Jerry Lawler vs Ric Flair (NWA Heavyweight Title Match) Part 3 - The Match

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

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  • @michaeltruthson6262
    @michaeltruthson6262 4 года назад +139

    With tears flowing I miss my father when we would watch this and wrestling shows together. But life isn't forever but memories and Ric Flair are whoooooooooooo!!!!!!!😥😂😥😂😥

  • @VanVaderFan
    @VanVaderFan 12 лет назад +142

    this match is almost 30 years old, and still you wont see many guys in mainstream wrestling today who can work like this

    • @ToddMoore1
      @ToddMoore1 4 года назад +16

      You don't see ANYONE work like they did 30 years ago ( replying to a comment 7 years ago)

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 года назад +8

      @@ToddMoore1 it’s still true...!😁👍

    • @pacifiedbeaumonte
      @pacifiedbeaumonte 2 года назад +1

      What about Kenny omega?

    • @brandonsistare8689
      @brandonsistare8689 2 года назад +8

      40 years now crazy

    • @carlosr6462
      @carlosr6462 2 года назад +6

      @@pacifiedbeaumonte ahahahahahahahahaha nice joke

  • @jessieespiritudelrosario5737
    @jessieespiritudelrosario5737 4 года назад +27

    A ten minutes match is much better than today's full shows of raw

  • @danc1197
    @danc1197 5 лет назад +90

    This show kept me glued to the 300lb tv every saturday on TBS at 305pm

    • @allenwithrow9442
      @allenwithrow9442 5 лет назад +7

      This was wmc tv 5 in memphis not tbs

    • @kevinroulette
      @kevinroulette 5 лет назад +5

      This wasn’t world championship wrestling on TBS this Memphis . Plus it was 6:05 but both good

    • @cariboooutlaw4852
      @cariboooutlaw4852 3 года назад

      TBS wrestling was at 3:05 on the west coast!

    • @mattsowder7978
      @mattsowder7978 Год назад

      Haaa this wasn't on TBS. Why do people lie? Wandering 3 years later........

  • @thomass789
    @thomass789 4 года назад +52

    I think the main take away from this, that today's product could benefit from, is that there was no wasted movement in this match, and that the entire show that day told a story. It told a very simple story, but one that connected with every single person watching that day. Local humble hero Lawler taking on arrogant but great world famous star from the fancy big time promotion, with the local hero slyly duping the arrogant star into biting off more than he could chew. The locals there in Memphis (and other small southern towns watching) felt like Lawler was fighting FOR THEM, REPRESENTING THEM, showing that they were just as good as big time people.
    Such a simple story, but a very effective story.
    And guess what? Unlike many of today's segments and stories in pro wrestling, this story MADE BOTH MEN LOOK BETTER AFTER THE FACT! Imagine that! They both worked their asses off on the mic and in the ring to make each other look BETTER! No one was made to look silly, no one was made to look worse after it was over.
    I was not old enough to be there at that time, but if I would have been, I would have been dying to see a rematch, dying to see more Lawler, more Flair. Which is what a good story on a weekly show accomplishes. Leaves you loving what you saw and wanting more!
    This was just great, to me!

    • @billybadass3056
      @billybadass3056 4 года назад +3

      great point but I still wish this was in heel mode Lawler fighting flare.....

    • @ograidernation1
      @ograidernation1 2 года назад +2

      Very well said

    • @gilmatic1974
      @gilmatic1974 Год назад +2

      Very well said, Respect 💯👊🏻💯💪🏻🙏🏻

  • @tfitt6161
    @tfitt6161 Год назад +8

    That was awesome! I've been checking out old school wrestling the past 2 years. I'm in love with 1976 to 1985 wrestling . ...I don't know how people watch wrestling today. It's horrible

  • @stealthbomb6057
    @stealthbomb6057 8 лет назад +139

    I'll take watching this over the spot fests we see today any day of the week.

