On a recent episode of Talk is Jericho, Chris Jericho hosted AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a show they called Talk’n Shop. The show featured the four of them having a good time and doing random impressions and voices. One of these impressions was of Ric Flair, done by AJ Styles (who also does an amazing job at it I must ad). During the impression, one of either Karl Anderson or Luke Gallows asked Ric “What you know about 40,000?”. This was likely a shot at Flair for reportedly owing Ring Of Honor $40,000.
On episode 3 of the Ric Flair Show podcast hosted by the MLW Radio Network, Flair responded to the shot taken at him. He seems to think it was Karl Anderson taking a shot at him:
“Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, I love AJ and have all the time in the world for him. We got as close as can be in TNA and I certainly have a lot of respect for him. I think the world of Luke Gallows and have gotten to know him real well. The Anderson kid, um, he sounds like Shane Douglas trying to be cute. And I guess he can be cute next time he sees me, ‘cause I’ll bring it up to him. It is what it is, they take these shots. The problem is if you say it, you gotta be held accountable. I know what he was saying, and he can say it to my face (Source: Ric Flair Show).
You can listen to the podcast here.
The kicker is that if you listen back, it actually sounds like it was Luke Gallows who said the joke and not Karl Anderson. Both guys were doing voices so it is hard to tell but Flair obviously thinks it was Anderson who took the shot at him. This seems like a touchy subject for the Nature Boy.
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