The wrestling world is going to witness Ric Flair lace his boots for one final time at 73 years old. The Nature Boy announced the news himself a few weeks ago of having a match on 31st July 2022.
However, a few hours ago, Flair on his Twitter said to have major news following WWE RAW. The tweet by Flair was regarding his opponent at Jim Crockett Promotions Presents: Ric Flair’s Last Match.
On July 31, I’m Coming After One Of Your Own. #WWERaw
And Tonight At 6:05, The Entire World Will Find Out. #RicFlairsLastMatch pic.twitter.com/5mc4N8cc5r
— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) July 18, 2022
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Ric Flair at 6:05 PM shared a video on his official YouTube channel named ‘Last Match’ part 3. In the video, we saw wrestling legends talking about Flair’s last match on 31st July 2022. Moreover, Naitch also revealed his opponent for his last match in a classic way.
The Nature Boy in his last match will partner with his son-in-law Andrade El Idolo to take on the team of Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal. They confirmed the match by the end of the video after Jarrett and Lethal left Flair busted open in the parking lot after giving the legend a beat down.
We saw Lethal train with Flair on multiple occasions to prepare Naitch for his final match. However, tensions started rising between the two, and Flair started to train with someone else. Fans suspected the AEW wrestler to be the opponent for Flair, but nobody expected Jeff Jarrett to join him.
Ric Flair’s retirement match has been revealed:
It’s gonna be Andrade & Ric Flair vs Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett#RicFlairsLastMatch pic.twitter.com/vxtDSZd3pU
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) July 18, 2022
WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett will arguably have a busy weekend on 30th and 31st July. Last week WWE announced Jarrett will be the special guest referee at SummerSlam in the match between The Usos vs The Street Profits on 30th July. Furthermore, Double J will step into the ring with Lethal to face Flair and El Idolo the next night.
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Fans react to Ric Flair team up with Andrade El Idolo to face Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett
The opponent is announced and the fans are ready to see The Nature Boy own the ring for one last time. They shared their reactions filled with excitement as well as concerns on Twitter.
Yes it does I'm gonna be watching for sure
— TEX 🔪🎃💀🪦 (@SlasherVision) July 19, 2022
I'm glad Ric Flair's final match will be a tag team. I'm genuinely worried if he tried to go 25 minutes one on one with anyone, we'd see a very sad unsafe showing.
— That one guy from the thing (@tygr20) July 19, 2022
line up looks good too
— Angelo 🖖 (@AngeloMangelo33) July 19, 2022
Heck of a power flex from Jeff Jarrett special guest referee at Summerslam, and wrestling Ric Flair in the last match ever for the Goat! And teaming with Jay Lethal is spectacular as well! Glad ole Double J is back on TV. One of my favorites
— Coach Kevin R. Wyatt (@Icoach3sports) July 19, 2022
AEW and WWE uniting to kill Ric Flair in the ring. You love to see it.
— The Gootz (@raygootz) July 19, 2022
It's gonna be great! WOOOOOO!
— Rebel Ryan Hughes (@HughesRebel) July 19, 2022
hilarious that every major promotion in america is involved in the ric flair's last match card in one way or another, so if things go sideways there's blood on literally the entire industry's hands
— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) July 19, 2022
Why does The Nature Boy want to have one last match?
In an interview with TMZ in May 2022, Ric Flair shared the reason for having one last match on 31st July 2022. Flair said, “I couldn’t stand the last couple of matches I had. Couldn’t stand the last year I had”.
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Flair was in a rough spot in the ring in 2011 and hence he could hold up on the last few matches of his career. Therefore, this time Flair wants to retire on his terms and is having the last match where he thinks he is all fine to give the best performance.
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