5 WWE legends who you probably forgot were a part of IMPACT Wrestling

#1 ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair

For a period of time, the Nature Boy styled and profiled for TNA Wrestling after he retired from the WWE. Photo / wrestlingnewssource.com

On sixteen separate occasions, Ric Flair proved that he was indeed the man. Since his rise in the NWA and then WCW, along with the many years spent in WWE during the latter stage of his career, Flair has forged a legacy to which few can compare. But after retiring from WWE, he couldn’t sit idle and felt he could still be active in the business, if necessary in a different promotion. So between 2010 and 2012, he competed for Impact Wrestling.

While with the company, Flair’s role was to show them what a real wrestling faction looks like. He created the group Fortune, modeled closely after the Four Horsemen like Evolution was in WWE.

The group consisted of Frankie Kazarian, AJ Styles, and Bobby Roode, among others. He did say he would remain loyal to Vince McMahon and end his career with the company, and eventually, he did. Today he lives vicariously through his daughter Charlotte, who is a multiple-time women’s champion both on Raw and Smackdown Live.