    • @donniegray553
      @donniegray553 7 лет назад +11

      Stealthbomb, DAMN RIGHT. Old-school! Wrestling, couldn't have been any better. And the slop they show today can't ewven hold a match flame to this stuff

    • @winstonjordan9708
      @winstonjordan9708 7 лет назад +2

      Stealthbomb agreed

    • @LuckyVillain419
      @LuckyVillain419 5 лет назад +7

      Yea, nothing like a 5 minute wristlock

    • @truebaimar9923
      @truebaimar9923 5 лет назад +4

      Exactly... Every other match today they look likd circus acrobats.... And when a group of them outside the ring, someone inside must always do a dive or cannonball onto them...🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄.... Takes one right out of the match.... 90% of promos are mediocre as well...

    • @hoangkimnguyen9630
      @hoangkimnguyen9630 3 года назад

      I see it more in AEW today becuz of diving after diving and flip over flip.

  • @LRayWilliams
    @LRayWilliams 6 лет назад +26

    I’ve met both Flair and Lawler I’ve had more interactions with Ric Flair and it was before he became World Champ he was a great guy off camera. Because of it I supported and root for him till this day. Long live Ric Flair and Jerry The King Lawler

  • @fl_7997
    @fl_7997 4 года назад +65

    This is why flair was so good he would run into every nwa territory and make the local Champ look like a million bucks and entertain the fans. Outstanding!

    • @scenariomckinney
      @scenariomckinney 2 года назад +4

      This wasn't just ANY territory.

    • @aaronlusanko8779
      @aaronlusanko8779 2 года назад +3

      Yeah and cheat as usual.

    • @gammasmash1924
      @gammasmash1924 Год назад +8

      @@aaronlusanko8779 Yeah, that's what kept em coming back. The fans wanted to see someone finally overcome Flair and his cheating.

    • @nick56677
      @nick56677 Год назад +3

      @Aaron Lusanko Theres a reason he is called The Dirtiest Player in the Game lol.

    • @madamefeast4824
      @madamefeast4824 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@aaronlusanko8779Yeah, that was kinda his thing lol.

  • @godsnobody2915
    @godsnobody2915 4 года назад +26

    Ric Flair was the master of putting a territory's top talent over. He always left the fans wanting more!

  • @altonbinkley9484
    @altonbinkley9484 Год назад +1

    Remember this one folks, very rare!!

  • @bb-gc2tx
    @bb-gc2tx 5 лет назад +51

    This segment in a little studio has more emotion than anything wwe has done last 5 years atleast

    • @philanimukenge4500
      @philanimukenge4500 4 года назад

      There is always an idiot who will say something like this

    • @bb-gc2tx
      @bb-gc2tx 4 года назад

      @@philanimukenge4500 obviously there are alot of 'idiots" like me because the wwe ratings suck. Sorry people don't get excited about watching
      Soy boy Millienials doing pointless high spot after high spot. The
      Entire fan base today are loser smarks like you. Who chant dumb shit like this is awesome and you still got it. Lmao bunch of pathetic losers

    • @axelchewie8657
      @axelchewie8657 4 года назад +1

      Yeahh sure... More than Edge returning at RR, Rollins cash in, Bryan VS Lesnar, Undertaker VS Aj styles, Cena VS Styles, Asuka VS Charlotte, Hardys returning, Becky VS Charlotte at Evolution, Ziggler perfomance at SvS 2014, Miz VS Ziggler at No Mercy 2016 or all the Nxt great moments and matches...

    • @AngelPerezComedy
      @AngelPerezComedy 4 года назад +1

      @@axelchewie8657 no one gives a damn about any of that shit. A true moment was nexus invasion, cm punk pipebomb, ECW Cena vs rvd, and Daniel Bryan having the whole world scream yes.
      It's a pandemic and ratings got worse lol.

    • @axelchewie8657
      @axelchewie8657 4 года назад

      @@AngelPerezComedy Nexus invasion??? 🤣 Now all of them are fired but Bryan

  • @ajhnson
    @ajhnson 12 лет назад +39

    "What the World Champion wants, the World Champion gets"! Epic Ric Flair!

    • @aaronlusanko8779
      @aaronlusanko8779 2 года назад

      Yeah and get it by cheating. 90% of the time would cheat to earn something. He's no champion in my book. More like a cheating champion.

