Breaking News: Ric Flair Airplane Incident - Blowup

According to a source, several sources in TNA have confirmed that Ric Flair missed the TNA event in Germany due to, "Flair refusing to get on the plane to Germany". Those sources have also stated that the reason he did not get on the plane was due to a blow up with a member of TNA management in Dublin, Ireland.

The source went on to say the following…

"He threw a fit. He was playing 'Nature Boy' on the tour and got pissed off and threw a tantrum. As far as we all know, he's in Dublin still. He said he wasn't coming and he wasn't in Berlin."

This is not the first time Flair has been said to have an outburst since signing with TNA, but most of these incidents were after events, and didn't cause a change to scheduled cards. Flair was not advertised to wrestle in Berlin, but he is advertised for the Glasgow, Scotland show on the 27th. For that event, he is scheduled to team with Kazarian against Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan.

When reached for comment, TNA's head of publicity, Steven Godfrey stated the following…

"TNA does not comment on personnel matters."

There are a number of stories making the rounds on what exactly led to Ric Flair's temper tantrum on the current overseas tour. All we know right now is that Flair had a verbal altercation with a member of TNA management in Dublin, Ireland. He then refused to fly out to Berlin, Germany.

There are stories making the rounds that the issue was a financial situation but we do NOT have that confirmed as of this writing. A source close to the situation believes that Flair pulled out of the tour due to money and that the issue at hand was TNA not giving Flair an advance pay for the remaining dates on the tour.

TNA management believes Flair is still in Dublin right now.

Ric Flair's a fucking idiot. If I were TNA, I would jsut cut him loose right here and now. He hasn't helped ratings and he throws fits, would you want to sign him?

cause Flair is all about himself, always has and always will be

probably wants to be inducting Arn Anderson in the hall of fame this year.

They should fire him, he's not needed at all.

As noted earlier today here on the website, an incident took place in Dublin, Ireland with Ric Flair following TNA's house show event in the city where Flair was left behind by the TNA crew.

According to reports, Flair "demanded money in advance" from TNA tour manager Craig Jenkins as they were departing on a bus heading to the airport to take the crew to Berlin, Germany. When Jenkins denied this request by Flair, Flair refused to get on the bus and a decision was made to leave him behind. We are told members of the TNA crew supported this decision and were even mocking Flair for his sudden outburst using "signature promo lines" when he was left behind. Yes, there were actually TNA talents on the bus "WHOOO'ing" as they pulled away.

Some were calling into question Flair's partying ways during the current tour, something he is notorious for and was doing once again this time around. It should be noted that Flair was not sent home by TNA, but simply left behind as a decision was made to move on without him and not hold up the entire crew who were waiting to travel.

Flair is still believed to be in Europe and could catch up with the group with remaining dates in Glasgow, Scotland on January 27, Manchester, England on January 28 and London, England on January 29.

Grounds for termination. But they won't because the powers that be are in love with him.

Ric Flair has pulled out of the remaining dates of TNA Wrestling's ongoing European tour according to sources. To clarify, Flair was not sent home from the tour by management. It's been indicated that Flair is still in Europe and could reach the troupe in Scotland, if he chooses. There was no official decision to send him home, just to leave him behind as opposed to holding up an entire talent roster waiting to travel internationally. Flair was one of the top attractions of the tour, which was named the "Maximum Wooo!" Tour. He accompanied Beer Money, Inc. for TNA Tag Team Championship Matches at prior events in France and Ireland.

Old man acting like a little girl but that sounds uncharacteristic (normally), even for him to do that being all about the money and all. I think Munk is on to something, he might be intentionally trying to get released to go back to the WWE for the Hall of Fame ceremony for his homeslice Arn.

As previously reported, Ric Flair had a major falling out with TNA management while on tour with the company overseas.

While in Dublin, Ireland, Flair reportedly demanded money “in advance” from a company official. When his request wasn’t granted, Flair allegedly tried to play hardball, refusing to get on a bus that was taking personnel to the airport for their flight. A decision was made to leave Flair behind.

To update this situation, it's said that the tension between Ric Flair and TNA had been building up for weeks, although nobody could point to the exact reasons why.

TNA and Flair have apparently worked things out as he is expected to be at TNA's live event in Scotland tomorrow.

As previously noted, Flair will be returning to the tour starting with tomorrow's event in Glasgow, Scotland. Some wrestlers rolled their eyes when they heard that he would be returning, but the decision to bring him back to the tour was a financial one. The European shows are sold out events, and with numerous changes having been made, (AJ Styles and Alex Shelley being injured, Kurt Angle returning home for a family emergency) TNA felt it best to get Flair back onto the shows to maintain good relations with the local promoters and the European fans, who kept supporting the company. This is also why Matt Hardy was added to the tour.

Among some of the wrestlers, the decision to bring Flair back will not be popular. Several performers spoke with management over the last 24 hours in an effort to have Flair sent home or even possibly let go from the company. Many performers were harsh in regards to Flair, stating that he had ruined the mood of the tour, which until this happened, was said to be calm and happy. Some are even comparing Flair to Booker T, as Booker fell out of favor with several in the company during the Germany tour last year. This was a factor in his dismissal from the company. Some talents feel sorry for Flair, including the following source…

"The whole thing was stupid but most of us feel more sorry for him than upset. If someone told you everyone is mad, that's a lie. But, there are some pissed because it makes the entire crew look like a**holes and we are certainly tired of his sh**. Flair's asked several of us for money when he's had his credit cards declined. When that happens, the bar tab comes and others get stuck paying for the very drinks he said were on the house in the first place. Everyone loves the "Nature Boy", but when the limousines and party lifestyle is based on bad credit and lies, it suddenly becomes more pathetic than anything else. There is nothing glamorous about a guy who has no concept of money management and then lies to try and get out of it. The fact he has no money should be a lesson every wrestler today should take note on. Don't let this happen to you. If you read the Gorgeous George book that came out and then take an honest look at Ric, you realize, wow, that book is pretty much predicting his future - and that's not a happy ending."

Another source believes that this may have been a good thing, since it may force management to deal with it first-hand and might make TNA a little more leery of continuing to bring in expensive veteran talent when the last year has shown no upside to it based on the current ratings. The source also says that the younger guys in the locker room have united against the veterans, feeling that they do all the work, while the veterans treat the company like a country club. The source had the following to say…

"I respect what the older guys have done, but they aren't making us any money. Nothing reflects that. We would draw the exact same if 99% of them were gone. Sometimes you have to take a step backwards to take a leap forward and I really think more and more that's where TNA is. Obviously, you need some veteran talents but there's a crew here that wants to build a company and we want to focus on that, not paying someone's bar tab and having to wait for him to fight it out with Craig Jenkins [TNA Management] when he doesn't get his way."

heres the solution....GET RID OF THE FUCKING OVER THE HILL, WASHED UP GUYS THAT WERE PAST THEIR PRIMES 10 YEARS AGO. for fucks sake

This whole thing is

And TNA is still going to bring in old dudes after this, watch. They still don't got it.

Signing old dudes is a way of life for TNA.

After all....it IS WCW...