Just like last year, pro wrestling icon Ric Flair is a part of the NFL playoffs. Last season, Flair stunned his hometown Carolina Panthers by giving a pep talk to the 49ers before their playoff game in Green Bay. Now Colts safety Sergio Brown celebrated Indianapolis' win against Cincinnati by breaking out his best Ric Flair impersonation:
#ColtsNation Sergio Brown sums up the feeling in the locker room #CINvsIND
https://t.co/FQR2upiJNC
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) January 4, 2015
Compare Brown's work with one of the originals from the 80s on NWA World Championship Wrestling TV:
Here's Flair with the 49ers last year:
One Third Of WrestleMania VI Competitors Dead
Jim Hellwig
Ultimate Warrior foreshadowed his death on 'Raw' just a day after WrestleMania XXX: "Every man's heart one day beats its final beat. His lungs breathe their final breath. And if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others and makes them believe deeper in something that's larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized by the storytellers -- by the loyalty, by the memory of those who honor him, and make the running the man did live forever."
Jim Hellwig
Ultimate Warrior entered WrestleMania VI as the InterContinental champion and then beat Hulk Hogan for the WWF title.
Randy Savage
Savage was 58 when he died of a heart attack in 2011.
Randy Savage
At WrestleMania VI, Savage and Sensational Sherri Martel lost a mixed tag-team match to Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire.
Andre The Giant
Andre was 46 when he died of heart failure in 1993.
Andre The Giant
At WrestleMania VI, Andre and Haku lost the WWE tag-team championship to Ax and Smash of Demolition.
Rick Rude
'Ravishing Rick' was 40 when he died of heart failure related to an overdose in 1999.
Rick Rude
At WrestleMania VI, Rude defeated Jimmy Snuka.
Curt Hennig
Known as Mr. Perfect, Hennig was 44 when he died from "acute cocaine intoxication" in 2003.
Curt Hennig
At WrestleMania VI, Hennig lost to Brutus Beefcake.
John Tenta
Known as Earthquake, Tenta was 42 when he died in 2006 from bladder cancer that spread to his lungs.
John Tenta
At WrestleMania VI, he defeated Hercules.
Raymond Fernandez
Known as Hercules, Fernandez was 47 when he died in 2004 from heart disease.
Raymond Fernandez
At WrestleMania VI, he lost to Earthquake.
Allen Coage
Known as Bad News Brown, Coage, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo, was 63 when he died in 2007 of a heart attack.
Allen Coage
At WrestleMania VI, he had a double countout in his match against Roddy Piper.
Sherri Martel
"Sensational Sherri" was 49 when she died of an overdose in 2007.
Sherri Martel
At WrestleMania VI, she and Randy Savage lost a mixed tag-team match to Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire.
Dino Bravo
Bravo was 44 when he was gunned down in 1993, a murder that some believe was linked his alleged involvement in a cigarette smuggling ring.
Dino Bravo
At WrestleMania VI, he lost to Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
Ray Traylor
Known as Big Boss Man, Traylor was 41 when he died of a heart attack in 2004.
Ray Traylor
At WrestleMania VI, he defeated Akeem.
Sapphire
Known as Juanita Wright, Sapphire was 61 when she died of a heart attack in 1996. At WrestleMania VI, she and Dusty Rhodes won a mixed tag-team match against Randy Savage and Sensational Sherri.
Miss Elizabeth
Elizabeth Hulette didn't officially compete as a wrestler at WrestleMania VI, so she wasn't counted among the 12 who are now dead. But she did accompany Dusty Rhodes and Sapphire for their match and got involved in part of the action.
Miss Elizabeth
She died of an overdose in 2003.
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