The first-ever World Wide Wrestling Federation (now WWE)
Champion.
WWE Hall of Famer.
In 1979, Buddy Rogers showed up in Mid Atlantic, where Ric Flair was
the top heel, and challenged him to a "Battle Of The Nature Boys". Ric
Flair ended up coming out on top of this bitter feud with his childhood
hero.
Buddy Rogers was hired by the WWWF to do an interview segment called
"Rogers' Corner".