The one things about a retirement match in wrestling is that it doesn’t all mean that the wrestler will retire. Before WrestleMania 24 Ric Flair was given the stipulation that the next time he lost a match he would have to retire. Flair went on quite a streak beating a handful of wrestlers, however he was to face Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 24. It was one of those moments that I could say I saw this match.
As a wrestler in the 80s and 90s Flair was quite the competitor in the ring sometimes wrestling for an hour a night on a number of occasions. At this point Ric was nearly 60 his days of being a superstar in a ring were coming to an end.
The match between Shawn and Flair was pretty good and full of dramatics. In the end, Shawn prevailed and Flair had to retire. The ovation that Flair had at the end of the match was amazing and seemed to go on for quite awhile. Ric would make a number of appearances again for the WWE but never as a wrestler.