  • @oliverfurr1527
    @oliverfurr1527 3 года назад +11

    A true classic matchup. I remember Saturday morning wrestling and I miss it

    • @EXPLISITemcee
      @EXPLISITemcee 2 года назад

      a friendly talk leads to a battle for a world title on TV.. a king vs a Mount Rushmore legend.

    • @ograidernation1
      @ograidernation1 2 года назад

      Saturday mornings were the best

  • @316003161
    @316003161 7 лет назад +80

    I watched this on FREE "TV" , back in my young days when TV came thru rabbit ears and tin foil.!!!

    • @donniegray553
      @donniegray553 7 лет назад +6

      316003161, same here, but mine was an antanea up on the hill. God, I miss those days. Only 3 channels, but we had more to watch then than we do now with hundreds of channels.

    • @trickyodell2646
      @trickyodell2646 5 лет назад +1

      Donnie Gray
      Good ole days

    • @dr.roberts4508
      @dr.roberts4508 5 лет назад +1

      Classic

    • @marksreviewsandrants8554
      @marksreviewsandrants8554 5 лет назад

      HA HA HA I remember those days,there is a lot of music lights ETC now.

    • @twright3802
      @twright3802 5 лет назад

      Dont forget the pair of pliers to change the channels, every now and then.

  • @conradsdad
    @conradsdad 11 лет назад +81

    More wrestling in this match than in any hour of Raw.

  • @cpl1318
    @cpl1318 3 года назад +4

    Loved watching this with my Grandmother every Saturday, Best Part of the Day !!!

  • @ALLCITY73
    @ALLCITY73 5 лет назад +45

    Ric Flair is the only wrestler who can leave a match and have an interview THEN go back to the match

    • @FineWineFletch
      @FineWineFletch 5 лет назад +1

      Facts

    • @zachgrace7675
      @zachgrace7675 4 года назад +6

      The rock did it several times and also actually did comentry with Lawler and Jim Ross during his own match

    • @renelimas333
      @renelimas333 Год назад

      MJF

  • @darrenblockersr
    @darrenblockersr 7 лет назад +172

    When wrestling was wrestling, I miss it. Today's is just entertainment no technical wrestling.

    • @jerryblair61
      @jerryblair61 6 лет назад +7

      When wrestling was at its peck .I went to Ellis Autoduom when I was a kid. what a great time in my life .Great wrestlers back then

    • @hollaluyah
      @hollaluyah 5 лет назад +1

      All they do is jump around and hope to become straight to DVD movie starts

    • @robertsanchez7185
      @robertsanchez7185 5 лет назад

      Wouch

    • @truebaimar9923
      @truebaimar9923 5 лет назад +5

      @kingkiser666 Nahhhh.. They are more mechanical acrobatic wrestlers now than before..

    • @robertovizcarra8205
      @robertovizcarra8205 5 лет назад +5

      NWA Power on RUclips.

  • @dravendfr
    @dravendfr 4 года назад +5

    I just wanted to see what Jerry was like and this blew my mind for how wrestling was, I would be watching this today unlike how long I have gone without watching WWE. The technical prowess between them is a breath a fresh air. Kudos to both of these legends.

  • @perrymason7492
    @perrymason7492 3 месяца назад +1

    This is back when wrestling was wrestling and great

  • @somethingyousaid5059
    @somethingyousaid5059 5 лет назад +5

    Those were the days. I remember those days and I miss them. I wish that I could relive them. I grew up in and enjoyed the 70 and the 80s. Then everything became garbage.

  • @AdrianBrown
    @AdrianBrown 8 лет назад +50

    "Now we go to school!"
    #ClassicFlair

  • @davidscott8956
    @davidscott8956 4 года назад +8

    I never realized that Memphis let
    Flair, Bockwinkle, Hennig, & Rick Martel come thru&perform. Memphis helped alot of future stars eat. VERY GOOD.

