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WrestleMania countdown: Shawn Michaels retires Ric Flair

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Watch this classic WrestleMania moment as Shawn Michaels struggles to send Ric Flair off to retirement

With six days to go until this year's WrestleMania, we look back at one of the most emotional moments in the event's history - the retirement of Ric Flair.

"I'm sorry... I love you."

There are no five words which are perhaps more famous - or heart-rendering - in WrestleMania history than those spoken by Shawn Michaels before he nailed the Nature Boy with one last Sweet Chin Music in Orlando in 2008.

It was the perfect end to a beautifully-executed storyline and a superb conclusion to a glittering career in the business for arguably the greatest of all time.

With his family at ringside, Flair bowed out in grand style at the biggest show of them all. Michaels played his part excellently, but this was all about saying goodbye to Naitch.

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And there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

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