frankly gross in my opinion. LordMaldad2000 (talk) 18:57, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture change?

message: If anyone wants to take the time to go through it all, there's an enormous writeup on all of Flair's legal troubles here: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6891795/the-wrestler-real-life. Jstohler (talk) 21:49, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lots of Legal material 

message: So one paragraph states he "was still recognized as NWA World Champion until September 1991 when he signed with the WWF". Then straight away it says "he signed with the WWF in August 1991". Since neither is sourced, there's no way of knowing? Roodestorm (talk) 10:40, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose it could be made clearer but I believe he was recognised as NWA World Champion until September 1991, though he signed with the WWF in August. Tony2Times (talk) 10:46, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

text: I recently listened to an October 1991 wrestling radio show (because I'm that cool a dude) and can confirm what I said above seems to be true. The NWA were a seperate body from WCW, although WCW represented the only NWA territory worth talking about. Hence when Flair was WCW Champion, he was also NWA Champion but when he left for the WWF he was stripped of the WCW Championship. The NWA were not an exclusive type of company so they were reluctant to strip Flair of the NWA Championship until WCW's head Jim Herd reportedly bought votes on the NWA Board to have Flair stripped of the title and have them recognise the WCW Champion. Which was kind of petty since WCW left the NWA soon after. It's a very confusing case of affairs. Tony2Times (talk) 10:17, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signing with the WWF n 1991? 

message: Several websites are claiming he has quit TNA. I added it in on the page, but the sites are only minor websites, not major. Anybody else heard anything?--Mjs1991 (talk) 01:54, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: ProWrestling.Net is reporting that he has a lot of heat backstage, while PWTorch is reporting that he MIGHT be let go soon. I think a lot of other websites are jumping the gun as a) they want to make headlines regardless of authenticity or b) Alex Shelley's been let go and people may be assuming this is a mini cull. Tony2Times (talk) 09:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quit 

message: In a WWE DVD, Flair claimed that he got his trademark "Woo!" from Jerry Lee Lewis however, I used to own a WCW produced VHS that celebrated Flair's career at the 20-Year point (Ric Flair: Two Decades of Excellence); in that video, he talked about the influence football legend Joe Namath had on his in-ring persona. If you look at some of the films from Namath's career, you will  see that he sometimes wore his hair long and in a style similar to the one Flair would later wear; he wore mink coats, as did Flair and most telling of all, there is a shaving cream commercial that Namath did with Farrah Fawcett where they are exchanging "Woo!"s (or "Whew!"s). Flair's earlier acknowledgement of Namath's influence is a more reliable citation that the Lewis one.MARK VENTURE (talk) 04:43, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  JOE NAMATH INFLUENCE 

message: There's a couple of nicknames listed I'd question. 1) "Stylin' and Profilin'" wasn't a nickname, it was a catchphrase he used to describe his lifestyle. 2) "I-Da! Ba-loot!" Huh? I don't think I've ever heard that one before, does anyone have a reference for that? I plugged it into google, and all I got was this article. I'd recommend getting rid of both.HubcapD (talk) 05:59, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames 

message: The article states that Flair retired in 2008, which is what WWE lead fans to believe. But Flair continued to wrestle up until 2012. Should the article be updated to include this, or is it going based off of WWE's history? 46.31.201.181 (talk) 21:44, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Guesswork. I say leave it blank. 82.132.213.226 (talk) 03:51, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retirement - 2008 or 2012? 

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message: I mean I definitely wish he and Macho Man had main evented but as far as I know the last match was Hulk Hogan vs Sid.*Treker (talk) 17:16, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
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message: This bit was added by User:Dr J Alvarez who is blocked for being a sockpuppet.  While the sources they added in the Legacy section supporting this theory are solid and belong there, this does not belong in the lede.LM2000 (talk) 00:15, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tarnished legacy 

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message: So, I was talking with some relatives of mine who live in Indiana and they told me that Ric Flair had been kicked out of the local bar.  I googled it and read on sites like wrestlinginc.com stated that he was there for 5 minutes before being tossed for insulting a bartender. Several articles on other websites stated this wasn't the first time he's got into trouble. My question is, and I realize no one has updated this in a while, would the site I made reference to be considered a reliable source? If not, like my aunt told me before, all you'd need to do is google Ric Flair and the words Fort Wayne and it'll give you results for details of the incident. Also, after perusing the wrestlinginc site's article I noticed it does have one bad word. But, that curse word is what the website claims Ric Flair shouted at the employee. Needs2learnmore(talk) 08:27, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're going to add this, please use the source from Pro Wrestling Sheet, since Wrestling Inc. is not reliable per WP:PW/RS. Nickag989talk 09:04, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

text: So, I'm not really completely certain as to how to add that citation to the article. While it is a current event, would it be allowed by Wikipedia to add current ongoing legal issues even though a bunch of websites have made news articles about it?Needs2learnmore(talk) 09:43, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Copy and paste this, without going to edit mode: Nickag989talk 11:57, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

text: Yes. Nickag989talk 19:19, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

text: I've crossed all my comments above, because even if this is sourced, it's WP:NOTNEWS. Nickag989talk 20:14, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest legal issue 