    • @y2films
      @y2films 2 года назад

      First time anyone has ever said Memphis let their guys eat 😂

    • @markgreen262
      @markgreen262 2 месяца назад

      Jerry Lawler actually ran the Memphis territory

  • @GaDawgs1967
    @GaDawgs1967 5 месяцев назад +1

    Back in the day i was the beer grabber and Tv Turner got a few hours off of turning the TV when wrestling was on but still had to get the beer 😂

  • @dannyvizcarra
    @dannyvizcarra 8 лет назад +48

    that was way less flashy than matches now of days but man is it entertaining. I want to see what happens next

  • @jackbox1971
    @jackbox1971 10 лет назад +68

    What was so great about Flair as a heel is that he rarely played the cowardly heel. He was the supreme egoist. He wanted to "beat" Lawler even though he could could have walked away. Also, did you see that body slam late in the match? Jeez... he launched big Jerry!

    • @howardzuckerman8197
      @howardzuckerman8197 3 года назад +1

      I guess you haven’t seen part 4 where he exactly plays the coward by leaving the match before it was over as lawyer was making his comeback

    • @EXPLISITemcee
      @EXPLISITemcee 2 года назад +1

      @@howardzuckerman8197 Ric Flair used every trick.. dirtiest player wasn't just a nickname.. and in wrestling its considered smart to use every trick to win.

    • @aaronlusanko8779
      @aaronlusanko8779 2 года назад

      Actually cheating is cowardly. Flair cheated all the time. So Flair was a cowardly heel

    • @KClouisville
      @KClouisville 4 месяца назад

      @@aaronlusanko8779 He would also do the "begging off" bit a lot when the babyface would make a comeback on him. That's a classic cowardly heel move....early Flair probably did it too much. You could tell Flair was always Steve Austin's favorite wrestler in that respect...when Austin was in "cowardly heel" mode in the later parts of his WWE career he would also beg off too much.

  • @nonameyet9165
    @nonameyet9165 6 лет назад +6

    The best days of wrestling. I was 8 when this happened. I may have seen it or I may have been playing little league. Truly awesome to see this. 3 or 4 years later saw them wrestle in Lexington, Great American Bash

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan Год назад +2

    That's crazy only a 10 minute time limit for the world championship. Especially against Jerry The King Lawler.
    Edit: I'm glad the announcers said that three minutes into the match that they'd never heard of it either because I thought I was crazy.

  • @michaelleathem
    @michaelleathem 3 года назад +3

    The interviews to the lead up to this match was more than anything we get today. That is how you make everyone believe in what you do.

  • @nickwarhead
    @nickwarhead 5 лет назад +3

    and 37 years later, both these guys are still on TV..

  • @paulbookwood6410
    @paulbookwood6410 2 года назад +2

    Those guys made watching old TV wrestling fun!👍

  • @elberno4243
    @elberno4243 2 года назад +1

    This is wonderful, simply wonderful!

  • @ChanceUriahMiller
    @ChanceUriahMiller 5 лет назад +5

    Never knew this match had taken place. I truly missed out.

  • @freedomfirst917
    @freedomfirst917 Год назад +1

    Let me tell you something about Kingfish Jerry Lawler , daddy! He was one of the greatest! When that strap came down , lookout ,Jack! Absolutely love the memories of watching championship wrestling with my family.. great days . It feels good to relive the good times..

  • @cliffordbaggett2377
    @cliffordbaggett2377 3 года назад +3

    This was wrestling at it's best. 2 of the greatest. I liked em both.

  • @jeremyjames1659
    @jeremyjames1659 4 года назад +1

    My grandmother use to take my uncle to see Lawler wrestle in southern Indiana, he had many stories of playing poker backstage with the wrestlers after the show was over. He said they were all good guys at the Memphis wrestle, and USWA.

  • @ghettoblacktheater
    @ghettoblacktheater 3 года назад +4

    This match is beautiful. When wrestling is done right it looks like great ballet. This is one of those matches.

  • @henrygee622
    @henrygee622 5 лет назад +3

    When I was little they used to give us the best shows big ups to Jerry and Ric I grew up in the Midsouth Water valley Mississippi. Yal were the top dawgs back then and apart of our lives still today I remember matches.
    I grew up watching you Guys all with my father whom passed 2000.
    We had some great times on Saturday morning watching wrestling as He raised me up to be an man. Thanks for ah lifetime experience We grew up on yal back in the day when yall calms down Midsouth on Saturdays ! We Love yall !

