> "What do you think they're talking about in London NOW!!"
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LQiCJtKIRE
That Flair guy might have a future in this business of ours.
> "What do you think they're talking about in London NOW!!"
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LQiCJtKIRE
That Flair guy might have a future in this business of ours.
I predict that we will see a Flair vs Sting match in 2020.
ReplyDeleteHad Warrior not spazzed out I'm assuming they would have done the switch at Royal Rumble 1993? That would make sense because the original Survivor Series Main Event was Ramon/Flair vs. Ultimate Maniacs.
ReplyDeleteIs Flair in the new RF Face off Shoot interview?
ReplyDeleteI have never enjoyed a Ric Flair promo.
ReplyDeleteI simply don't understand the appeal. The guy always struck me as a spastic creep.
Really?
ReplyDeleteCheck this promo out.
I will say Flair brings it, but Arn Kills it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixIKS2JZPsU
I dunno, it kinda seemed like every other Flair promo I've seen, although I admit I haven't seen nearly as many as most wrestling fans.
ReplyDeleteI did find his semi-shoot promo compelling when he tore into Bischoff. He said something like, "You, I hate your guts," and it felt awkward because it was legitimately emotional, whereas he too often comes across as awkward because his delivery is stilted and contrived. He's like John Cena if every Cena promo was his semi-annual Super Serious Angry Intense promo. Only Flair has more tired catch-phrases than Cena.
i can respect that.
ReplyDeleteDifferent strokes.
I always found it odd why during Flair's 90's WWF run, he rarely strutted out in one of his "custom made" suits. I'm thinking that may fall on Vince who probably thought that he must always be in costume. No one played off their wardrobe during a promo better than Ric.
ReplyDeleteNo...just no...Flair could deliver the type of promo that could get people to buy tickets without even seeing him wrestle. He did this throughout the country.
ReplyDeleteYou're a good man, Fuj; I expected people to dismiss me as a troll.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, flair4dagold, I admire your enthusiasm, and I am not discounting Flair's ability to put butts in the seats. I simply don't count my butt among them.
You're a good man, Fuj; I expected people to dismiss me as a troll.
ReplyDelete"No one played off their wardrobe during a promo better than Ric."
ReplyDeleteThe Rock got a lot of mileage from boasting about his clothes, although I concede he was probably paying homage to Flair.
I loved NOD Rock and thouse gaudy, bedazzled shirts.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool, I mean, we had a movie thread not long ago and some folks didn't like The Godfather. There's tastes for everything, but man, I just can't see how anyone can find Flair's promos shitty...it's puzzling to me.
ReplyDeleteI mever really took notice to that, but yeah, he was in his robe almost 100 percent of the time wasn't he?
ReplyDeleteYeah and as someone who had been watching Flair on TBS since 1985, it was strange and it's still strange when I go back and watch these youtube vids. Even his promos were more animated, if that makes sense. Lots more yelling and screaming, when Flair only did that in the NWA when he was pissed. He was usually pretty composed during his promos in the NWA when he was selling the promotion and stuff. I still love his run, but like I said, it felt odd at times.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was the opposite, had never watched NWA until I was older. Didn't "get" Flair, then he held up a shoe and proclaimed it to have cost more than a strangers house, and I understood.
ReplyDeleteYup. Flair and Terry Funk.
ReplyDeleteI've heard it said that, on many occasions, Flair was wearing nothing else underneath the robe.
ReplyDeleteThey gave the belt to Bret before Warrior spazzed out. I'd actually be very surprised if they would have ran with a heel champion to the Rumble. I think Vince knew he needed to make some changes on top when he moved the title to Flair in September, with the intention that Flair would never make it to Survivor Series as champion.
ReplyDeletemy 12th grade sideburns were homage to the rock
ReplyDelete3x Woo², at the end.
ReplyDeleteYou can't defeat 3x Woo². You just can't.
Yeah, the only two times I can remember him wearing one was in the little interview Vince conducted with him in a restaurant on the WWF magazine pictures of Elizabeth and the one shortly before WrestleMania when he's "boarding his jet" and stops give an interview.
ReplyDeleteDouble main event with Triple H vs. HBK.
ReplyDeleteWarrior spazzed out just before he was meant to win the belt (Summerslam '92) from Bret.
ReplyDeleteI always hated him only wearing robes.. and his hair in the WWF was atrocious...
ReplyDeleteWatchit...that's a $500 shirt you're making fun of.
ReplyDeleteIf you're talking about Warrior refusing to turn heel at Summerslam 92, then Flair wouldn't have gotten the belt in Hershey anyway. I think Princess is talking about when Warrior bolted from the company a few months later.
ReplyDeleteomg and did you see. those. shoes?!
ReplyDeleteand that blush TOTALLY didnt do him any favors. um, its called FOUNDATION, look into it, richard!
Honestly, I don't think anyone has ever been as good at interviewing as Mean Gene. Just made it feel important, no irony, just played truthfully.
ReplyDeleteWho do you like then?
ReplyDelete"I did not care for the Godfather. It insists upon itself."
ReplyDeleteLike for sure.. he was a total spaz!!
ReplyDeleteAmong others, ape, I like Hart, Michaels, Bryan, Savage and, for nostalgic purposes, the Ultimate Warrior.
ReplyDeleteI never realized that before, but you're right. I can't remember Flair ever being in a suit during that run. Maybe VKM wanted Flair to wear one of those Ralph Firley type of suits that he wore and Flair refused.
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