How much is Ric Flair worth?
Net Worth: | $500 Million |
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Date of Birth: | February 25, 1949 Age (71 Years) |
Residence: | Memphis Tenessee, U.S |
Occupation: | Professional Wrestling Manager And Retired Wrestler |
Updated: | 2024 |
Introduction
Richard Morgan Fliehr popularly known as Ric Flair is a famous American professional wrestling manager as well as the retired professional wrestler of WWE. The most renowned personality is ranked by journalists, peers, and several magazines as the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Ric Flair is mainly known for his tenures with world championship wrestling (WCW), Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), total non-stop action wrestling (TNA), and the world wrestling federation (WWF, later named WWE).
As of 2022, Ric Flair net worth is approximately $500 million
Early Life
Ric flair was born in Memphis Tennessee on February 25, 1949. He is called by different names, due to different documentations. He is widely known as Fred Demaree or Stewart and also known as Fred Phillips. He was born to Luther and olive Philips and adopted by Dr Richard Reid lier an obstetrician and gynecologist and Kinsmiller Fliehr a worker of Star Tribune.
After his adoption, the family moved to Edina Minnesota. He went to Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam Wisconsin where he also participated in the interscholastic wrestling, track, and football. After graduating from high school he went to the University of Minnesota for a brief period.
Personal Life
Ric Flair married five times in his life. In 1971, Flair married Leslie goodman and welcomed two children, a daughter Megan and son David. However, they divorced in 1983, after twelve years of marriage. In 1983, he married Elizabeth Harrell and welcomed their two children daughter Ashley and son Reid.
From 1998 to 2000, His wife and children made several appearances in WCW. Unfortunately, this marriage also ended up after 23 years of togetherness in 2006. The same year Ric married his 3rd wife, a fitness competitor Tiffany VanDemark.
The couple divorced in 2009 and the same year he married his fourth wife Jacqueline Beems in Charlotte Carolina. However, this couple divorced again in 2014 and Flair married his 5th wife Wendy Barlow in 2018.
Flair’s son David is also a semi-retired professional wrestler who served WCW from 1999 to 2001. His youngest son Reid is a high school wrestler and also made several appearances on WCW. In 2013, he died from the overdose of heroin Xanax.
Career
Flair took his carer seriously after getting dropped out of the college. In 1972, Verne Gagner trained him and he started with AWA. His inimitable style in the rings is the main reason for his success at the young age.
In early years he defeated the deadly opponents of that time including larry henning, Andre the giant, and Dusty Rhodes. Later he joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1994.
In 1975, he got badly injured due to a plane crash accident. After the accident doctors told him that he couldn’t enter the ring ever again. But just after the three months, he made a comeback with the nickname The Nature Boy.
In 1981, he won the NWA world heavyweight championship for the first time and the next year he also defended the same title. He joined WWE in 1991 after receiving the first WCW world heavyweight championship title. He also got his name inducted into the WWE’s hall of fame and also won a Slammy award after losing the match.
As of 2022, Ric Flair net worth is estimated to be around $500 million. Ric flair is one of the most successful wrestlers of all time. He has been actively managing and wrestling for over four decades.
His successful career is the main reason for his whopping net worth. Besides this he also made money by making several appearances in movies like Baywatch, nature boy, detective, die, magic mike and more.
Achievements
Ric flair achieved tremendous success and acclaimed many titles.
- He received the wrestler of the year title in 1984.
- Flair received the most outstanding wrestler title in 1989.
- He was titled as best on interviews in 1994.
- He was acclaimed as the most charismatic personality title in 1983 and 1984.
- Besides this, he also won several fights in WCW including heavyweight, television, tag team, triple- crown and WWE fights including Royal Rumble, and more.
Summary
Ric flair is known as one of the greatest wrestlers in the world. He is the winner of almost 19 world heavyweight championships. He wrestled with several big wrestlers including Randy Orton, The Undertaker, Vince McMahon, and Hulk Hogan.
As of 2022, Ric Flair net worth is around $500 million.