The Disney Plus app has a number of the 30 for 30 documentaries on there and I'm going to get through them one day, but I wanted to make sure that I saw this one as I am a big Wrestling fan and I remember this getting some good reviews when it was initially released. You could make a documentary about the Nature Boy that runs for hours, but given the time allowed this was pretty good.
Richard Fliehr, born in 1949 and raised by adoptive parents, meets Greg Gagne who convinces him to join a wrestling camp ran by his father Verne Gagne. His professional career is nearly cut short by a serious plane crash, which breaks his back. His recovery forces him into a different style of Wrestling and soon "The Nature Boy" characters is born. Unfortunately, Ric Flair comes to live the gimmick, spending lavishly, drinking heavily and womanising, which would cost him two marriages and many years of life with his children.
I felt, as an overview of Flair's life, it was solid. You could, as I said, spend hours and hours on it - particularly if you could get footage from the WWE to work with. Various aspects of his career, his return to WCW after the first WWF stint, his time spent booking with the NWA/WCW, his falling out with Jim Herd, David Flairs time in the business and many other stories are either hinted at or ignored completely but given the nature of the 30 for 30 format, it was well done.
I thought the elements dealing with the death of Reid perhaps felt a little exploitative, but I understood later than they fed into the Charlotte storyline that gives the episode it's more positive ending. It was interesting to see how big Flair was, prior to the plane crash and to relive the retirement angle on more time.
Interesting, but barely scratching the surface.