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 tag team champion Edge injured during a San Diego house show WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat returning to the ring this weekend, Chris Jericho comments on their upcoming match Jim Ross discusses the need for to add new wrestlers to the WWE main event mix, identifies two wrestlers who are moving up the ladder on Smackdown, the need for a WWE scouting department 7/3 WWE Smackdown preview: A full list of matches for tonight's show featuring Edge and Chris Jericho vs. C.M. Punk and Jeff Hardy (no spoilers) 7/3 WWE Smackdown spoilers: Full results of the show that airs tonight on MyNetwork TV (spoilers) Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson says she's mad at herself for appearing in the WrestleMania 25 battle royal, says Trish Stratus was smart for passing on an invitation to take part in the match