ard earned money on some play fighting. Anyway it was Ric Flair's last match ever, which came about 10 years too late. The bastard had to continue to wrestle because he invested badly and blew his money on dumbshit like shoelaces. Since the stipulation of this match was Flair must retire if he loses(which everyone knew he would lose..cuz come on its Wrestlemania) there was a shit ton of hype on seeing the "dirtiest player in the game" that one last time. It didnt help that the previous night he was inducted in the illustrious WWE hall of fame (which is only a list of name, its not like theres an actual hall somewhere for play fighting men.) So the hype was there to the extreme and anyone watching heard enough "WOOOO"s to make you want to saw off your leg.
But alas you have to give credit to the guy just because hes been doing the play fighting thing for 36 fucking years and he was always able to point out that he was a 16 time world champion. His last match had to come against another legend too so to put down old Yellar they set the "Nature Boy" (he probably never spent one day in the woods) Ric Flair against The "Heartbreak kid" Shawn Michaels. Michaels has always claimed that Flair was one of the reason he became a rassler so it makes sense for him to be the last man "Naitch" would wrestle against. I was never a fan of Flair at all. He had about 10 moves that he rotated throughout every match and watching him was always extremely boring to me. 36 years of doing the same 10 damn moves in the pretend world of pro wrestling. Yuck! The last few matches were the equivilent of watching a grandfather take on some tapiaoca pudding in a grudge match.
Ric Flairs moveset:
- Backhand Chops
"WOOO!"
- Knee roll thingy
- Random continuous punches
- More Chops
"WOOOOOO!"
- Drop toe hold
- More Chops
"WOOOOOOOO!"
- Jump off the top ropes that rarely worked
- Side arm hook slam thingy
- More Chops
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
- The big finisher The figure four leglock
Even women tap out to the figure four!
Flair did have a way of making other wrestlers look good in the ring, which is usually something jobbers do. Without him Lex Lugar and Sting would have never had a job in that business for long (which probably would have been better). I can't completely knock a guy who gave 36 fucking years to a business that I admire. Yeah, I admire the male soap opera. Anyway, classic Flair was on display at Wrestlemania 24 and we got to see all 10 of those moves in their old man glory.
Shawn Michaels was able to make Flair look like he could still go and right before he delivered his finishing sweet chin music kick to the head he said to Flair.. "I'm sorry, I love you." then boom 36 years and 16 world championships were finally done play fighting and it couldn't have come fast enough for me.
His skin was as always overly tan but it had an extra sag to it that only the elderly have.. His hair was as always overly blonde but there was lots less of it and his face looked like a Ric Flair that recently aquired down syndrome as a reward for all those years of wrestling.
58 year old men shouldn't have to keep wrestling no matter who they are. I never liked watching Flair wrestle and am glad hes done but I still have to respect him for being a part of something I've watched since childhood.
Shawn Michaels was able to make Flair look like he could still go and right before he delivered his finishing sweet chin music kick to the head he said to Flair.. "I'm sorry, I love you." then boom 36 years and 16 world championships were finally done play fighting and it couldn't have come fast enough for me.His skin was as always overly tan but it had an extra sag to it that only the elderly have.. His hair was as always overly blonde but there was lots less of it and his face looked like a Ric Flair that recently aquired down syndrome as a reward for all those years of wrestling.
58 year old men shouldn't have to keep wrestling no matter who they are. I never liked watching Flair wrestle and am glad hes done but I still have to respect him for being a part of something I've watched since childhood."Ummm WOOO!?"
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Dead. on. the. money. I liked flair alright, but the best ever? I've been sick to death of the WWE trying to rewrite history, telling us who was great and who was not. If you got along with Vince and the other wrestlers, they say you were a legend. Like we don't remember anything. Without a large independent media covering wrestling I suppose that's what you get, they get to write their own history.
The only time I liked Flair was during his year and a half in the WWF when he first challenged Hogan and fought Savage at Mania. At the time I considered Flair a breath of fresh air as far as his performance style went. He stayed in character all the time and the matches he fought were full of drama because he managed to keep the same character intensity in the ring that he used in his interviews. The royal rumble that year when Flair drew third and went on to win the whole thing was one of the greatest matches in history in my view (anyone who has not seen it, should). I also admire the fact that when Flair wrestled at the age of 50+ he still bothered to take actual bumps in the ring, when Hogan did not.
But Flair trying to argue that he was a better wrestler than Bret Hart? Give me a goddamn break. Flair couldn't hold Bret's jock with a wheel barrel.
Every year they do not induct Randy "Macho Man" Savage into the hall of fame, "the hall" loses half it's credibility with me. Right now it's down to about 15% credibility. I mean, the man who had the best match at wrestlemania 2, wrestlemania 3, wrestlemania 4, wrestlemania 5, wrestlemania 7 and wrestlemania 8 not being inducted in the hall of fame? If anyone was Mr. Wrestlemania it was Randy Savage. Until Mr. Perfect showed up Randy had the best match every single show practically. (after Perfect showed up he had the best match 70% of the time). But we inducted Nicholai Volkov four years ago, who had never wrestled what anyone would consider a good match his entire career. I realize Nicholai is a hell of a nice guy but give the hall of fame some damn credibility and try to induct wrestlers that were actually good.
Randy is easily in my view, the second most talented wrestler in history.
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