10 Wrestlers Who Were Critical Of AEW
3. Ric Flair
There was a point during Andrade's earliest days in All Elite Wrestling that it seemed as though Ric Flair would be following him through the door.
He'd accompanied the former NXT Champion for his match against Kenny Omega at AAA's TripleMania XXIX and scuffled with 'The Best Bout Machine', but as one opportunity didn't turn into another, he was more willing to be a little critical of AEW's process. Speaking on their wins and losses policy on his podcast, Flair said;
“Well, you can become a star for a short period of time but to me, especially if you’ve just lost a big match, you need to be back on it the next day. Unfortunately, I think today some of the kids when they get to a match where it’s a big finale they want time off. I don’t agree with that either. I think they need to be on TV, the stars that want to be the players. It’s the same ten people right now in WWE that it was five years ago. It’s good, that’s how you build your brand.”
Flair's philosophical difference might well change with the way the wind blows, but his identification of what he liked about WWE's choices felt directly at odds with AEW's methods, as well as what many people want from their regular Raw and SmackDown doses.