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| Born | David Richard Fliehr (1979-03-06)March 6, 1979 (age 46)[1] Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Ric Flair (father) |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | David Flair[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 177 lb (80 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Charlotte, North Carolina[1] |
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| Debut | January 17, 1999 |
| Retired | May 15, 2009 |
David Richard Fliehr (born March 6, 1979), better known by thering nameDavid Flair, is an American retiredprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure inWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he held theWCW United States Championship andWCW World Tag Team Championship. He is the son of professional wrestlerRic Flair, and the half-brother of professional wrestlersCharlotte Flair andReid Flair.[1]
Growing up, Fliehr did not want to become a wrestler, like his father; he always wanted to be astate trooper. He appeared on camera backstage with his father atStarrcade '93: 10th Anniversary inWorld Championship Wrestling. In the storyline, his father was going to have to "retire" if he lost his match, so his family appeared to increase the emotion. In late-1998, David was back on WCW TV sitting front row and getting involved in some skirmishes withEric Bischoff and theNew World Order (nWo).
He eventually decided to become a wrestler and teamed with his father in his debut match atWCW/nWo Souled Out on January 17, 1999. Fliehr wrestled under his father's altered surname of "Flair". They wrestledCurt Hennig andBarry Windham and won the match.[2][3]
On February 21, 1999, atSuperBrawl IX, Davidturned on his father and joined thenWo Elite. He used ataser on his father to help Hogan win their WCW World Title match. He did not wrestle for a while but did appear in vignettes withSamantha while he was training at theWCW Power Plant.[1]
Flair started to wrestle a regular schedule in May 1999. He made up with his father who then had theFour Horsemen help Flair win matches. Ric, being the on-screen WCW President, strippedWCW United States ChampionScott Steiner of his title and awarded it to Flair. On July 11, Flair defeatedDean Malenko, with the help of Ric andArn Anderson, to keep the title in his first defense onpay-per-view.
Flair was joined byDaffney atStarrcade in 1999. He was joined a little later byCrowbar. They formed a team and won the vacant WCW World Tag Team Titles in a tournament final on January 3, 2000, overKevin Nash and Scott Steiner with Anderson as the special referee.[1] They lost the titles toBig Vito andJohnny the Bull,The Mamalukes, on January 19. Flair soon split with Crowbar and in May 2000, joined Vince Russo'sNew Blood faction. He dumped Daffney and tookMiss Hancock) as his valet. He also turned on his father again which led to a match against him atThe Great American Bash. Flair lost, but the next night, he won a match against his father to retire him and shave his father's head.
Flair toured in theindependent circuit for the first part of 2001. He teamed with Don Factor to win theNWA World Tag Team Championship on March 21. They lost them on March 23. He then teamed with Romeo Bliss to win theNWA Georgia Tag Team Championship on March 24. They lost them on April 21.
In May 2001, theWorld Wrestling Federation picked up Flair's WCW contract and sent him toOhio Valley Wrestling. He stayed there and feuded withVal Venis and had a brieftag team withMark Jindrak until late 2002, when they dropped his development contract. He did make two appearances on WWF TV during 2002 as he was beaten up byThe Undertaker on March 4 and wrestled the Undertaker on March 14 as part of the build-up for his father's match against Undertaker atWrestleMania X8.
In May 2003, Flair did a series of dark matches forSunday Night Heat andWWE Velocity.
In January 2006, Flair lost toWilliam Regal in a dark match.
Flair joinedNWA Total Nonstop Action in December 2002. He joined Vince Russo'sSports Entertainment Xtreme (S.E.X.) group. He had a brief feud withCurt Hennig and then left S.E.X. to form Next Generation withBrian Lawler andErik Watts. Together, they feuded withDusty Rhodes and mocked him with an old NWA World Title belt. David left TNA in early 2003.
After NWA TNA, David toured the independent circuit, winning the IWA Intercontinental Championship fromRay Gonzalez on November 28, 2003, in Puerto Rico. He lost it to Gonzalez two days later. Flair quit IWA after problems with IWA promoterVíctor Quiñones.
In January 2005, Flair appeared in Japan withAll Japan Pro Wrestling.
On December 6, 2008, he wrestled a match with his half-brother,Reid, who was making his professional wrestling debut, defeatingThe Nasty Boys via submission inCharlotte, North Carolina, withHulk Hogan as the special guest referee.[4][5]
Flair's mother, Leslie Goodman, isJewish.[6]
Both of his parents separated around the time of his birth in 1979, with David being raised mainly with his mother inMinneapolis, Minnesota.[7][8] Flair acknowledged that he hardly saw his dad, who opted to live inCharlotte, North Carolina after separating from his mother, while growing up.[9] However, David still wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps and they would bond more as he older.[10][8]
Flair datedStacy Keibler in 2000, when they both worked inWCW.[11] Flair married Robin Haskell in 2004, and they reside inShelby, North Carolina.[12][13] They have two children, Pyper and Carter. Pyper is a nationally ranked gymnast.[14][15]
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