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Hugh says on 4/Jul/08
He's definately no less than 5ft11. TELLEM says on 20/Jun/08
greg how is tully blanchard only an inch shorter than ric flair and arn? those guys had two inches on him! 6'0 peak 4 those guys...watch there vids on utube
Red says on 18/Jun/08
Greg says on 6/Jun/08
Ric Flair 5'11
Are you the Greg in the pic with Hogan?
I think Flair looks more 5΄10" or 5΄10.5" because he was the same height as 5΄10" Kurt Angle Greg says on 6/Jun/08
Ric Flair 5'11
Arn Anderson 5'11
Ole Anderson 5'11
Tully Blanchard 5'10
Barry Windham 6'5
Chris Benoit 5'9
Brian Pillman 5'9
Steve McMichael 6'2
Dean Maleno 5'7 Ola says on 30/May/08
225 lbs(?) reps like nothing isnt bad for a 59 yrs old man ;-) D says on 29/May/08
I'm going with 5'11". He never does dead lifts. But he can rep 225 like it's nothing and he does body squats by the hundreds. Ola says on 29/May/08
D nice info =) how strong is flair? can you give us some numbers... like bench press? dead lifts? etc D says on 26/May/08
Flair goes to my gym and I see him on a daily basis. I'm going with 5'11" to 6'. The guy who said he is 5'7" is full of ****. I'll pay closer attention today and give you a more accurate estimate. Tim says on 12/Apr/08
I'm 5'8" tall,I've been next to a lot of 6'0"ers,in 1994,when Ric would have been 44 years old,I met and stood next to him and He wasn't more than a few inches taller than me,so even back then I would say he was 5'11" at the very most. hs2008 says on 12/Apr/08
I'd agree with 5'10". He was clearly shorter than Shawn Michaels who's around 5'11" these days. Ola says on 8/Apr/08
please... 5'10 or less these days. i have pic of him being 1 inch taller than chris benoit - tops! he is also 1 inch shorter tan shawn michaels ... 5'10 is right on ;) Hugh says on 27/Mar/08
Nearer 6ft1 in his prime. 6ft0ish nowadays. Pipes says on 13/Mar/08
Definitly shrunk in height. Maybe 5'10" now. tim says on 20/Feb/08
yuh he does look 5"11 on wwe.com he is listed at 6-1 he might of been 6-1 back in da day buy as you get older u get shorter. Socom says on 24/Dec/07
Humans may not shrink without radical surgery quite as often as people think. However, I believe posture becomes worse which leads to shorter height. BigJim says on 19/Sep/07
The Man was in great shape. Hope I can hold out that long. rik says on 27/Aug/07
Back in the 80's when he was with the Four Horsemen, he looked about 6'0"-6'1". I think Arn Anderson and Ole Anderson were about his height as well. Tully Blanchard looked a couple inches shorter, at about 5'10". Flair's peak height was probably about 6' or 6'1. Hard to say. chris says on 23/Aug/07
I'm confident that Flair was 6-1 in the 70s + 80s ted says on 22/Aug/07
Jim looks a bit taller?Ric Flair is actually 5-11.In the night he seems short.
I am a big fun i know.
He cold be 6 foot in the morning.
I measured myself in the morning and i was 184cm but in the night 183.Maybe morning height is a myth?What do you think Rob?
[Editor Rob: every human shrinks, if they claim they don't, they are likely a cyborg.] Leona says on 19/Aug/07
I am a big fan of Ric Flair and there are two things I know about Ric and that is 1 Ric Flair is serious the moment he steps into the ring and 2 he never and I mean he never lets his fans down cause when he says something he means it and that is my story and I am sticking to it. Viper says on 4/Aug/07
Jason said that Flair looked 5-10 1/2 to him in person. That could be spot on. Flair is no taller than a flat 5-11 for sure. Mike says on 4/Aug/07
On Tv Flair looks short..opr doesnt look tall but he does look 6 even or close to it with Jim and Jim I think said he had regular shoes on..interesting, where do these 5'10 rumors come from???...lol chris says on 8/Jul/07
in his prime height could be about 6'1" Anonymous says on 13/Jun/07
Flair is 177-178 cm. In previous Raw he was about 3'' shorter than 184-185 cm Vince McMahon. Craiger says on 1/Jun/07
flair I always had at 5'11", though he does look 5'11.5" in the photo above Vegas says on 23/May/07
Flair is up to 1.5" shorter than Jim in that photo Danimal!!! I am not buying that. Flair is barely in front and he is slightly taller. Danimal says on 22/May/07
I give Flair between 5'10" and 5'11" and about 220 pounds in that pic, seeing Big Jim looks about 10 pounds heavier than Flair. BigJim says on 22/May/07
Thats me in the photo. In that photo I was 511.5 and 230 pounds. Our shoes both looked about the same height. We were both standing straight and tall. I think I may have had half an inch on him at best, but then again you be the judge. Flair per my earlier comment stepped forward for the photo. A great trick I need to remember =).
