Retirement? What's that? Woooooooooooooo!

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From PWInsider:

Retirement isn't much for Ric Flair apparently.

In an interview with Alex Marvez for Marvez' syndicated wrestling column, Flair admitted he recently offered to wrestle again for World Wrestling Entertainment via text to WWE's John Laurinaitis and that when he asked Vince McMahon why he wasn't included in the most recent WWE Draft, he was told it was because he's retired.

"People in Europe are offering me a fortune. I'm tired of signing autographs. I can make more money wrestling."

Flair also commented:

"I love the business. I was thinking the other day about the reason why God gave me this health. I don't hurt anywhere. I haven't lost any strength. I'm just like I was 10 years ago. I keep thinking, 'Why am I signing autographs when I can still take backdrops?'

"But I respect Shawn and (WWE) so much that I wouldn't do anything to disrespect them. They would have to give me full approval (to wrestle again). They put me in a special place. I think it's going to be a long time before we see something come across again like what they did for me (with the retirement ceremony). I didn't think it would be that big a deal. We'll see how this turns out." ***

Flair also told Marvez that the proposed reality series with himself and son Reid is on hold. ""It all depends on how he gets himself put back together. The biggest thing about that is that it's a disease. It's not so hard for me to say that after being at an outpatient clinic with him where they talk about a chromosome deficiency causing stuff like that. It's curable, but he's going to have to work real hard at it. He's doing that."


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