10 Most Heartbreaking WWE Moments Ever
3. Ric Flair Says Goodbye
Flairs love a good cry, but 'The Nature Boy's tears were mostly shed because he really couldn't kick the habit of a lifetime - being Ric Flair.
Few would admit to being the exact embodiment of the turned-up version of themselves more so than 'Slick Ric', with wrestlers and road-friends alike paying glowing tribute to man who's penis they'd probably seen more than their own since entering the profession.
The first in the hotel bar and the last to leave, Flair's lifestyle was his entire life by the time he begrudgingly accepted the offer from Vince McMahon to retire and go in the company's Hall Of Fame as WrestleMania 24's centrepiece performer.
It showed itself later in the year when Flair and McMahon came to an agreement to sever ties because the 16 (and the rest) time World Champion believed there was more money to be made selling his legacy on the independent scene. Perhaps finding what he was chasing all along, some ugly-looking matches with Hulk Hogan on an Australian tour opened the door for both to roll back the years in TNA.
WWE thankfully sticking to their promise has allowed this to remain powerful, albeit on something of a technicality.