The same day I stood side by side with Cena but he sat for the photo. My recollection is that Cena was as tall if not half an inch taller than I. I would guess that he weighs between 225 and 230. He was wearing the B-Ball shoes but the heel seemed comparable to what I was wearing, although it might explain the half inch. I only noticed because I really expected these guys to be huge. Danimal says on 2/May/07
I agree with that Hivo. 5'10"-5'11" seems about right for Flair. He loves his white high heels in interviews, giving him the illusion of a 6'1" man, which he wasn't. Msy says on 1/May/07
People with big heads look shorter than they really are, especially from long distance. Notice Flair's head is bigger than Hogan's. Hivo says on 30/Apr/07
In Japan, Flair was listed as 180cm(5'11") in the 80s.
He cannot be taller than 180cm. mike says on 25/Mar/07
Spoke with him before the Rolling Stones Concert in Charlotte in 97. I am 5'11 and he was at least my height. Stood a foot from him while speaking with him for a few minutes. I thought he would be shorter from what I heard. Pretty thick dude with a large head. Danimal says on 28/Feb/07
Hogan was never 6'9". Hogan WAS 6'5"-6'6". Flair today is MAX 5'10" and probably a bit of change in reality. In his prime probably just shy of 6'0". Halb says on 28/Feb/07
I think Flair should be put below 6 ft. 6'2.5'' JK says on 27/Feb/07
I think he is 5'11.5'' - weak 6ft, but definetley can't see him under 5'11.5'' today, Kasem Abo Khadra says on 22/Feb/07
Rick flair's height seems to be only 5ft 9 I think, Also in the WWE Biography rick flair height is 6ft 1 Anonymous says on 31/Jan/07
The king of overstatement Vince McMahon, when quizzed aboot a poss Flair/Hogan match in the 80's said there was no point because Flair was a 5 ft 1 0 in 220lb chap and Hogan was a 6 ft 9 in 330lb monster:od...funny whe u see the real height diff between them:oD Danimal says on 6/Jan/07
I'm sure that he is NO longer taller than 5'11". YES. He may have been taller in his younger days. The same goes for Roddy Piper, who also has clearly lost height. Alex says on 6/Jan/07
Flair was never over 6'0 I don't think. Today I think he's not even 5'11. 5'10.5 I say because I remember he was only a a tad taller than Angle who is about 5'10. Kevin says on 6/Dec/06
My friend and I walked past him once and we figured (without shoes) Flair's got to be was 5'7", 5'8" max. He was only about an inch taller than my friend. ralph says on 17/Oct/06
Remember, Big Jim said that flair was a bit taller than him. Mr.E , flair hasnt lost any height, he is in a very good physical form. Danimal says on 10/Oct/06
He's not over 5'11". The WWE listed him at 5'11" at one point. He's NOTHING more than that! Viper652 says on 6/Oct/06
Time for a downgrade Danimal says on 5/Oct/06
He's not over 5'11", because the WWE was listing him as 5'11" and 220 a few years ago, upon his return (in 2001-2002 I believe). anon says on 5/Oct/06
he'd be 5'10 now, look at the photo very closely
Editor Rob says on 10/Sep/06
Found an old quote, from 1986 Chicago Times:
"I'm 6 feet tall and weigh 240 pounds. That's small by today's standards in professional wrestling" Josh says on 7/Aug/06
hes a solid 182cm man. 6 foot says on 7/Aug/06
i just cant see flair at 6ft i mean he is as tall as 5'10" angle and he is towered by other wrestlers like hhh hu is only 6ft 2 as we all. i think flair is 5'10.5 5'11 at most 6 foot says on 7/Aug/06
i just cant see flair at 6ft i mean he is as tall as 5'10" angle and he is towered by other wrestlers like hhh hu is only 6ft 2 as we all. i think flair is 5'10.5 5'11 at most Danimal says on 16/Jul/06
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Danimal says on 16/Jul/06
If Flair is 6'0" then Hogan was over still close to 6'6" when he entered the WCW and faced off against Ric in their 1994 match. Hogan was A LOT taller than Ric, by at least 6". I wish I had the match on my HD, but I don't. It's on a VHS tape. Trust me though. Hogan was VERY skinny and still appeared VERY tall. HE probably had only shrunk only just over an inch by that point. JK says on 16/Jul/06
