Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee That's right, folks... not Charlotte, North Carolina or Minneapolis, Minnesota. Those are the two cities that he is so closely associated with after all these years, but it was Jerry Lawler's hometown that "The Nature Boy" calls his birth city. At one point, it looked like his record of 16 World Title reigns would be untouchable. While that isn't so anymore (John Cena is currently at 15), Flair remains the popular choice if you're polling people on the greatest pro wrestler of all-time, selling out arenas all over the world and making a ridiculous amount of money in the days of territories, when a lot of that particular model wasn't working.