10 Coolest Wrestlers Of All Time

1. Ric Flair

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Ric Flair never encountered a stop light his whole life.

"I dress myself in ultrasuede! I dress myself in cashmere! I dress myself in hundred dollar pleated slacks! I dress myself in alligator shoes! I wear a $15,000 Rolex! I got Mercedes-Benz! Rolls Royce! The biggest house, on the biggest hill, on the biggest side of town - you know why I got all that? Because I was born with a golden spoon."

Not a silver spoon; a golden spoon.

Stripped of context and association, these words read like the desperate rantings of the insecure; with Flair's searingly charismatic delivery and backed-up brilliance, they develop the braggadocios gravitas befitting the elite showmen. He made d*mn sure what to promise because that is precisely what he could - and would - deliver. Flair was everything in his 1980s pomp; the best and most charismatic wrestler on the planet, a chick magnet, a fashion icon, an enchanting jazzed-up evangelist. The Horseman's hoarse endorsements of his über-glamorous lifestyle delighted the wrestling fandom. Put simply, there was no other wrestler you'd rather party with.

Put more simply, he was 'The Man'.

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