I Have met flair last year and he is 6ft, but barely. trust me flair is still 6ft tall H2F says on 12/Jul/06
Saw some archives of the Milwaukee Journal. Flair was named All-Conference in football as a senior in high school. He was listed in the paper as being 6'0". Danimal says on 11/Jul/06
Furthermore, Flair is a former powerlifter and prior to this plane crash, he was 285 pounds and he went down to 190 pounds in recuperation and later gained 57 pounds when he started trained again. He still has a great physique for a guy who's 56-57 years old. Danimal says on 11/Jul/06
Sorry, I've been away for at least 3 months and I'm only now catching up. As for Ric, well, he used to be listed as 6'1" and 243 pounds up until early 2000's and then he was listed as 5'11" and 220 pounds by the WWE on their website. I believe that a lot more accurate than 6'1". Was he ever that tall? I'm sure he was 6'0" and change and today is 5'10" and change. Don't forget that he and Kurt Angle were the same height and Kurt's 5'10". TheMan says on 11/May/06
Yeah i think he could be about 181cm now. I think he would of been a strong 6foot in he's prime maybe like 183cm. That plane crash and he's career would of deffently effected he's height. Theres no telling how tall he was so im with rob on that one. Look how much Hogan shrunk so i can garantee flair did shrink but by how much. Freddie says on 10/May/06
I met him once in St. Martin about 10 years ago. He was there with a bunch of other wrestlers who were putting on a show. I'm 5'11". When I was talking to him, he definitely appeared about 6'. I remember his hands being huge though. Seemed like a strong dude. Nice guy. Elio says on 10/May/06
This seems like a legitimate reason for height loss. I reckon he should have a peak listing as well as his current height.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Jason says on 10/May/06
I'm always suspicious with height loss stories from wrestlers. Maybe he was 6'0'' at one point, but not 6'1''. H2F says on 9/May/06
Quote from a 1997 newspaper article:
"Later that year (1975), he was in a plane crash near Wilmington, NC, that broke his back in three places and took two inches off his height. He's about six feet tall."
For the WWE "Greatest Stars of the 1980s" DVD released last year, Flair commented that he broke T10, T11, and T12. He described them as being "all smashed together," which would be compression fractures.
More than likely he's had further spinal compression from wrestling over the past 32 years.
[Editor Rob: broken vertebrae is likely to result in loss of height...so maybe this guy should get a peak height of 6ft 1!] muta says on 7/May/06
My brother is about 6'0.5" and he saw Ric Flair in a club on the west coast in the 1990's and he stood next to Ric Flair and he said he felt like he was a little taller than Flair. I think it is fair to say Flair is 6'0" Elio says on 2/May/06
I think he's taller than 5'11" anyway. Additionally, I think it should be compulsary to end your posts on this board with a 'woo'.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Alex says on 1/May/06
The Man, he is 5'11 barely I think today. I remember in a staredown with Kurt Angle on Raw last summer he had about an inch on him. Flair when he was younger no doubt was 6'0 I think. TheMan says on 28/Apr/06
Well to me he looks no more than 182cms if he is 6,0 he's just about there. Paul says on 27/Apr/06
Jason ever tried 'cut and paste' ? ...lol. Jason says on 27/Apr/06
One of the tennis players with Ric Flair further down the page is 185cm James Blake. Flair looks 180cm/5'11'' next to him. Paul says on 24/Apr/06
I met him nearly 3 years ago (he was very rude but I wont let that cloud my judgement hehe).
