Ric Flair on His AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts 2025 Show Abscense, Torn Rotator Cuff Injury Update, His Praise of Tony Khan, His Belief That Today’s Wrestling Is In A Good Place, & Chris Jericho’s Recent AEW & TNA Comments

Casino Beats held a recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair. One of the topics discussed included Flair’s thoughts about his abscense from his scheduled appearance at AEW’s Dynamite Blood & Guts 2025 show in Greensboro, North Carolina earlier this month due to a torn rotator cuff issue.

“I just loved it. I wish that I had been able to do something with Ricky, but my shoulder didn’t allow it. But I try to see him as much as I can. Him and Shawn Michaels are the two best babyfaces ever of all time. Nobody comes close.”

Flair also provided an update on his recovery from a recent torn rotator cuff injury.

“I’m better, I’m doing fine. I’ll probably have to have something done with it, but I have a long weekend ahead of me with two appearances. One in California and one in Chicago. And then next week, I’ll figure out when I have time to go down there and get it looked at.”

Flair also gave his praise of AEW CEO Tony Khan and his belief that wrestling is currently in a good place.

“Tony Khan is a really great guy. The guys over in AEW are great. Wrestling is in a good place right now.

I can’t say enough good things about him. He is fantastic, and he is just a total gentleman, and I think he legitimately cares about everybody. They’re not just a number to him. I think he legitimately cares about everybody that works for him.”

Flair also gave his thoughts about his belief that it is great for the wrestling business for wrestlers to have another viable place to work in terms of good paying jobs with AEW around.

“WWE/WWF has been around forever, and it’d be very difficult to overtake them. They have so much momentum, and now they have this new deal with ESPN. But I think it’s great for the business and for the guys that have an opportunity to work in other places as well.”

Flair also gave his thoughts about Chris Jericho’s recent comments comparing AEW and TNA Wrestling and Jericho calling TNA the number two promotion in the world due to the attendance at their Bound For Glory 2025 event.

“Oh, I like AEW much more than TNA. I don’t know much about TNA because I haven’t seen it. AEW has some really great performers.”