Pro wrestling legend Ric Flair was reportedly cut off at a bar in Florida recently. The Nature Boy claimed that the restaurant “disrespected” him more than he’s ever been in his life.
The scene happened at a Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza location in Gainesville, where Flair was celebrating a family member’s graduation.
And now, there’s video.
Flair Seemed Drunk
The video, which appears to be from a surveillance camera, circulated on social media on Tuesday.
Flair can be seen telling a bar employee, “I didn’t do anything wrong except spend money and put this place over and bring my family and friends here. That is bad for you.”
When the employee asked why it would be bad for him, the 75-year-old 2 time WWE Hall of Famer said that he would disparage the restaurant on social media.
And he did.
Flair asked the man behind the bar his name. The man replied, “Nicholas.”
“Nicholas what? Nicholas D***head,” Flair responded.
Flair denied doing anything wrong, but the employee insisted that he had accosted the restaurant’s manager.
Flair denied this. The employee said Flair “cussed” at him.
“I didn’t say one cuss word,” Flair insisted.
We don’t know the full context of what happened, but in the video the restaurant employees appear to be behaving professionally and being reasonable while Flair continues to be antagonistic.
In the video, Flair can be heard offering a female employee a $1,000 tip to tell the male employee he was haggling with to “kiss my ass.”
The bar employee said that he wasn’t asking Flair to leave, but he was “cut off” from any further alcohol service.
Flair called him a “dips***” twice. Then he said that the guy should “come outside and talk to me like a man.”
Another customer at the bar asked Flair, “Do you want to come outside and talk to me in the parking lot? Because I don’t give a s***.”
Flair eventually posted on X about his dissatisfaction with the restaurant.
Not a good look for Flair. It will be interesting to see what he does now that the video is available. Will he apologize or dig in?