Jonny what was up with Ric ? Too much WOOing. Alex says on 24/Apr/06
I never seen Flair in person, well up close that is. Today he is about 5'11 but when he was younger he was 6'0 I think. wrestling says on 23/Apr/06
in my videogame on snes royal rumble hes rated as 5'11" ... wwe started putting him at 6'1" sometime around Evolution (who was rated as 6'4+ guys) and triple h clearly looked smaller then em but trush is none of them were their rated heights so i give flair 180-181cm .. tho he looks 6' on that pic Jason says on 23/Apr/06
That's cuz he's closer to the camera. Note Jim said he purposefully stepped forward for the photo. Gramps says on 23/Apr/06
He looks at least six feet in the above photo. Jason says on 23/Apr/06
Seen Flair in person, he looked 5'11'' to me. Larger built than I expected, too. Jonny says on 22/Apr/06
I met him nearly 3 years ago (he was very rude but I wont let that cloud my judgement hehe). I think he was my height, perhaps a little bit smaller. I'm 5'11" lappers84 says on 21/Apr/06
i'd figure he was about 6'0, remembering back to wrestlemania 20 and the interview with Randy Orton and evolution, he looked about 6ft next to 6'4 Orton and 6'3 or so Batista. Alex says on 21/Apr/06
Bleemo, I'd give Chris Masters a solid 6'3. He does look pretty close to his 6'4 billed height. Big Jim says on 21/Apr/06
The 243 pounds they have him listed at might be right. I was 234 that day. Big Jim says on 21/Apr/06
To be honest I wasn't comparing height that night. He seemed about my height and to be honest I was shocked. I had always thought these guys were about 64 or so. I was also shocked that I was as big if not bigger than most of them. Even the Masterpiece was a lot smaller than I thought. My guess was that Ric Flair was right at 6 give or take ½ of an inch. He carried himself with good posture which I think makes him look closer to 6 than not. A lot of guys his age slouch whereas he carried himself with bravado and confidence. I asked my wife and daughters and they thought he was just a about the same as me when we were actually side to side. She did say he had a big head which accounted for some of the height. She also said that he did tend to step forward when photos were being taken (she was the one who took the photos). Cycklops says on 20/Apr/06
In the Super Nintendo game "WWF Royal Rumble"...Flair was listed as 5'11".
Can't be over that. Paul says on 20/Apr/06
Curt Hennig was Mr Perfect Anshelm. Alex says on 20/Apr/06
Look at this video of Flair and 5'10 Kurt Angle. Flair looks the same or a little taller so he's maybe 5'11 tops. def somewhere from 5'10-5'11 now and maybe 6'0 at his peak.
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Anshelm says on 20/Apr/06
Agree with Doink, if the guy's billed at 6'1" he's almost certainly shorter in reality. Plus, Kurt Angle is the pretty much the best measuring stick there is the WWE; not only has he one of the best documented heights (5'10"/178 cm) among wrestlers, but the guy's bald! Try using Carlito for comparison...
My wrestling watching history goes only so far: I've no idea who Curt Henning is, nor any idea of his height's legitimacy. Alex says on 20/Apr/06
6'0 in his prime I can see maybe but no way is he 6'0 today. He looked a bit taller barely when he faced off against 5'10 Kurt Angle so 5'10.5 is possible for him. He's 5'11 at the very most. Elio says on 20/Apr/06
I'm not sure about 6'1" ... but I think he was at least 6'0" at his peak. Big Jim, how tall did you think he looked in person. In that photo he looks roughly your height, perhaps half an inch or so shorter?
WOOOOOOOOOOO! Paul says on 20/Apr/06
Anshelm he didn't really look that much shorter than the late great Curt Hennig who was 188cm legit. Big Jim says on 20/Apr/06
Flair was in great shape, for a guy of any age, when we took this photo. This was taken about three days after the arrest for road rage. He seemed like a real nice guy and had a heck of strong handshake. Now that you mentioned it we took a few photos and he always seemed to move to the front just a little. Great trick I will have to remember it. LOL Jim Paul says on 20/Apr/06
He may be 182cm or 183cm now but 184cm when he was younger seems a good bet. Anshelm says on 20/Apr/06
I find 185 cm VERY hard to believe, even in the past. Nowadays he looks very much Kurt Angle's height, I think he's the taller of the two; about 179 cm/5'10½" today would be my guess.
I think he looks taller in that picture only because he's closer, but at least his shoulder line seems to be just lower than Jim's, so even based on that I'd guess no more than 5'11"... Besides, I've lost my trust for still photos a long time ago of course, sometimes you have nothing else to work with.
Shawn Michaels could be a good person to compare him to (though I'd put Shawn at 5'11"/180 cm, rather than 6'/183 cm). Paul says on 20/Apr/06
I used to see 184cm quoted many times during Ric's first WWF stint (not by WWF itself). |
