When I was knee high to a grass hopper my grandfather would watch wrestling. I remember watching the Nature boy, Jay Youngblood and Greg the Hammer Valentine on TV. As I got older it became a thing in my home as well for a short period of time. It was not until I was older that I got to meet Flair.
Me and a buddy was shopping at Nelson Royal's Work & Western Wear, Boots & Saddlery in Mooresville, NC. Keep in mind me and my buddy well lets just say we already was 3 sheets in the wind from drinking because we was young and dumb as bricks. While there we heard some people in the back being very loud and laughing. One of them came out from the back and we noticed it was Nelson. Of course we had to talk to him and I guess he could tell we was pretty drunk. He invited us to the back and we went, stepped into his office and there sit Waho McDaniels and Nature boy all of them drinking and having a good old time. They asked us to join them and we did. I will have to say I was expecting the Nature boy to be a d1ck like on TV but that was not the case. Back then on TV Rick and Waho was always at each others throats but come to find out they all was really very close friends. I cant say that I really got to know him but I did get to see a side that most do not a small glimpse of what he was really like at the time. It was a good day that day. I will be saying a prayer for the fellow he brought allot of good memories of spending time with my grandad god rest his soul.
