Ric Flair was not at WrestleMania 42 this past weekend, and he has now explained exactly why, pointing to a phone call he made to Ludwig Kaiser roughly a year ago as the reason he was kept away.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani, Flair revealed that he was not invited to WrestleMania 42 following an incident stemming from comments made during the Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton angle ahead of WrestleMania 41. During that feud, Tiffany made remarks about Charlotte’s divorces, and Charlotte responded on television by suggesting Kaiser had been in her DMs. Flair took it upon himself to get Kaiser’s number and confront him directly.
“I didn’t get invited to WrestleMania this year. I threatened to beat up Tiffany Stratton’s boyfriend last year and I wasn’t allowed to go. A 24-year-old kid, threatened, by a 76-year-old man, and I can’t go to WrestleMania. Are you kidding me? That English kid. He’s going to go as far in wrestling as a gnat. He’ll be a fly on the wall in a year,” Flair said.
He elaborated on the specific circumstances that led to the call and what he said when Kaiser picked up.
“They had that thing where Tiffany made smart remarks about Ashley’s divorces, which we both know she’s not smart enough to have written, somebody gave her the script. He implied that he wouldn’t ‘bum one’ off Ashley. Okay, I need your number, and I got it, because I can get anyone’s number that I want any minute of any day. I called him and said, ‘When I see you, I’m going to beat the shit out of you.’ He went like a little bitch, told Hunter, and I wasn’t allowed to go. He’s going to really go far in the business. A 76-year-old tells a 24-year-old kid that he’s going to kick his ass and where is he now? Is he even on the roster? Little punk,” Flair said.
Kaiser is 35 years old, not 24 as Flair stated, and is currently portraying El Grande Americano II in AAA following his WWE departure.
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Ariel Helwani’s interview with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
