Evans was spotted coming near to Ric during the tag team bout in an attempt to get into Charlotte's brain. It appeared to work when, in the last minutes of the contest, Flair tripped his daughter Charlotte, costing her the match. After the match, Evans hit a fatal blow to Charlotte's head with a steel chair. In response, Ric told Evans that he would be next if he didn't leave town immediately. Evans left but later returned under the guise of checking on Charlotte. At this point, it is assumed that Evans killed him too, since there is no evidence that Charlotte survived this attack. After Evans' death, Ric told anyone who would listen that he did not want revenge against Charlotte but instead wanted to protect himself from being hurt by her again. Ric also said that he could not forgive himself for losing his only child. In 2018, following the release of The Evolution of Ric Flair book, which included this story as one of many about his career, Ric Flair stated that he still misses Evans but has moved on from their falling out years ago. He also mentioned that although he never forgave himself for losing Charlotte, she would have been proud of him for taking care of his own business instead of letting it consume him.