Ric Flair has broken his silence on the WCW debate.
Interest in the rise and fall of the promotion has seen a resurgence following the premiere of the Who Killed WCW docuseries that premiered on VICE on June 4th. With many big names from WCW including Bret Hart, DDP and Goldberg all providing their own thoughts as to where it all went wrong, The Nature Boy will not feature in any of the 4 episodes despite being one of the biggest stars in the history of the company, something that Ric Flair himself has been vocal about in the past.
Remaining silent on the subject for 6 days after episode 1 premiered, the WWE Hall of Famer made his opinions clear in a post on social media. Feeling that there were ultimately 3 people responsible, Flair blamed the management:
I’ve Tried To Lay Low On This But Let’s Face It- Who Killed WCW? It’s A Three-Headed Monster! Jim Herd, @EBischoff, And @THEVinceRusso !!! There’s No Individual Wrestler Or Faction That Caused Anything To Kill WCW. It Was The People In Charge That Created Dysfunction, Animosity, And Tried To Divide And Conquer By Lying To Everyone And Involving Themselves In The Promotion Which Was The Ultimate Failure! God, I Could Give You A Thousand More Examples. I Am One To Live Through All Three Nightmares And To Be Saved By The @WWE! Thank You To The WWE For Bringing Someone Who Was Dead In The Water As A Result Of These Three People Back To Life!
Taking notice of the social media post, Vince Russo issued the following response:
Looks like @RicFlairNatrBoy is Hitting that RUM CANDY Again!!! Thanks for Giving me that Much Credit. For a Writer to take down a Multi-Million Dollar Company through Words on a Page? I guess I really was Special. Not my fault you weren’t in the Doc, Rick. Sorry, man. I hope you don’t think my excessive use of your son David, and the Rest of Your Family for that Matter—who were all GREAT BY THE WAY—wasn’t the Knife that drew the Company’s Last Blood. Yeah—I failed at Laying Low too.
Russo is a part of the Who Killed WCW? docuseries and was featured in the first episode.
Ric Flair Responds To Vince Russo’s Comments
Noticing Russo’s reply, Flair has offered to take matters further along with the other 2 individuals who he claims were responsible for the death of WCW:
Wow, Glad You Got Back To Me @THEVinceRusso !!! Whatever Candy I’m Eating At Least I Can Afford To Eat Which I’m Not Sure You Can. I Would Give You $20k, @EBischoff $20k, And Jim Herd $20k A Piece Wired In Advance To Show Up In Tampa Or Atlanta. I’ll Rent The Venue In Tampa Or Atlanta, It Will Sell Out For Sure, So We Can Hash This Out. And I Guarantee That I Can Probably Sell This To A PPV Status Because I’m Ric Flair And You’re Not. Story Of My Life!
Ric Flair also recently discussed how he was an integral part of Kurt Angle’s success.