Ric Flair: “I spent more money on clothes than I made, thank God for credit cards”
While appearing on Booker T’s podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair commented on marketing his character in professional wrestling. Here is what Flair had to say…
“Basically everything I said I was doing. Actually, 99% of what I said I was doing.
So, it wasn’t hard. I was really having fun. And once I got on a roll, I mean, I obviously—and this is not an embellishment because Book [Booker T] has known me forever—I spent more money on clothes than I made. Thank God for credit cards.
I’m a big fan of First Take. I like Stephen A. He was—and we’re good friends. But what he spends on clothes of the year reminds me about me. I mean, I just tried to have a different suit every week for TV. He has something different on every damn day.
I mean, and it—but it stands out. I mean, it just does. I mean, when Book—when Book walks in all tricked out, man, and Book is one of these guys with that great physique, he doesn’t have to do that.
I was physically gifted in terms of being healthy, but I was no Adonis by any means, right? So I just played off the strengths of what I knew I was good at.
People didn’t like me bragging about my clothes. They don’t like me bragging about my cars. And most of all, they didn’t like me bragging about my women.
And that ain’t work.”