WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair and WWE RAW Women’s Champion certainly have a contentious relationship. ‘The Nature Boy’ recently took to his Twitter account and sent out a Tweet demanding a couple of apologies as well as a check of a staggering $20 Million. Ric Flair was also caught lying about Becky Lynch.
Ric Flair demands apologies from Becky Lynch and WWE
In a deleted Tweet he said that:
“I’ll Take 2 Apologies- One From Big Time Becks & One From The WWE… And A Check For 20 Million! You Already Have My Wiring Instructions @WWE!”
Flair and Lynch have had encounters over the usage of “The Man” since Lynch first referenced herself that way during her Summer 2018 feud with Ric’s daughter Charlotte. Flair has, described himself using the term in the past, most famously in his “To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man” promo on Ricky Steamboat.
Ric didn’t file a trademark for “The Man” until after Becky started using it, and the fact she continued to call herself that until she took a break from WWE in 2020. It has been speculated that Flair failed to secure the rights, or any of the legal action he threatened. But over the past several months, Lynch has stopped using “The Man”, instead calling herself “Big Time Becks”. It seemed like it could just be part of her heel turn and character evolution.
In many of his semi-regular shots at Becky on social media and his podcast, The Nature Boy indicated that he won the battle with Lynch & WWE over “The Man”. The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter more or less confirms that. It’s not clear if the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Flair rights, and there’s been no reporting of a court decision. But Dave Meltzer notes WWE has given up fighting their two-time Hall of Famer over “The Man”.
