Hulk Hogan Finally Pays Tribute to Ric Flair

[Jacob Fox]

I know Hogan and Flair have been friends and enemies throughout their careers. But still, if you really follow the sport, you'd notice that Hogan continuously insisted he was the best of all time. We can argue a lot about whether Hogan tried to hold Flair down when Hogan went to WCW, but anyone who followed Flair's career and Hogan's career as it was happening would see it as obvious.

However, I got this quote from tonight's 30 for 30 Nature Boy documentary. Hogan might be only saying this to look humble, which many people do when interviewing for a documentary. But it was still good to hear after so many years of hearing different.

“Ric Flair has had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of one-hour matches. I’ve never had one. He’s 10 times better than I am. I mean ... it’s a no-brainer. I’ve got a certain thing that works, and I’ve got different varieties of it. I used to joke, ‘I’ve got Plan A, B, C and D. Which match do you wanna do?’ And, you know, there’s millions of ways to have matches with millions of wrestlers. But Ric’s just so much better. Some people point to me and go, ‘Oh my God, you changed the business, you did this, you did that.’ But ‘No,’ I said, ‘You guys, you mean the guy next to me: Ric Flair.’

 

[Solid Snake]

Hogan was VERY overrated. Ric Flair is a legend. No matter what Hogan thinks of himself, plenty of people out there know he only has value in nostalgia.