A Carolina Panthers player got into a Twitter fight with Ric Flair

Published Jan. 22, 2017 11:04 a.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

Wrestling icon Ric Flair, a native of Charlotte, put on some Atlanta Falcons gear and delivered a motivational PSA ahead of Atlanta's NFC Championship game against the Packers.

https://twitter.com/RicFlairNatrBoy/status/822166446696525824

It's not the first time Flair's hyped up a team before a key playoff game. He showed up at the 2015 NBA Finals in a Cleveland Cavaliers-themed robe, and the year before he gave the 49ers a pep talk prior to their game against the Packers.

Defensive end Charles Johnson - a Georgia native who went to the University of Georgia - wasn't a fan of Flair's message, calling the Nature Boy "the ultimate groupie." What followed was a surprisingly nasty Twitter fight.

https://twitter.com/randywattson/status/822497095546454017

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