{"id":413803,"date":"2022-12-22T10:08:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=413803"},"modified":"2022-12-22T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:08:52","slug":"stephen-a-smith-at-wrestlemania-ric-flair-makes-huge-claim-involving-nba-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stephen-a-smith-at-wrestlemania-ric-flair-makes-huge-claim-involving-nba-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith at WrestleMania? Ric Flair Makes Huge Claim Involving NBA Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through his commentary on numerous sports shows throughout the years, Stephen A. Smith has established himself as one of the top sports personalities in the world. Because of Smith&#8217;s attitude, sports fans all around the world either like or despise him when he offers their current heated view on a topic. WrestleMania is not only the greatest pay-per-view for WWE, but it is also well-known for its celebrity guests.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jed3y-suWnQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Every year, WrestleMania includes several high-profile money matches and simultaneously welcomes some well-known figures from beyond the world of professional wrestling. While some of them simply show up at the mega-event, others actually compete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"\u201cThe Warriors Got SMOKED\u201d: LeBron James\u2019 Former Teammate Calls Out Steve Kerr as Warriors Lose in Stephen Curry\u2019s Absence\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/the-warriors-got-smoked-lebron-james-former-teammate-calls-out-steve-kerr-as-warriors-lose-in-stephen-currys-absence\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cThe Warriors Got SMOKED\u201d: LeBron James\u2019 Former Teammate Calls Out Steve Kerr as Warriors Lose in Stephen Curry\u2019s Absence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Ric Flair teases Stephen A. Smith<\/h2>\n<p>In the field of American sports broadcasting, Stephen A. Smith is a name that is well-known. The 55-year-old, a well-known pundit on ESPN&#8217;s First Take, recently spoke with WWE Legend Ric Flair.<\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think they [WWE] are entertaining the idea of having you [Stephen A. Smith] manage one of these guys that can\u2019t talk too well.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephen A. Smith tells Ric Flair he&#39;d &#39;pull off&#39; WWE heel manager role <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UtuILJXuEx\">https:\/\/t.co\/UtuILJXuEx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KR5r3hEwJQ\">pic.twitter.com\/KR5r3hEwJQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1605324588606537728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Stephen A. Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/stephen-smith-would-be-heel-manager-nobody-allowed-touch-him\">replied<\/a>: <em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think they [WWE] are entertaining the idea of having you [Stephen A. Smith] manage one of these guys that can\u2019t talk too well.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nailed It <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stephenasmith<\/a>! WOOOOO! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FirstTake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wzLXISdQrR\">pic.twitter.com\/wzLXISdQrR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ric Flair\u00ae (@RicFlairNatrBoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RicFlairNatrBoy\/status\/1604889602518814720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When &#8220;The Game&#8221; revealed the health concerns he dealt with towards the end of 2021 and declared his retirement from wrestling, Stephen A was the one who spoke with Triple H. Unless, of course, Smith is well ahead of us and saying he can&#8217;t be touched is just a ruse to encourage someone to bodyslam him in any case and get a big pop. 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Smith has established himself as one of the top sports personalities in the world. Because of Smith&#8217;s attitude, sports fans all around the world either like or despise him when he offers their current heated view on a topic. WrestleMania is not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":413804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[4241,479],"class_list":["post-413803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-ric-flair","tag-stephen-a-smith"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}