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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2016 8:20 am 
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What is always interesting about professional wrestlers–and particularly the stars of the 1980s and 1990s–is to decipher where the distinction lies (if any) between the in-ring character and the real man. The terrific journalist David Shoemaker examined this duality in his sensational piece on Randy (Macho Man) Savage, and if ever someone’s on-screen “Nature Boy” persona blended into his real life, from self-destructive behavior to high living to repeated bouts with legal authorities, it would be Ric Flair, born Richard Morgan Fliehr in 1949.

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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2016 10:49 am 
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Yes, he has never been able to spilt the character from the man; but that is how he was taught to succeed in wrestling - live your gimmick.

It worked for DDP.

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DOTA is more of a sport than wrestling. What are you doing ESPN?

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The best characters in wrestling are always amplified versions of their real self. The Nature Boy is a perfect example of that. And a huge part of why he was so good for so long.

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Two of his most ... well, inneresting stories happened on a plane ... I wonder if they'll spend time on the second one; kinda have to mention the first one.

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will old man saggy tits flair be kept at a minimum in this film?


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I hope they interview Scott Steiner for this.


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