{"id":1416483,"date":"2022-04-03T07:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T11:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416483"},"modified":"2022-04-03T07:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T11:31:03","slug":"wrestling-legend-ric-flair-thinks-will-smith-chris-rock-slap-at-oscars-was-staged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wrestling-legend-ric-flair-thinks-will-smith-chris-rock-slap-at-oscars-was-staged\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling Legend Ric Flair Thinks Will Smith-Chris Rock Slap at Oscars Was Staged"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwrestling-legend-ric-flair-thinks-will-smith-chris-rock-slap-at-oscars-was-staged%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416483&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ric Flair thought the kerfuffle of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was a work.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the term in Flair\u2019s world of pro wrestling, when the violence is scripted. Flair and his longtime friend Mike Tyson <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/01\/inside-the-cannabis-partnership-between-mike-tyson-and-ric-flair\/\">spoke to The Post to promote Tyson 2.0<\/a>, the cannabis business they\u2019re partnering in, and covered a wide range of other topics like his daughter Charlotte Flair\u2019s success in WWE, Hulk Hogan\u2019s proclamation that Flair was the greatest wrestler of all-time and the Oscars\u2019 moment that will live in infamy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was real,\u201d Flair said of the Smith slap.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson chimed in: \u201cIf Ric says it\u2019s a fake, then it\u2019s a fake.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/newspress-collage-21749398-1648851030874-2.png\"><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters \/ Tyson 2.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flair explained his rationale. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can speak for myself, and I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m speaking for Mike: If I didn\u2019t like a remark, for any reason whatsoever, that somebody said about my wife, I would be punching them \u2014 not slapping them,\u201d Flair said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/image001-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image001-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Mike Tyson and Ric Flair, longtime friends, are now partners in the cannabis business.\" class=\"wp-image-21743666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/image001-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/image001-2.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mike Tyson and Ric Flair, longtime friends, are now partners in the cannabis business.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tyson 2.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tyson concurred: \u201cIt would be more than one punch, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re mad at someone, you don\u2019t slap him, you punch him,\u201d Flair reiterated.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Tyson, for his part, had some advice for Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Will needs to eat some of these Mike Bites and just chill out. It\u2019s okay,\u201d he said, speaking of the line of Tyson 2.0 edibles that are shaped like Evander Holyfield\u2019s bitten ear.<\/p>\n<p>From there, the conversation shifted to Flair\u2019s daughter, Charlotte, who is the current WWE SmackDown women\u2019s champion and wrestling against Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 38 at AT&#038;T Stadium on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually wasn\u2019t real excited about her getting into the business,\u201d Flair admits. \u201cShe was [already in the business], but she was basically inspired by her little brother, Reid, who passed away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg\" alt=\"WWE Raw women&#039;s champion, Charlotte Flair.\" class=\"wp-image-21750913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1342 1342w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1007 1006w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=671 671w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=336 335w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239501800.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>WWE SmackDown women\u2019s champion, Charlotte Flair.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flair praised how WWE is promoting and empowering women\u2019s wrestling. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now that she\u2019s in it \u2014 and the company has prioritized women\u2019s wrestling big time, and it\u2019s not just glamor and glitter; it\u2019s real and they\u2019re working their asses off \u2014 my daughter possesses incredible athleticism, as do so many of the girls. I think it\u2019s tremendous that they\u2019re finally getting the respect they deserve, because it\u2019s a very tough physical sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Flair\u2019s longtime rival Hulk Hogan named him as the greatest wrestler of all-time. The Post asked Flair to discuss the distinction between the two, plus other modern era legends. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-93421802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-93421802.jpg\" alt=\"Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan\" class=\"wp-image-21750997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-93421802.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-93421802.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-93421802.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-93421802.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan in 2009.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn notoriety, he was bigger,\u201d Flair said. \u201cAs a wrestler, I think he acknowledges that I was better because I had to do things he didn\u2019t have to do \u2014 like wrestle an hour every night against a different guy. Some were prepared, some weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as a celebrity status and ability and skill, I\u2019d put Hulk, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels \u2014 I don\u2019t say that they\u2019re better than me, but I\u2019m giving you a list of guys I really respect. And I respect Hogan. He was the face of this business for a long time. And then along came Stone Cold came along and broke all Hulk\u2019s records, and then The Rock. Shawn Michaels was fantastic, too. It\u2019s hard for me to put a ranking on it, but I\u2019m honored to even be put in that conversation. My interviews \u2014 limousine riding, jet flying, Rolex wearing son of a gun \u2014 [were another big element of my work].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ric Flair thought the kerfuffle of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was a work. That\u2019s the term in Flair\u2019s world of pro wrestling, when the violence is scripted. 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