Ric Flair hopes AEW keeps him around long enough to get a run as Andrade’s manager.
Flair recently spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard. During the conversation, Flair was asked what he hopes to accomplish in AEW. Flair mentioned his desire to be the manager of Andrade, his real-life son-in-law. Andrade currently has CJ Perry as his manager, but Flair says he hopes he gets a chance to work in that role before his time is up.
“I want to manage Manny, what do you think? I hope it is sometime. Manny is a 240-pound heavyweight. If you didn’t see that match with him and Bryan Danielson, I was taken aback by it. Manny can do shit that nobody else can do. I would love to manage him, but that’s all after Sting if they keep me around,” Flair noted.
“Let me tell you something, Manny’s a working fool. And he’s 240 pounds. He’s not a little kid. He’s a full-fledged heavyweight. He takes English lessons left and right, but it’s still hard to holler and scream and be fluent in English and say the things so that it comes out without being broken. In other words, I need to be there,” Flair pointed out. “I need to be his heater. He can talk, but I can do the talking, and he can live up to every goddamn thing that is guaranteed, I promise you. Let me manage him and people will never forget the moment.”
“I’m the most popular guy in town”
His tenure has been short so far, but Flair says he’s enjoyed his time in AEW so far.
“I’m just glad to be back in business. I love Tony Khan, it’s a very relaxed atmosphere. I’m so comfortable. I don’t ask for my own dressing room, I don’t need anything special. I just like going and hanging around the guys. It’s been my whole life forever,” Flair explained.
“I’ve got more wrestlers reaching out to me now than ever before in my life going, ‘Hey, Ric, how about some Woo Energy and some Ric Flair Drip?’ [laughs] We deliver,” Flair quipped. “I’m the most popular guy in town, man.”
Watch our full interview with Ric Flair below:
