Ric Flair Discusses Coming Out of Retirement, Reid’s Future, ROH, More

– Alex Marvez recently interviewed Ric Flair for his syndicated wrestling column, here are the highlights:

On Coming Back to Wrestling: “I want to wrestle again. I watch (WWE) and I can still do better than 90 percent of the guys there. I weigh one less pound than the day I retired. I still work out really hard and I wrestle my kid (Reid) all the time. It’s not like I haven’t been in the ring. People in Europe are offering me a fortune. I’m tired of signing autographs. I can make more money wrestling.”

On What is Stopping Him From Coming Back: “But I respect Shawn and (WWE) so much that I wouldn’t do anything to disrespect them. They would have to give me full approval (to wrestle again). They put me in a special place. I think it’s going to be a long time before we see something come across again like what they did for me (with the retirement ceremony). I didn’t think it would be that big a deal. We’ll see how this turns out.”

On Working With ROH: “The people running Ring of Honor are really nice guys and have a lot of integrity, which mean a lot in terms of wrestling promotions. They’re not trying to put (WWE) out of business. They just want to have their own business. There’s nothing negative unlike in TNA where all they talk about is trying to beat Vince.”

On Reid’s Future and the Rumored Reality Show: “It all depends on how he gets himself put back together. The biggest thing about that is that it’s a disease. It’s not so hard for me to say that after being at an outpatient clinic with him where they talk about a chromosome deficiency causing stuff like that. It’s curable, but he’s going to have to work real hard at it. He’s doing that.”

– You can check out the full interview here.