WWE News Dot Net Exclusive: The idea Steve Austin pitched to Vince McMahon for Ric Flair’s retirement Mar 15, 2008 - 02:24 PM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing During WrestleMania 24 weekend last year, Steve Austin pitched a retirement angle for Ric Flair to Vince McMahon. Although the story line that WWE eventually went with has some similarities, Austin’s version of the story line called for Flair to grow frustrated with a big loss or a losing streak and then place the retirement stipulation on himself. Austin’s version of the story called for Flair to go on a big winning streak that would conclude at WrestleMania 24, but he did not have an opponent in mind for Flair’s final match. He also did not pitch himself as being involved in any part of the story line. Austin made a few additional suggestions, but he primarily came up with the general idea and did not have a detailed idea for pay-per-view matches or feuds. Powell’s POV: I’ll have more on the Austin pitch later today. I think the story line Austin pitched is brilliant and Vince should look to him for more story line ideas in the future. I’m not crazy about the way WWE executed the story line and I’ll have an update later today on where things went wrong. News Usage Policy HELP SUPPORT DOT NET! BECOME A MEMBER AT OUR CHARTER RATE OF JUST $5 A MONTH - GET THE FIRST LOOK AT EXCLUSIVE INSIDER DOT NET NEWS, TONS OF EXCLUSIVE AUDIO SHOWS, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, START YOUR OWN BLOG, AD-FREE MAIN LISTING: SIGN ME UP (or MORE INFO) GOT AN IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH? THEN BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW FREE iPhone APP: (click here!) (or SEARCH "pro wrestling" in iTunes App Store) FOR MORE BREAKING WWE & TNA NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE PWTORCH.COM (click here!) FOR MORE MMA & UFC NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE MMATORCH.COM (click here!) CLICK TO RETURN TO DOT NET MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY WWE News Latest Twelve Articles WWE News: NASCAR driver celebrates his win with a replica WWE Title belt WWE News: Supposedly deeply offended victim Mr. Lobo issues a challenge to "wrassle" Chris Jericho WrestleMania 26 pay-per-view price revealed, more notes on the other pay-per-view prices increasing Shore's WWE Smackdown Hitlist: John Morrison and Cryme Tyme vs. Dolph Ziggler and The Hart Dynasty, Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox, C.M. Punk vs. R-Truth, and Batista vs. Matt Hardy WrestleMania 26 tickets on sale today WWE announces a Survivor Series match (minor Smackdown spoiler - no match results)