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message: User WarMachineWildThing has twice reverted a triple-sourced information about Flair's adoption. He's also sent me the templates saying the edit is unreferenced (clearly not), potentially defamatory (it isn't), in violation of Wikipedia policy, and could get me blocked.  The last one is partially true, as WarMachine simultaneously blocked me from responding directly on his talk page.
Ric Flair himself discusses the facts about his childhood abduction and adoption in his autobiography (this is mentioned in the following references), but as I do not have Flair's book I cannot cite it as a source with the appropriate page number.
This is the triple-ref'd but reverted edit.  It also links to Georgia Tann's existing Wiki page:
The adoption was arranged by the Tennessee Children's Home Society, which was run by child kidnaper and trafficker Georgia Tannhttp://nypost.com/2017/06/17/this-woman-stole-children-from-the-poor-to-give-to-the-rich/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11880172</ref>http://www.thesportster.com/wrestling/9-wrestlers-you-didnt-know-were-adopted-and-6-who-adopted-children-of-their-own/; Tann's crimes were then not known to the public, or to prospective parents like the Phillips. 
Thanks.  98.116.70.234 (talk) 23:02, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the sources you have provided are not RELIABLE, nothing in those refrences say Flairs book talks about how he was abducted as a child yet you continue to place in the article about kidnapped children. There is was no evidence provided by you that has anything to do with Flair or evidence he was kidnapped. Tanns crimes have nothing to do with Ric Flair. The article already shows he was in fact adopted. Some of the sources you provided are non reliable and/or have nothing to do with Ric Flair. There is no viable reason to link Ric Flair to Georgia Tann as there is no proof provided he was involved with what she was doing or that he was kidnapped as a child. Provide reliable sources that say Yes Flairs book says he was kidnapped or otherwise it's a BLP violation and Unsourced. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" Talk to me  23:12, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It's very simple, provide a reliable source that shows Ric Flair said he was kidnapped as a child and sold. Not refrences to Tanns crimes that don't mention him. I have Flairs book, I know what it says, but without proof I can say it says anything I want, doesn't make it true. Hence there needs to be a reliable source saying yes he said it or yes it did indeed happen and you have provided none of those. Furthermore I did not block you from my talk, Admins locked my talk down due to constant Vandalism and disturbing images placed by IPs, so no I did not block you from ANYTHING. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" Talk to me  23:29, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Flair and adoption ring

message: Is is not a personal attack to simply state a fact . That part was poorly written . It needs more information in order for it to make sense . The way it was written , it's like the writer is acting like they already introduced what they are referring to when they NEVER did . 96.233.52.166 (talk) 19:45, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be written "as collateral for the loan", but I fixed that already. Nickag989talk 20:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the Legal Issues part, I have a question  : Flair gave Highspots the belt for collateral for WHAT ? Very VERY unclear and poor writing  

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message: Awfully unflattering photo.  I'd tell you what it reminds me of, but someone would cry BLP foul.  The 1996 photo would serve the same purpose of a headshot without the negative impression. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  04:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I would support using a picture of him during his most popular period. So anything from the 80s to early 90s would work. It would have to be of decent quality though. We don't want a low quality image in the Infobox. StaticVapor message me! 10:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, should add 80s/90s Flair photo. Dilbaggg (talk) 17:30, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox photo as of March 2019 

message: Hey there, everybody.  I was looking at the references for the Politics section and basically they're all dead.  I don't have the time right now to search for appropriate references, and I'm sure it wouldn't be smiled upon for me to mark every link as dead.  Out of maybe 8 citations, there's maybe two that work.  One is the Rolling Stone link, the other is a list of candidates supposedly showing Ric as having run for president - but his name isn't on the list.  The remaining six or so include reference to a Tweet from an account that doesn't exist anymore, but clearly doesn't seem to be Ric's.  Just figured anyone watching this page would want to know, if you didn't, that the references are now practically non-existent. Hope this is helpful.2601:89:C501:C780:F942:E3BE:59CD:B86 (talk) 13:58, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Politics" Section References 

message: Modules don’t look right, anyone who has access to edit this article should probably fix this. WikipediusWizard (talk) 19:30, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix modules? 

message: change present to 2022. Retired. Final match occurred this year. 136.58.15.153 (talk) 23:42, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Lemonaka (talk) 07:48, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 December 2022 

message: Flair recently came out on his documentary and said his birth name was “Fred Philips”. 2601:14D:457F:1620:6D29:AB04:E3D6:4A0A (talk) 05:28, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fred Phillips 

message: 198.52.147.38 (talk) 07:57, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 08:14, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2023 

message: It's mentioned in the article that his cannabis brand was launched in some states but did not include Florida. https://muvfl.com/product/rfd-flower Capriegrisham (talk) 00:52, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Business Ventures as of 2023 

message: Change "On Octoober 30th" to "On October 30th" 67.150.85.96 (talk) 08:08, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Actualcpscm (talk) 08:31, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 June 2023 

message: Why is “The Plane Ride from Hell” buried underneath “real life feuds”? It should be underneath “Legal Issues” or be it’s own section if it is indeed true. 2601:206:857F:F040:2999:952A:6E4E:F8F (talk) 12:12, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: He faced neither criminal nor civil action, so I am not sure if belongs under "Legal issues." The flight attendant did sue WWE though. Plane Ride from Hell was a backstage issue, and it's under the "backstage issues" section.LM2000 (talk) 12:58, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Assault Allegations