Ric Flair put a trademark fight in public view on May 29, 2026, warning on X that someone he knows is using his FLAIR trademark and giving the issue until Monday to be fixed. He said he is represented by a $1,000-per-hour attorney and that penalties could follow if the matter is not resolved.

The post is drawing attention because Flair did not frame it as a vague grievance. He said the trademark is his, said the lawyer he has hired makes a living suing people who abuse it, and told anyone using his marks to read the penalties if the dispute is not cleared up by Monday. That turns a social media complaint into a deadline.

Flair followed with another message the same day, saying the relationship was gone nine years ago and that he was sorry and sad it had come to this. He said he had tried his best to fix things over the years but had been rejected because the other person’s wife runs his life. The target of the warning was not named, even as Flair made clear he believed the person knew exactly who he was talking about.

That matters because Flair has spent years protecting the commercial value of his name and image, and he has been in trademark-related legal battles before, including a dispute with WWE over The Man trademark. This latest warning suggests he is prepared to do it again if the use he objected to does not stop by the deadline he set.

What happens next is simple enough to understand and hard enough to miss: either the issue is addressed by Monday, or Flair appears ready to let the attorney he named take over.