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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2008 22:53:12 GMT -5
More like Rip Flair, am I right?
Seriously, he's the most boring wrestler in the ring.
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Post by Zigzag on Apr 1, 2008 23:28:54 GMT -5
1988 - I was getting a rare glimpse of WCW on TBS at my grandparents place in New Jersey (they had cable). It was then I saw a vignette of someone by the name of Ric Flair. By the end of the segment, I couldn't help but think - "This has to be the coolest guy I've ever seen." So I watched him in the ring, and was hooked.
1991 - Flair shocks the industry, and jumps to the WWF with the NWA title. Living in CT at the time, close to Titan Tower, I was stoked that I could finally see him in a company I was familiar with. His feud with Roddy Piper (my first favorite wrestler) was great TV.
2002 - At MSG, on the night Triple H returned from quad injury number one, the first segment was all about the Flair-McMahon Rumble match. Vince dressed like Flair, mocked him, and made him bleed. I was there live, and it was my first time seeing him in person. To see him bleed at MSG was a treat. I would see him again at Rumble 2003, and Summerslam 2006, verses Mick Foley.
2008 - I attend the Hall of Fame Ceremony and Wrestlemania 24 in Orlando, to see my hero inducted, and wrestle his last match the night after. Despite all my car trouble driving down, the weekend ended up just as I expected. I never thought I'd be present for Flair's last days as an active performer, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Thank you for everything.
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Post by ZMaster on Apr 2, 2008 6:07:55 GMT -5
I'm considering writing a piece about this with my thoughts on that. It's the end of an Era now. Flair deserved to go the way he did, with class and dignity. Like him or hate him, you can't deny what he's accomplished in the ring.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 2, 2008 6:29:35 GMT -5
I saw Ric Flair wrestle at a WCW house show . He wrestled Curt Hennig in the main event. It was on March 21st, 1998 - making it just over a week and a decade from Flair's last match.
I don't remember that much about that match. I was only 12 or 13 so I couldn't fully appreciate what I was watching like I could today. I remember feeling a tremendous amount of respect for Flair since I knew he's been down the block and helped create the business I love.I'm glad I got to see him wrestle once. I have pictures somewhere...gotta dig them up.
Flair made me want to learn. He really did. During the attitude era I found myself starting to wane in and out wrestling. I wanted to learn more about what it used to be like. Bret Hart has always been my favorite ever since the first time I saw a match of his. I'd buy the VHS releases and watch his old matches that took place before I was a fan. I was astonished. It was like an entirely different thing. I'm mentioning this because I can recall wanting to go back and live through the various peaks of pro-wrestling. I wanted to learn about the names and what they meant. Flair was the man that helped me do that. I still have plenty of matches to see and things to learn about. Flair had such an interesting past that he made it easy.
A guy like him retiring basically closes out a lineage. He represented the spirit of pro-wrestling and what many model themselves after. He was the elder still trucking through even though he was past his prime. I didn't mind that at all. It was unique to see a legend like himself going in year after year and hardly winning a match and STILL getting that respect from people. He really did transcend the business. Just to see Flair wrestle was special.
WWE deserve a big pat on the back for handling his historic ending like they did. They created a classic match in an era where classics are scarce. They allowed him to really shine and have a proper send-off full of all the emotion you'd expect.
We'll see him again sometime, be it a manager role or a surprise promo or something. I'm glad Flair got to be in his Hall of Fame and got to experience one last good match and the ceremony celebrating his career. Don't know what else to say other than everyone else has been saying: thank you, Ric.
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Post by Codesters on Apr 2, 2008 12:11:37 GMT -5
More like Ri p Flair, am I right? Seriously, he's the most boring wrestler in the ring. Ever heard of Great Khali?
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 2, 2008 12:23:12 GMT -5
Im gonna miss him...lol
His best match has to be WM 24 against Michaels or the steel cage match against Orton a few years back.
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Post by Ari Gold on Apr 2, 2008 12:29:25 GMT -5
i was at raw and this is the only time i ever cried other than when hbk retired.
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Post by zwartstaal on Apr 2, 2008 15:45:23 GMT -5
just wathced raw with my mom, shes a big wwe fan too ever since the 80s lol. Ill miss Flair....
Whats then name of the song that played during Flairs tribute? i like the song. sorry if this has been asked before
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Post by K5 on Apr 2, 2008 16:04:03 GMT -5
helluva way to go out.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Apr 2, 2008 16:36:17 GMT -5
i loved flair, but bottom line is, im a hogan guy and will be for life. i recognize that flair deserved that kings sendoff, but part of me will always be resentful that hogan didnt get the proper sendoff he deserved. flair got the honor and respect of his peers, and hogan got a world title and disrespected by undertaker, triple h and michaels on the way out. raw deal in my opinion. i will end by reiterating that flair absolutely deserved his kings sendoff, and i am genuinely thrilled for him.
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Post by deskjet on Apr 2, 2008 16:58:26 GMT -5
later dude
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Post by Heresy on Apr 2, 2008 17:23:15 GMT -5
Bye.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2008 17:28:06 GMT -5
More like Ri p Flair, am I right? Seriously, he's the most boring wrestler in the ring. Have you not seen his WCW and NWA matches? He was like a god. You are horrible for saying that mister WF Critique.
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Post by The Mayhem is Commin on Apr 2, 2008 18:08:46 GMT -5
Flair has been awesome and had some awesome matches so he will be missed
thank you Flair
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2008 22:34:45 GMT -5
just wathced raw with my mom, shes a big wwe fan too ever since the 80s lol. Ill miss Flair.... Whats then name of the song that played during Flairs tribute? i like the song. sorry if this has been asked before Leave The Memories Alone - Fuel
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Post by D-Rock on Apr 3, 2008 6:01:17 GMT -5
great song, to try to sum up how i feel as a fan, a writer and a aspiring wrestler, he is the reason why i love wrestling. he showed me you dont have to be the biggest, the strongest, or even the gustiest. you just have to know what you are doing in between those ropes. i met him outsideof the Banknorth Garden, me my little brother and my uncle. my uncle was estatic thats his favorite wrestler, me and my little brother wernt too sure as to why but he said hed show us why. and i gotta say Ric......you can do anything you want to....
Thank you......
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Post by dan222 on Apr 3, 2008 8:34:37 GMT -5
i will tell you all the truth in 2001 when ric flair came the the then wwf i didnt know who the hell he was but after 7 years with the wwe i now know every bit of detail of ric flairs carrer i know every thing there is to know about ric flair ric flair is my idol and i now i say ric flair thank you and whoooooo
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Post by dan222 on Apr 3, 2008 8:37:25 GMT -5
weather heel or face ric flair is was and still the Greatest of the greatest whooooo
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Post by cfutlung on Apr 3, 2008 10:39:56 GMT -5
some posted the RAW footage of all the stars coming down the ramp....you've all seen it.
well, I hadn't. So i watched it AT WORK! big mistake as I got teary eyed. good thing no one walked in on me, I would never hear the end of it.
Ric Flair, thanks for everything...and thanks for making me cry...at work.
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Post by Fiasco on Apr 3, 2008 13:29:41 GMT -5
I can't get that song out my head.
"Leave the memories alone" "Don't change a thing"
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