7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 16)

4. A Caricature Of Himself

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Poor Ric Flair. If he was still in WWEs good graces, youd never see Hulk Hogan mocking himself and making himself look like a crazy, creepy old man on a weekly basis on TV. (Racist? Maybe. But not creepy.)

But the Nature Boy goes out week after week and makes himself look like an unhinged, 67-year-old madman, wooing at everyone, slapping his arms and dancing around, and ultimately getting slapped by women on the WWE roster. Its goofy looking and (if youre a younger fan) makes you wonder how this man was a 16-time world champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT4Rn0AccXI

Monday, Flair got riled up at Shane and Stephanie McMahon and wanted to fight Shane. When he refused, Stephanie stepped in a slapped Flair hard enough to knock him on his back. Yes, Naitch is almost 70, but still.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.