Ric Flair

Guide Note: Ric Flair is a retired professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. Flair has been one of world's most well known and respected professional wrestlers since the early 1980s, and is considered by many of his peers as the greatest of all time.

As part of the Ric Flair retirement angle toward the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008, WWE owner Vince McMahon announced that if Flair lost a match, he would be forced to retire. This lead to a hyped bout at WrestleMania XXIV between Flair and Shawn Michaels.

At the end of the match, Michaels said "I'm sorry, I love you" before executing his finisher, Sweet Chin Music, on Flair. Michaels pinned him, and officially retired Flair from his active wrestling role. After taking some time off, Flair is expected to continue working for WWE in a non-wrestling capacity.

Fast Facts:

1. Born: February 25, 1949
2. 1972: Wrestling Debut
3. Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
4. Height: 6'1"
5. Weight: 243 lbs
6. Nicknames: "The Nature Boy", "Naitch"
7. 10-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion
8. 7-time WCW World Champion
9. 2-time WWE Champion
10. WWE recognizes 8 of Flair's NWA Title wins and 6 WCW Title wins
11. Winner of the 1992 Royal Rumble
12. 2008: Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
13. Retired: March 30, 2008 at WrestleMania XXIV