10 Dirtiest Players In WWE History
4. Ric Flair
'The Dirtiest Player In The Game' may not have been able to unleash his full bag of tricks during his relatively short WWE runs, but he brought with him a reputation as the sneakiest and most successful heel in the history of the industry.
Flair was a magnificent wrong-doer in the 1980s as the NWA's counterpart to Hulk Hogan's sickly sweet babyface presentation in Vince McMahon's empiric WWE. Surrounded by his rotating cast of Horseman, Flair stooped to unseen lows in an effort to keep or regain his title against legendary opponents such as Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, Lex Luger and Sting.
Travelling North in 1991, Flair was a revelation in the ring in high quality battles with Hogan and Roddy Piper that relied on his old-school skulduggery in league with Bobby Heenan and Mr Perfect.
Bathed in the glow of his Royal Rumble WWE Title victory, Flair was an insufferable creep, harnessing his position at the top of the card to manipulate Randy Savage with doctored photos that depicted a previous relationship with Elizabeth. 'She was mine, before she was yours', bellowed the 'Nature Boy', in an effort to defeat the Macho Man with headgames before they'd even met face-to-face.
His 2001 return as a babyface didn't last, with an abrupt 2002 heel turn on Steve Austin parked after the 'Rattlesnake' departed the organisation, but Flair became the quintessential cheating sidekick first for Evolution and later his own daughter Charlotte, protecting her Divas/Women's title during the early stages of her reign.