10 WWE Wrestlers Who Never Truly Evolved
9. Ric Flair
Notoriously, Jim Herd wanted Ric Flair to cut his hair, wear an earring and go by the name Spartacus. All this was Herd’s attempt to force Flair to, “change with the times,” because what was more modern and contemporary at the turn of the Nineties than Roman gladiators?
Asking Flair to drop his “Nature Boy” persona was sacrilege. Booker Kevin Sullivan compared it to asking baseball legend Babe Ruth to change the number on his back.
Flair’s “Nature Boy” gimmick and distinctive in-ring style evolved out of necessity after a plane crash nearly ended his career decades early.
He stuck it out for over thirty years in the role and while the gimmick might have been stale in Jim Herd’s eyes countless fans, wrestling journalists and peers still consider “Naitch” to be the greatest of all time.
Plus crowds - both in pro wrestling and mainstream entertainment and sports - respond in their droves when Flair turns up, all “woos” and Rolexes.