  • @jakewilcken6602
    @jakewilcken6602 Год назад +1

    He left the ring to talk shit to lawler...amazing 😂

  • @jpshines
    @jpshines 9 лет назад +76

    They never heard of a 10 min championship match? That is every WWE Monday night raw no adays.

  • @nonameisthename138
    @nonameisthename138 5 лет назад +1

    This was GOOD STUFF!!! SIMPLE and EASY!! I remember this back in the day, the good ol days!!! 😢😢😢

  • @s1amvwbug
    @s1amvwbug 2 месяца назад

    Reminds me of a old match 1982 NWA Rick Flair vs Jerry, the King Lawler

  • @TripleRp
    @TripleRp 11 лет назад +40

    Back when Ric Flair didn't walk, he sauntered.

  • @thebsexpress6112
    @thebsexpress6112 4 года назад +1

    I grew up in WWWF territory...but man, this is SO good...Jerry Lawler ever so gently pushing aside the enhancement talent, using perfect psychology to get Flair into the ring...there isn't anything remotely close to this pure art today...

  • @patrickdurham7984
    @patrickdurham7984 4 года назад +3

    I know it might seem minor, but I am a true old school wrestling fan and I gotta say Ric Flair's suplex was one of the best in the business. Textbook everytime.

  • @henrygee622
    @henrygee622 5 лет назад +3

    Jerry Lawler was our champion for all of Memphis Tennessee. I support this message. Mid South until I die.

  • @mindlessdroid3630
    @mindlessdroid3630 5 лет назад +12

    Miss the days of Professional Wrestling when deep down we all "knew" but we still believed.

  • @griggstheone9078
    @griggstheone9078 6 лет назад +4

    Two of the greatest workers ever.

  • @kenwigginsii6065
    @kenwigginsii6065 3 года назад +1

    A traveling world heavyweight wrestling champion...Priceless.

  • @aloysiusnewby1144
    @aloysiusnewby1144 7 лет назад +18

    THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION RIC FLAIR

  • @halriggs9328
    @halriggs9328 2 года назад +1

    That would have been huge

  • @mr.mirchenstein6549
    @mr.mirchenstein6549 6 лет назад +19

    Great stuff from 2 Legends, but the time keeper needs to learn how to tell time. That was less than 10 Mins...

    • @bigredcachemachine1110
      @bigredcachemachine1110 6 лет назад +4

      lay off dave brown. it was hard damn work keeping up with the weather and the time.

    • @warrencurtis4968
      @warrencurtis4968 4 года назад

      Jerry Calhoun called for the bell at 0:34 so technically the match did last 10 minutes

  • @stanbrekston
    @stanbrekston 3 года назад +1

    Man, this was some good stuff

  • @desmondskinner9769
    @desmondskinner9769 2 года назад +1

    This is classic especially with Pile-driver ban in certain territories

  • @joeyricefried9621
    @joeyricefried9621 3 года назад

    I love the camera angles. I wish it was still this way.

  • @jasoncassius7832
    @jasoncassius7832 Год назад +2

    Had to believe these guys were in their early 30s back then and this happened over 40 years ago.

  • @apintofbeer1667
    @apintofbeer1667 Год назад +1

    Lawlers hair deserved a championship belt

  • @SirManfly
    @SirManfly 7 лет назад +11

    wow, Ric and Jerry told a pretty good story here! too bad the next 5 minutes weren't on here.

    • @donniegray553
      @donniegray553 7 лет назад

      moo cow, catch "Part 4". I think thart's the one you're refering to

    • @mr.mirchenstein6549
      @mr.mirchenstein6549 6 лет назад +1

      moo cow here ya go...Part 4...
      ruclips.net/video/PzkDzOfqDfc/видео.html

  • @Fish-please
    @Fish-please Год назад +2

    True professionals,.... giving it a 100% for a room of maybe only 100 mostly kids. and then doing an encore.

  • @admiralawesomeDC
    @admiralawesomeDC 5 лет назад +3

    I really miss the days of the territories

    • @MrDeeboi33
      @MrDeeboi33 4 года назад +1

      This is where wrestlers honed their skills

  • @coachrobinson9958
    @coachrobinson9958 5 лет назад +3

    CLASSIC! :))

  • @timcase2494
    @timcase2494 2 года назад

    So great to be able to see Flair in his prime. When the wrestling actually was much more real.

