Richard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time with a professional career that spans 40 years. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and is noted for his lengthy and highly decorated tenures with the National Wrestling Alliance , World Championship Wrestling , and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment . Flair is officially recognized by WWE, TNA and PWI as a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion ... although his actual tally of World Championship reigns varies by source—Flair considers himself a 21-time world champion. In World Championship Wrestling , he also had two stints as a booker—in 1989–1990 and 1994. Flair also became the first and only man to have won the WWF Championship in a Royal Rumble match, when he accomplished this in the 1992 edition of the event.
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