Ric Flair, the WWE Hall of Famer whose professional identity was built over a career spanning more than 40 years and including sixteen world championships, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against a digital talent agency he says tricked him into signing away control of his name, image and social media accounts. The suit claims FAM Networks locked his own team out of his Facebook page, a page the agency allegedly used to generate as much as $20,000 a month without paying him.
According to NoDQ.com, Flair filed the lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, asking the court to rescind his agreement with FAM Networks, declare that the agency has no rights to his name, image or likeness, and order the return of control over his Facebook page. Flair is seeking at least $5 million for breach of contract and at least $5 million more for fraudulent inducement, along with additional damages, disgorgement of alleged profits, attorney fees and court costs, per the same outlet. The lawsuit reportedly has no announced trial date.
The complaint centers on a contract FAM Networks sent Flair by email on December 5, 2025. Court filings cited by NoDQ.com say Flair opened the email at 5:57 p.m. and signed it just fourteen minutes later, at 6:11 p.m., without ever consulting a lawyer — even though the agreement itself stated it had been negotiated with counsel. FAM Networks allegedly knew Flair did not have an attorney reviewing the deal when it sent it.
A Perpetual License Buried in the Fine Print
Flair's lawsuit describes the agreement as a trap. Rather than a simple management deal, it reportedly included an irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable worldwide license covering his identity and digital assets — his name, image, likeness, voice, social media accounts and broader commercial identity, according to NoDQ.com. FAM Networks allegedly persuaded him to sign that license while promising revenue opportunities the agency ultimately failed to deliver.
Under the deal's tiered structure, Flair was set to receive 90 percent of proceeds from speaking engagements and personal appearances, 50 percent from collaborative projects, and 10 percent from passive content. But the lawsuit claims FAM Networks sourced not one speaking engagement, not one in-person appearance, and not a single personal project at the 90 percent tier — instead largely reposting existing content and paying him, in the lawsuit's characterization, next to nothing. The agency also allegedly interfered with a potential advertising deal and failed to provide the revenue opportunities it had promised.
Facebook Page Allegedly Seized, Not Restored
Flair says FAM Networks had promised to restore a Facebook page that had been hacked and demonetized, but instead transferred control of the page to itself and prevented his existing team from accessing it. The agency allegedly claimed the page could generate six figures per month, while the lawsuit says it instead pulled in as much as $20,000 monthly for FAM Networks without compensating Flair.
As part of the case, Flair has asked the court to order a complete accounting of revenue generated using his identity. He has said he lost at least $250,000 in revenue as a result of the agency's conduct, per The Independent, which also quoted Flair saying he wants to “bury the people” at FAM Networks.
Not FAM Networks' First Fight With a Creator
Flair's complaint alleges FAM Networks failed to disclose that it was already locked in litigation with another content creator, ufologist Steven Greer, at the time it signed Flair to the agreement. Court records reviewed by FindLaw show that dispute predates Flair's contract by months: on June 25, 2026, the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously affirmed a lower court's refusal to dismiss Greer's breach of contract lawsuit against the agency.
That case, filed under Index No. 650633/2025, centers on allegations that FAM Networks breached profit-sharing obligations under its standardized General Terms and Statement of Work — the same type of contract structure at issue in Flair's suit. The appellate panel found that FAM Networks' alleged failure to provide financial accountings had frustrated Greer's ability to complete required contract audit procedures, and under New York contract doctrine established in cases like MHR Capital Partners LP v. Presstek, Inc., a defendant's withholding of financial accountings can legally excuse a plaintiff from completing those formal audit steps altogether, according to the same FindLaw record.
To survive a motion to dismiss under New York's CPLR 3211(a)(7), a plaintiff generally must adequately plead the existence of a valid agreement, performance, breach and resulting monetary damages — the same standard that let Greer's case against FAM Networks move forward. It remains to be seen whether Flair's suit will clear the same bar, though the parallel structure of the two cases suggests a pattern of litigation the agency now faces from more than one prominent client.
Agency Unreachable Amid the New Filing
FAM Networks LLC has operated as an influencer talent agency out of Los Angeles and New York, representing more than 50 digital content creators and distributing multi-platform series such as “Pranks Network After Dark,” according to a 2018 report from Novocomedy. The company handled production, marketing, distribution and representation, offering agency services to creators looking to expand their reach.
But following Flair's filing, journalists attempting to reach the agency for comment hit a wall. eWrestlingNews.com reported that emails sent to five separate company departments bounced back as undeliverable, the agency's website contact form did not function, and no phone number was listed anywhere for the company. The outage raises questions about FAM Networks' current operational status even as it faces litigation from two prominent creators at once.
Fightful reported additional detail on the alleged mechanics behind the lockout, noting that FAM Networks is accused of altering account categorizations tied to Flair's profiles to prevent him from recovering administrative ownership through platform support channels — the specific maneuver Flair's Manhattan filing seeks to unwind by asking the court to return control of the page outright.
A Legacy Brand Built Well Beyond Wrestling
Flair's case underscores just how much commercial value sits behind a wrestling legend's digital footprint decades after his in-ring career. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame individually in 2008 and again collectively in 2012 as a founding member of The Four Horsemen, according to his Wikipedia biography. That fame has translated into ventures well outside the ring: Flair launched WOOOOO! Energy in 2023, a functional mushroom energy drink line, and BroBible reported on an expansion involving On the Run and future flavors in March 2025. His historical 1986 match against Barry Windham is another part of Flair's wrestling legacy. For now, Flair's fight over his Facebook page and digital identity heads to Manhattan Supreme Court, with no trial date yet set.
