While is may have looked like a weak slap, when Mr. Flair turns it around to a backhand slap or "chop' he has caused devestation on many a burly wrestler. It must be stronger than it appears as the recipients appear paralysed on the ropes with their arms unable to fend him off as he delivers the bitch like blows.
BTW, Flairs book was pretty entertaining. Also just to further increase my credentials on this subject (my handle not withstanding), I ate lunch at "Abdullah the Butcher"'s restaraunt a couple of weeks ago. So there.
P.S. My uncle believes "Rasslin'" is real and MMA is fake. True story. It reminds me of Lewis Grizzard describing one of my southern brethren by saying he believed "The moonshot was fake, and rasslin' was real".