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“Stop Being So Ridiculous”: Ric Flair Gets Destroyed Online for His Biased Stance on NBA Legend LeBron James

Published March 27, 2023, 9:30 AM EDT

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LeBron James is one of the greatest NBA stars of this era. James has come a long way and risen up the ranks in NBA and is a sports icon. Similarly, WWE legend Ric Flair is one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time. Both these NBA and WWE legends have the numbers to prove their worth although both of them have had their rough patches as well.

Recently, Flair took to his social media and shared a detailed post about LeBron James, and called himself the biggest fan of James. He would further ask him not to get disappointed by his loss in his recent game for the Cavaliers, since despite not winning in his return match, James will “Forever Will Be THE MAN!”

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However, some and NBA fans did not take the comment well and started bashing The Nature Boy on his social media account. They criticized his take on James.

Fans react as Ric Flair calls LeBron James ‘The Man’

Ric Flair was known as ‘The Man’ during his prime, and he was one of the greatest pro wrestling talents of all time. Similar to Flair, James is also legend of the sport. However, for the past few years, he has been going through a rough patch.

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After failing to win his return match against the Chicago Bulls, fans were agitated at him. And, after Flair’s post about him, the fans were triggered further. As Flair posted about James on his Instagram, fans started leaving negative comments on it.

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Here are some of the top comments:

“Stop. He is not the greatest ever. Consider him a top 10 all time. Nothing more.”

“Literally no one would agree with you on this.”

“MJ AND KOBE THE REAL GOATS.”

“Ric stop being so ridiculous…..MJ is the greatest and that’s the bottom line!”

“He’s the king of flops.”

“he aint even top 5.”

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“Flair taking an L for this post 😖”

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“Someone needs to take away this man’s phone when he’s drinking”

“Boo. He’s no King at all!!!”

‘Somebody help this guy. Please”

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It is now to be seen, how James recovers from this loss. His fans are eagerly waiting for his comeback, and his form on the court. As for Flair, he may have to think twice before posting about James’ as the greatest again on social media.

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Shounak Chakrabarti

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Shounak Chakrabarti is WWE writer at EssentiallySports. With a degree in Journalism, he wants to stand tall as an objective journalist. An avid fan of wrestling from childhood, Shounak has followed the sport from its very core and Seth 'Freakin' Rollins just happens to be his favorite wrestler.
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Sherjeel Malik