Ric Flair Unhappy That WWE “Broke Tradition” At WrestleMania 39

[Dale]

Ric Flair is no fan of WWE breaking tradition and having a Royal Rumble winner not main eventing WrestleMania after Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley did not go on last.

Instead it was the emotional, rollercoaster story of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens challenging The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championship that went on last on Saturday night in Los Angeles.


Speaking on the To Be The Man podcast, Ric Flair was upset that Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley didn’t go on last and blasts WWE for messing with tradition:

“We’re talking about what I think should personally happen in the promotion. There’s no way that Sami and KO and The Usos would go on after Ashley [Charlotte] and Rhea, no way. Only in the WWE. [Conrad says that he thinks that The Usos vs. KO and Sami had the better story] That’s not the point. We’re talking about a single Championship from a girl that won the Royal Rumble. Why are we just breaking tradition just for one [night], for what? Why are we breaking tradition for one night?”

Since the Royal Rumble winner was guaranteed a WrestleMania title shot beginning in 1993, 19 out of the 31 men’s Royal Rumble winners have gone on to headline WrestleMania – 61%. While only two out of six women’s Royal Rumble winners have done the same – 33%. It seems this tradition is one WWE broke a long time ago.​

I'm shocked he felt this way tbh​

 

[Alexa]

Keep chasing that clout, Ric. And, Conrad is right Sami and KO had more behind it than Rhea v Charlotte

 

[Chris]

The winner of the Royal Rumble hasn't been guaranteed a "main event" in literally decades lol they've been in the opening match multiple times. It's just billed as a "main event" regardless of where it is on the card sometimes

 

[Daddy Dom]

Oh no...... the best story of year main evented

 

[Canadian Dragon]

 

[Deezy]

He say this when ADR, Nakamura, Sheamus and I bet a whole lot more I'm sure started the show or were in middle of the card?

 

[Daddy Dom]

Tech tradition wasn't broken

 

[Chris]

Slightly different situation bc Ric won the title in his Rumble match and they hadn't even started the tradition of the Rumble winner getting a title match (started the year after) but Ric himself won the Rumble in 1992 and him defending the title didn't even go on last at Mania that year

 

[Alexa]

Ric really just can't say "Screw the bloodline storyline. My daughter needed to headline"

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Ric really just can't say "Screw the bloodline storyline. My daughter needed to headline"

that rhymes

 

[Chris]

FWIW Charlotte herself also said something along the lines of "if the men's Rumble winner is guaranteed a main event then why wouldn't the women's be?" Before Mania so I think willfull ignorance just runs in the family bc that also acts like there's never been a men's Rumble winner not in the main event

 

[Canadian Dragon]

FWIW Charlotte herself also said something along the lines of "if the men's Rumble winner is guaranteed a main event then why wouldn't the women's be?" Before Mania so I think willfull ignorance just runs in the family bc that also acts like there's never been a men's Rumble winner not in the main event

off top of my head , fairly certain Orton won the rumble and did NOT headline vs Bray

 

[Alexa]

that rhymes

Didn't even notice that, lol

 

[Canadian Dragon]

p sure that was the roman taker headline year

 

[Daddy Dom]

So flair is mad that hhh went down the wrong Rhode when it came to the main event