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While media moguls and TV journalists are mourning the nonaccomplishment today of their workfellow Ted Turner, pro wrestling icon Ric Flair is paying tribute to nan precocious entrepreneur for their shared emotion of nan enduringly celebrated ready-made-for-TV sport.
In a station connected X today, Flair wrote, “So Sorry To Hear About The Passing Of The Great Ted Turner! The Man That Created Cable Before Cable Was Cool! He Created CNN And Look At It Now! He Rolled The Dice And Wasn’t Afraid Of Taking Risks. He Won The America’s Cup For Sailing! His Office Looked Like The Hall Of Fame Which Included A Picture Of Him And Khrushchev. On Top Of All Of That, He Created So Many Opportunities For So Many Wrestlers Because Of His Love For Wrestling. Rest In Peace My Friend! Thank You For The Memorable Personal Times That We Spent Together.”
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Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions successful 1988, renaming it World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which soon was nan main competitor to Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The rivalry betwixt nan 2 wrestling organizations would go known arsenic nan Monday Night War, a peculiarly intensive fame title done nan 1990s.
Under AOL Time Warner successful 2001, nan WCW was sold to nan WWF.
Flair was nan WCW World Heavyweight Champion aggregate times betwixt 1991 and 2000. As nan inaugural WCW World Heavyweight Champion, he became nan first personification to complete nan WCW Triple Crown, having already held nan WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and WCW World Tag Team Championship. He past completed nan WWE Triple Crown erstwhile he won nan WWE Intercontinental Championship, aft already holding nan WWF World Heavyweight Championship and nan original World Tag Team Championship.
In all, Flair is simply a 16-time world champion – eight-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, eight-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and two-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion. Flair himself has said he won 21 championships successful all, while Turner is mostly credited pinch being a important facet successful revitalizing liking successful occupation wrestling successful nan precocious 1980s and 1990s done nan WCW.
Deadline will adhd different tributes to Turner arsenic they get today.
So Sorry To Hear About The Passing Of The Great Ted Turner! The Man That Created Cable Before Cable Was Cool! He Created CNN And Look At It Now! He Rolled The Dice And Wasn’t Afraid Of Taking Risks. He Won The America’s Cup For Sailing! His Office Looked Like The Hall Of Fame… pic.twitter.com/wttiSQEdWC
— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) May 6, 2026
