10 Wrestler Quirks You'll Never Be Able To Unsee
5. Ric Flair Doesn't Bump On His Back
Not whenever he can avoid it, anyway.
It's pretty easy to imagine 'The Nature Boy' flying through the air and landing in a crumpled heap, thanks to the countless time he tried and failed to nail a move off the top rope before getting caught out by the quicker, sharper babyface. But the landing is not quite as flat and flush as it might be in the imagination.
This is the case with any major bump Flair takes thanks to a plane crash that nearly took his life in 1975. 'The Nature Boy' broke his back in three places and at only age 26 was informed by doctors during his recovery that he would never wrestle again.
He proved them wrong (and in remarkable fashion), but had to adjust style accordingly. All those countless backgrops and top rope throws have concluded with Flair landing on his side, absorbing the brunt of the damage there instead of in the normal flat back position. Not something that ever really matters within the context of his classics, but something you can't miss upon realising it.