AEW Rejected Ric Flair's Pitch To Turn On Sting At Revolution

Ric Flair wanted to turn on Sting one final time at Revolution 2024 but All Elite Wrestling rejected the pitch. 

Appearing on Busted Open Radio, Flair revealed he pitched a different ending for Sting's retirement match at Revolution.

"I gave them a finish to that match. They looked at me like I had seven different things....I don't think Tony (Khan) knew that I was on blood thinners. I've been doing all that sh*t for all these years. I've had that blood clot since 2012. Tony, if he asked me once, he asked me 10 times, 'Do not cut yourself.' What I wanted to do. I wanted those guys to have the same match, but at the end, instead of leaving me laying there like that, just keep me on the outside the whole time. At the end, as Sting is standing there and those guys are gone, I jump on Sting, boom, boom, boom, he does one big move to me, puts the scorpion (death lock) on me, and we go out the way we started 31 years ago. It would have blown the roof off the joint and it would have made me a heel so I had somewhere to go. It's hard to get the people to get mad at me now. I haven't heard back from them since. 'Ric that's a great idea. We'll call you later on,'" Flair said. 

Flair believes a lot of people were "disappointed" because he didn't turn on Sting at Revolution. Instead, Flair made the save for Sting during 'The Icon's' retirement match and Sting went out on top, successfully defending the AEW World Tag Team Championships alongside Darby Allin against The Young Bucks in his final match. 

Ric Flair hasn't been back on AEW TV since Revolution and the belief is he is likely finished with the promotion. His Woooo! energy drink has also stopped being featured on All Elite Wrestling programming. 

Sting has stayed away from AEW since his retirement but the 65-year-old is likely spending his time gardening. 

H/T Fightful