Because of a shoulder injury, Ric Flair wasn’t able to appear on television during his visit to AEW’s Nov. 12 show in Greensboro, North Carolina — the Blood & Guts edition of Dynamite — as planned. During
an interview with CasinoBeats posted today (Nov. 24), Flair offered a quick update on his condition. He also talked about his relationship with AEW owner Tony Khan, and the state of wrestling in general.
“I’m better, I’m doing fine. I’ll probably have to have something done with it, but I have a long weekend ahead of me with two appearances. One in California and one in Chicago. And then next week, I’ll figure out when I have time to go down there and get it looked at. Tony Khan is a really great guy. The guys over in AEW are great. Wrestling is in a good place right now.”
The Nature Boy heaped praise on Khan:
“I can’t say enough good things about him. He is fantastic, and he is just a total gentleman, and I think he legitimately cares about everybody. They’re not just a number to him. I think he legitimately cares about everybody that works for him.”
Asked about Chris Jericho recently praising TNA’s presentation while panning AEW’s, Flair couldn’t make the same comparison — because he’s hasn’t watched TNA’s product:
“Oh, I like AEW much more than TNA. I don’t know much about TNA because I haven’t seen it. AEW has some really great performers.“
Flair’s not saying TK’s company is going to overtake the one his daughter works for, and that’s twice put him in their Hall of Fame. That doesn’t mean it’s not good for the business:
“WWE/WWF has been around forever, and it’d be very difficult to overtake them. They have so much momentum, and now they have this new deal with ESPN. But I think it’s great for the business and for the guys that have an opportunity to work in other places as well.”
Check out CasinoBeats entire interview with Ric Flair here.
