How did I miss this? "Nature Boy" Ric Flair road rage arrest

[flvegan]

Woooooooo!!!

NOVEMBER 29--Wrestler Ric "The Nature Boy" Flair surrendered this morning to North Carolina cops on misdemeanor charges that he throttled a fellow motorist during a road rage incident last week on Interstate 485. The 56-year-old Flair (real name: Richard Fliehr) was booked this morning at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, where the below mug shot was snapped. Flair, who allegedly grabbed a Charlotte man by the throat and kicked (and dented) the guy's Toyota during the November 23 confrontation, posted $1000 bond and was released. According to an arrest warrant, after roughing up Robert Steele, Flair told him that he "had his tag number and should knock the shit out of him." Flair is facing simple assault and battery and injury to personal property charges.

Mugshot, too: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1129051ric1.html

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. man is this line funny -

charges that he throttled a fellow motorist during a road rage incident last week on Interstate 485

Imagine seeing that in the median?

[flvegan]

6. Ric Flair v. Bob Steele

Actually sounds like a match.

Lucky he didn't put him in the figure-four. Now THAT would've been a site in the median.

[MrScorpio]

2. Road rage? 'Roid Rage is more like it

Rife is right when 'roids go wrong.

[HughBeaumont]

7. If you've ever seen Ric Flair shirtless -

There is no WAY that mantitted potato-sack torsoed old man EVER did roids. I mean, those things hum in the wind.

[terrya]

3. Hee, hee...another Bush supporter in trouble.

I gloat. :-)

[Ekirh]

12. I hate

the fact he's a Bush supporter mainly because he's one of my favs. . . . I won't let it make me enjoy his work in the ring any less though. . . . . but still.

I saw Flair in August during a Monday Night Raw here in VA and the place went WHOOO crazy. Never heard so many damn Whooos in my life. . .

[Wapsie B]

4. Wasn't he running for office in NC as a repuke?

I seem to remember something about that.

[terrya]

9. I'm picturing a Governor Flair...

"I just signed an important piece of legislation today...wooooooooooooooo!"

Of course, if Jesse Ventura can do it....

[LSK]

5. hes 56???? he REALLY needs to retire...

[AngryAmish]

8. Still one of the best

I saw Mil Mascaras about a year ago and he is in his sixties. He still has it.

[Ekirh]

10. I need

to see WAY more Mil Mascaras. Than I've actually had.

I've only seen two things with him

the 1997 Royal Rumble and a two out of three falls match against the Destroyer which was quite good.

[Ekirh]

11. To be the man . . .

You have to obey traffic laws better than the man . . .WHOOOOO

Okay that must be the lamest thing I've ever typed. . . and that covers a lot of ground.

And 56 years old. . I knew he was in his fifties but I didn't know it was that age. . . and yet he's still much more entertaining than the majority of the WWE roster.

[ernstbass]

13. I met him in a bar in Va Beach in the 80's

Quite a character. I'm thinking 'roid rage

[Ekirh]

14. My Mom once ate ice cream with him . . .

And I can't remember but it was either the Iron Shiek or Jimmy Snuka that bought her the ice cream that day.

Figures my Mom the non wrestling fan meets more wrestlers than me who has been watching wrestling since I was nine. .. go figure.

[AngryAmish]

15. If you are gonna walk THAT LINE

You're gonna bleed.

Whooooooo!