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Originally Posted by ptlyon
May be true, but I quoted myself from a previous post.  |
Nobody's ever questioned that he was the life of the party and an approachable guy, though. The problem seems to be that he's akin to a junky; he needs a fix constantly only his fix is attention/adrenaline. Without the spotlight, he resorts to remarkably self-destructive behavior.
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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief
Other wrestlers have stated that Flair's problem is that he is the gimmick. Sure, the most successful gimmicks are parts of the wrestlers personality turned up full blast but no one lived the gimmick like Flair did and it has left him poor and with a bunch of health problems.
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The most stark contrast was the Undertaker. He's just sitting there in a sweatshirt talking like a guy. I'm not much of a wrestling guy but even I know how batshit bizarre the Undertaker's act is/was. With Flair, there doesn't seem to be a line of demarcation. He became his character and even celebrates it that fact.
Some part of you hopes that one day he realizes what he's lost because of that. Then again, another part of you hopes he never does because that is going to be one brutal dose of reality.