  • @robertsalmi6472
    @robertsalmi6472 2 года назад

    Listening to the crowd is what makes this all about!

  • @tomsawyer5736
    @tomsawyer5736 2 года назад +1

    I often wonder why we never got Lawler vs. Flair when both were in the WWE in the 2000s.

  • @theweenee1
    @theweenee1 7 лет назад +8

    At 8:06 Flair is about to use the pile driver which was not allowed in the Memphis Wrestling promotion at that time but later the Sleeper Hold and Pile Driver became 2 of Lawlers finishing moves while he was champion out there in Memphis he held that title for many years if you look it up,I think that move was brought in and allowed that following year.

  • @travisburnett5685
    @travisburnett5685 4 года назад

    This is so badass!!! Then. Now. Forever...

  • @Mandrahale
    @Mandrahale Год назад

    HHH & Tony Khan, take note. No flipping or twisty jumps whatsoever. A simple display of a combat sport. Two men battling it out with one another. Classic.

  • @cards1985
    @cards1985 4 года назад +2

    The good ole days.

  • @mondocjenson-dy8zd
    @mondocjenson-dy8zd 4 года назад

    Classic! Great memories

  • @theuserwithnoname7688
    @theuserwithnoname7688 5 лет назад +1

    So, could someone clear something up for me? I am wondering what is considered the definitive NWA Championship belt, is it the one Flair has on in this video or is it the big gold one?

  • @maosama3695
    @maosama3695 5 лет назад +2

    When champions had class.

  • @michaeltruthson6262
    @michaeltruthson6262 5 лет назад +3

    Listen to the pop from the fans man I love this!!!

  • @mgcuniverse9037
    @mgcuniverse9037 4 года назад +1

    according to Cornette and Jericho and MANY MANY MANY others, these are the two greatest wrestlers of all time

  • @mofo3172
    @mofo3172 12 лет назад +15

    Shortest 10 minute time limit I've ever seen!

    • @lumphead2564
      @lumphead2564 2 года назад

      That used to be standard matches one fall with a 10 minute time limit

    • @lumphead2564
      @lumphead2564 2 года назад

      It was all about wrestling not a 3-hour show with 2 hours of promos in these cats now can't even cut a good scripted promo

  • @scottjackson1420
    @scottjackson1420 5 лет назад +1

    Two great workers.

  • @markboudreau1410
    @markboudreau1410 Год назад

    Loved that circuit even though it always seemed like they filmed it in someone's garage.

  • @Shippoyasha
    @Shippoyasha 5 лет назад

    This is way more captivating than most of today's WWE wrestling

  • @Murphdogg4
    @Murphdogg4 14 лет назад +2

    Dream match!

  • @JimCornetteIsMyDad
    @JimCornetteIsMyDad Год назад

    It's a shame that something happened between Memphis and Flair that this match didn't get a bigger audience again down the road.

  • @mikestube68
    @mikestube68 4 года назад +1

    Where is the other 5 minutes!? How did this end ?? Does anyone have a link to the rest of this match? Please share if so I would really enjoy seeing this. That was when wrestling was truly great, brings back great memories.

    • @hmtr1489
      @hmtr1489 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/PzkDzOfqDfc/видео.html

  • @moonverine
    @moonverine 2 года назад

    I like all the non-verbal communication they do.

  • @paulbunyan1412
    @paulbunyan1412 4 года назад

    I love these 2 wrestlers

  • @vincentmarks9489
    @vincentmarks9489 2 года назад +1

    Hold on Ric Flair from Minneapolis, Minnesota??

  • @bigdye1976
    @bigdye1976 6 лет назад +1

    Loved the old Memphis Wrestling. Watched it every Saturday morning.

  • @dilungmoveityafool777
    @dilungmoveityafool777 3 года назад

    Good stuff. Good stuff.

  • @TheMan750
    @TheMan750 Год назад +1

    Of course Lawler wasn’t losing on Memphis TV

  • @markmenning1804
    @markmenning1804 6 лет назад +14

    Jerrry the King was not utilized enough in WWF.

