Ric Flair Looks Back At Getting His Intellectual Property From WWE

Ric Flair owns his own IP, and he recently recalled getting control of it from WWE after his near-death experience. The WWE Hall of Famer was a guest on Games With Names recently in honor of his famed Chi-Town Rumble against Ricky Steamboat in 1989. During the conversation, he talked about getting the rights to his IP from WWE and how it came about.

Flair had a dispute with WWE over the rights to the trademark for “The Man.” Becky Lynch had been using the name and Flair said he was considering legal action over it. The two sides amicably resolved the matter. You can see highlights from Flair’s comments below:

On Owning His Intellectual Property:

“Here’s the deal. There’s only two people that own their intellectual property in in the historyof WWE. Me and The Rock. Hogan owned his, but you know now he’s a terrible mess with his family fighting over his money.”

On How He Got Ownership Of His IP:

“Because I sued them. Because when I was dying, I was on life support for 14 days. Everybody cashed in. My agent stole $150,000. Because if I’m dead, then it goes to court, right? Or whatever my will was at that time. Estate planning is very important, by the way. But everybody cashed in, because I thought I was going to die. And then when I lived, then I find out what’s going on. I read the letters, WWE was writing me letters wanting me to sign my intellectual property back to him. So — I didn’t sue ’em. I just said, ‘I’m going public with this. Give me my s**t back.”

“But like Undertaker, he’s now — it’s Mark Callaway [on his podcast] Six Feet Under. He can’t even get his. It’s crazy, it pisses him off. That’s why Steve Austin’s so mad. He they they will never give up Stone Cold.”