First Ever WWE Raw - Where Are They Now?

23. Ric Flair

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At this point in time, Ric Flair was the head authority figure on Raw and was on a mission to discover who was going to be the latest name to join the New World Order.

That mission saw Bradshaw teased as the nWo's newest member, only for this to have all been a ruse as part of the Nature Boy himself once again going rogue.

In the main event of this episode, Flair turned heel by attacking Steve Austin with a steel chair and decimating his knee - setting up Flair and Big Show against Stone Cold at the upcoming Judgment Day PPV.

These days, Flair is a two-time WWE Hall of Famer who still does semi-regular work with WWE - be that on main WWE programming or as a talking head on WWE Network content.

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