8 WWE Hall Of Famers Who Couldn't Stay Retired

3. Ric Flair

Ric Flair WrestleMania 23
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Two years before his own retirement was sealed, Shawn Michaels superkicked the final nail into the coffin of another legend in one of the most memorable WrestleMania matches of all time. The man he sent to the retirement home was none other than 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair, and he did so with an 'I'm sorry. I love you' that you either consider immensely emotional or horrible corny.

Flair had been on something of a retirement tour for a few months, and after a long and illustrious career it was great to see the Alimony Pony go out on a high. It is probably best that we forget that whole TNA thing then, which saw Flair return to the ring just two years later in 2010.

Of course, Flair had retired in-story plenty before this, most memorably at Halloween Havoc way back in 1994. On that night he lost to Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match where the loser had to retire. In truth, both men could have lost and no one would have truly bought the stipulation. Flair was back within a few months.

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