After being rumored to wrestle everyone from A.J. Styles to Chris Jericho, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, and even Ricky Morton – which actually almost happened – Ric Flair‘s final opponents, plural, have officially been announced for his Final Match: Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal.

That's… a choice.

Now granted, Flair won't be alone in his final athletic pursuit; he's enlisted the help of his daughter Ashley “Charlotte Flair” Fleihr's husband Andrade El Idolo of AEW fame to face off against the former TNA and Ring of Honor mainstays, but in the end, the 73-year-old “wrestler” is going to have to work at least part of a match in the ring against performers who are at least 18 years younger than him, and potentially take some bumps – and a guitar to the head – from performers who can't pull every punch to keep Flair upright.

But hey, even if Flair suffering a catastrophic injury in the match is very much a possibility, with some suggesting that his last remaining goal is to literally die in the ring, let's not focus on the lingering feeling that something very bad could happen at any moment that will surely linger in the back of every fan's mind as they watch the show but instead focus on how interesting it will be to see Flair back in the ring, especially with three performers who have varying degrees of history with the “Wooo” man. Let's look at a fun Flair fact about every participant in the match being advertised as Rick Flair's last.

Something fun to know about each performer in Ric Flair's Last Match.

3. Andrade El Idolo

Though Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo have never wrestled with or against each other in an official match, that doesn't mean to duo doesn't have history together.

For one thing, Flair is Andrade's father-in-law, as the man formerly known as El Sombre is married to his daughter Ashley, aka Charlotte Flair. This connection appears to have created a genuine appreciation between the two wrestlers, as, when Andrade took his talents to Lucha Libra AAA to wrestle Kenny Omega for the promotion's top title, the AAA Mega Championship, he called on the man known for stylin' and profilin' to be in his corner.

Now granted, Andrade didn't get the win in that bout, and though Flair did try to help in any way he could, including by getting in the ring and hitting Omega with a few monster chops, the “Belt Collector” kept his prize, and ultimately left Mexico with his status as one of the best performers in the world completely intact.

But hey, it's cool; Andrade looked great in the bout, he's returned to AAA as a fixture of the promotion, and Flair looked like he was having the time of his life back in the ring.

2. Jay Lethal

Ric Flair and Jay Lethal have wrestled twice in their respective wrestling careers, with Lethal getting the win at TNA's Victory Road 2010 and Flair getting his back in a Street Fight on the promotion's Impact television show. Both matches were fine and totally competent matches, with neither being what you would call memorable, but that doesn't mean the duo don't have something on their shared resumes that won't live on long after their in-ring days are done.

Folks, allow me to present you with the Ric Flair-off.

What, you may ask, is the context of this segment? It truly doesn't matter; the duo went back and forth over Lethal wanting to be like Flair, it really wasn't that great of an angle. What you will never forget, however, is seeing Lethal and Flair elbow-dropping sports jackets, throwing loafers and wooing at each other while the real “Nature Boy” looked like his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. If the duo call back to this moment, even for a moment in the match, it will be worth the price of admission, no questions asked.

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1. Jeff Jarrett

There's a lot to say about Jeff Jarrett and Ric Flair's shared histories in a wrestling ring. The duo have shared the ring on 18 occasions during their shared time in WCW, they wrestled with and against each other, and when Jerrett opened up TNA, he hired Flair when he needed a job outside of the WWF/E.

But there's one aspect of their history that is contentious between the duo to this very day: Was Jarrett a member of the Four Horseman?

Jarrett, to his credit, feels as though he belonged in the fabled faction, whereas Flair, when talking on his Wooooo Nation Uncensored podcast back in May, felt otherwise, answering his co-host Mark Madden's question on the matter with a resounding “No.”

Goodness, if there was ever a reason for two retired wrestlers to dust off their tights and throw down, that level of disrespect would be it.

While the duo have interacted since then, with Flair giving Jarrett two front row tickets to his Final Match, that won't be necessary anymore, as typically, performers get in for free when they are in the main event of a wrestling match.