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10 Wrestlers Who Should Have Stayed Retired - Kurt Angle! Ric Flair! Kane AND The Undertaker?!

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🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Father time remains undefeated, including against some of these pro wrestling icons... Gareth Morgan presents 10 Wrestlers Who Should Have Stayed Retired...


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0:00.0

From a nature boy who didn't know when to call it a day, to a dead man who refused to let his career rest in peace.

0:07.9

I'm Gareth, you are watching What Culture Wrestling, and here are 10 wrestlers who should have stayed retired.

0:14.1

Number 10, Rick Flair, often considered the greatest professional wrestler of all time in spite of countless personal indiscretions that could

0:22.8

and should have realistically tarnished any legacy forever, Rick Flair just can't and won't call time.

0:29.5

His retirement match at WrestleMania 24 against Sean Michaels was the perfect send-off.

0:34.8

Maybe up to that point the best in the history of the entire industry.

0:38.4

There was no bigger stage, put on as it was by the market leader in an act of genuine respect and

0:44.7

deference to a locker room that mostly idolized the nature boy. But Flair's story did not end there.

0:51.1

Nope. He returned to the ring in 2009, just one year later, to do some

0:56.3

Australian house shows with Hulk Hogan before becoming a semi-regular TNA TV act the following year.

1:02.6

He was then back at it again in 2022 at the age of 73 for a one-shot last match pay-per-view

1:09.2

against Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal alongside Andrade,

1:12.6

his son-in-law.

1:13.6

These matches were a far cry from his heyday, with the latter particularly raising concerns

1:18.6

over his health and safety.

1:20.6

It was terrifying, to be honest.

1:21.6

Flair's return did little to enhance his legacy.

1:24.6

Instead, it left fans worried, nostalgic, or just simply depressed, thinking

1:28.7

of a long, distant time when Flair could live up to his many monikas.

1:32.9

Number nine, Sean Michaels.

1:34.4

As with his aforementioned WrestleMania 24 rival, Sean Michaels is another name that still

1:40.0

crops up when discussing the legitimate greatest to ever do it.

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