Once upon a time, there was a man named Flair. He “won” a bunch of fake belts all over the world, became a big star in the business, and built a legacy. Then he got out of the business and pissed away that legacy with a bunch of shit that has leaked online and stuff.
At one point in September 2007, Ric Flair started up a finance company, naturally dubbed Ric Flair Finance. The banner above was what you got when you visited their website. And for those who think that I’m pulling this out of my ass, I’ve provided a Wayback Machine link to ricflairfinance.com that lets you view all the incarnations of said website.
According to Wikipedia, the business shut down in July 2008, which implies that the business lasted about ten months. HOWEVER, the Wayback Machine only has one archived version of the website from May 2008 and on the page is a simple message telling visitors to contact an e-mail for Ric Flair bookings. Simply put, Ric Flair Finance not only didn’t last a whole year; it didn’t even last eight months. Perhaps even sooner.
2008 Dave might have been surprised by this outcome, but 2011 Dave was feeling pity for the man whom he said used to be the biggest name in wrestling, only to become the biggest joke on the Internet. Oh, if only he had seen how much worse it would become for Ric Flair.
I bring this up because apparently Flair did a podcast with that Ariel person… and sure enough, he was drunk as shit, talking about all his fake accolades and bitching about people being supposedly jealous of his fame and fortune or whatever. And whenever I hear him talk about fortune, I’m thinking this is a guy who could really offer good advice on how to handle money.
And then I remember Ric Flair Finance.
Never mind.
I might not be as famous, I might not be as rich, but I am sure as shit a better person than Ric Flair could hope to be. And believe me when I say; that is not a high bar to reach.
Don’t enable this shit, kids. Stupid people do stupid things for the attention. Case in point…
If you have any further “interest” in this topic, I’ve done posts in the past… though don’t expect them to be informative or anything like that. I just react to shit.
Ric Flair Finances… (September 17th, 2007)
Flair Finance No More And No Love For TNA (July 9th, 2008)
Do You Remember… Ric Flair Finance (May 27th, 2011)
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