Ric Flair: Brock Lesnar Is In The Class Of Great

Ric Flair gives Brock Lesnar credit of being one of the greats.

Ric Flair says Brock Lesnar is one of the greats.

In 2023, following WrestleMania 39, Cody Rhodes and Brock Lesnar would kick off a rivalry that ran until SummerSlam. In the trilogy of matches, Rhodes would come out the 2-1 winner. After their final match at SummerSlam, Lesnar would shake Cody’s hand, putting him over in Detroit. 

While speaking on Busted Open Radio earlier this week, Ric Flair would be asked about Cody Rhodes finishing the story. Flair would first note that he hoped Rhodes would win at WrestleMania 39, before praising Brock Lesnar as being in a ‘class of great.’

“I think he’s special. I was hoping, and I actually thought he would win it last year. What really amazed me, on both people’s part, when they put him with Brock. That can go one of two ways, right? I actually texted Brock and I said, ‘You have put yourself in a different league.’ He about killed him, but at the end of the day, he put him over. I texted Brock, ‘Brother, you’re a special kind of cat. You’ve gone from being a great attraction a good worker, to a great worker.’ He is a great worker right now. He’s in a class of great. He can do anything, and it looks real. I only wrestled him a couple of times and I used to say, ‘Remember, I’m just a little bit older than you buddy.’ [Laughs]. He never hurt me. Brock is like Brody [Bruiser Brody], except Brody was probably a little meaner. Brock is pretty intimidating. The minute they gave Brock the mic instead of Heyman talking, he’s great. He’s great on the mic.”

Since losing to Rhodes at SummerSlam, Lesnar has not appeared on WWE television. However, it has been recently reported that Lesnar is returning soon. You can read more about that here.

Meanwhile, Cody Rhodes is scheduled to have a face to face confrontation with CM Punk on the January 22nd edition of Monday Night RAW.

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