Steve Austin says Ric Flair is the best wrestler to ever set foot in the ring, but he’s also become a very close friend to him. Austin spoke with TMZ ahead of last night’s RAW Reunion show and talked about hanging out with Ric Flair and others before the show. He said he woke up with a nervous energy because of all of the people he was excited to see, calling himself ‘a kid in a candy store.’
The conversation then turned to Flair and his recent health scare, and how Flair credited Austin with being one of the guys to reach out to him and help him through it. Austin talked about their relationship and said Flair is one of a kind, and he’s glad he could be there for Ric because he knows how it feels to have someone there to pick him up.
“He’s the absolute greatest of all-time to ever lace up a pair of boots, and the greatest world champ of all-time. Hulk Hogan was such a huge name in his right with putting wrestling on the map, what he did, and taking it to the heights he did. But, Ric Flair is someone I just really hold near and dear to me.
Many people know Ric better than I do, but we’ve become such good friends and I have such admiration for him. I’ve been down in the dumps too and I’ve had guys reach out to me and it’s helped me out when I’ve been in a bad time. So, any kind of support that I can be there for Ric, I’m glad. I’m proud to be his friend, a close friend. And, I wish him nothing but the best. He’s a very special human being. They broke the mold when they made that guy.”
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