10 Times WWE Loved Making Your Favourite Wrestlers Cry
8. Ric Flair
Ric Flair mesmerised generations of wrestling fans with his Royal Rumble 1992 victory promo.
Holding his newly-won WWE Championship belt aloft and proclaiming it the industry's single symbol of excellence shouldn't have felt as real as it did coming from the man synonymous with the only other strap that could challenge its prestige. But he spoke with such incredible passion and - famously - "with a tear in my eye!" that every single word seemed to form a shoot promo he'd wanted to cut for years.
If only this entry stopped there.
The closer 'The Nature Boy' got to his retirement, the more that tear returned. By the time he gestured Shawn Michaels to bring his wrestling career to a conclusion (mostly) at WrestleMania XXIV, he'd fought crying more than he had Ricky Steamboat. WWE played into this the next night on his Monday Night Raw farewell.
Virtually everybody from his legendary run that had meant something to him was brought out, ahead of an entire roster clapping him off into the sunset as the greatest of all time. There wasn't a dry eye in the house, but Flair's bawling would have soaked it even if there was.