    • @ranielalmaria6612
      @ranielalmaria6612 4 года назад +2

      Lawler was already getting up there in age. You really expect WWE is gonna build the federation around him? Ridiculous.

    • @themanwithnoname4723
      @themanwithnoname4723 3 года назад

      I agree.... there actually could have been more than a few big matches between legends vs The King.

    • @mox19380
      @mox19380 3 года назад

      he joined at 43. feuded with bret hart for two years. it seems like they utilized him to help push Hart which was probably the most he really could be expected to do in his mid-40s

  • @NevrSilent
    @NevrSilent 12 лет назад +2

    Flair was raised and trained in Minneapolis area (where his birthplace is from isn't 100 per cent known, as he was adopted). His start was in Minn. based AWA before he settled in Charlotte and the Crockett's Mid-Atlantic territory.

    • @cbp2106
      @cbp2106 7 лет назад

      Flair was born in West Virginia. Not Memphis

    • @DegenerateSharingan
      @DegenerateSharingan 6 лет назад

      cbp2106 even flair said he was born in TN

  • @HogansDisciple
    @HogansDisciple 12 лет назад +1

    channel extreme u rock bro!!

  • @derrickjohnson9166
    @derrickjohnson9166 7 лет назад +30

    Damn I miss the five minute headlock

    • @therapist6328
      @therapist6328 5 лет назад +1

      Especially the standing side head lock. That was almost a finishing move back then. Bearhug anyone?

    • @michaeltruthson6262
      @michaeltruthson6262 5 лет назад

      @@therapist6328 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @michelvanbriemen3459
      @michelvanbriemen3459 4 года назад +1

      Agreed. Today they either maneuver out or tap out in 20 seconds.

    • @patrickdurham7984
      @patrickdurham7984 4 года назад +3

      What about the twenty minute reverse chinlock, with the opponent sitting down and the guy kneeling behind him. The referee raising his hand every four minutes to make sure he was still concious. Classic! Today's millennials would lose their minds if they had to watch that. Too impatient.

    • @norms3913
      @norms3913 4 года назад

      There goes half of the 10 min. Match lol

  • @bradstevens9604
    @bradstevens9604 5 лет назад +1

    A Classic.

  • @danc1197
    @danc1197 5 лет назад

    OMG, look at the size of that crowd. Oh the humanity. Must be over 2 rows of people.

  • @ModernDayRenaissanceMan
    @ModernDayRenaissanceMan Год назад +2

    I wonder why no one bothers to ask the wrestlers today how they explain in kayfabe that a pile driver was so deadly it was banned & now it can be done off the top turnbuckle today multiple times & people kick out so easily?
    How can the DDT be so powerful in 1987 yet 5 tornado DDTs are so weak?
    How come Kenny Omega is able to kick out of being stabbed by a screwdriver, then hit with 2 finishers back to back to back in a match, then a 1 count after being hit with his own finisher then kick out of 4 more finishers before finally losing the match but Hook stays down for 2 minutes from a simple lariat from Jungle Boy?
    The disrespect that these marks in the ring have today have dropped the business to an all time low. It was much better when it was very hard to get in & you either followed the rules or you were blacklisted for life.
    They don't understand that they are legitimately hurting themselves for a million dollars a year when they could be working a match for 10 million a year. I truly believe if they never destroyed kayfabe wrestlers would be making WAY more money today. But HBK & The Kliq decided to ruin it to "be cool" & they got paid so everyone else wouldn't. This made everyone else have to dive off of the top of Mount Everest to get a pop. That's sad.

  • @tomtalker2000
    @tomtalker2000 6 лет назад +16

    This is when pro wrestling was "pro wrasslin". Not the cirque du soleil shit there putting on today. Main reason why i stopped watching WWE back in 2010 it got progressively worse after that. If they could get it back half as good as it used to be as in this video match. I'd reconsider watching again.

    • @rodneywilkerson9854
      @rodneywilkerson9854 5 лет назад +1

      WWE has the same old story line over and over~~just different actors to step in and replace the ones that leave.

    • @darrellwilliams5059
      @darrellwilliams5059 5 лет назад +1

      Yes WWE is pure SHIT

  • @jerryblair2339
    @jerryblair2339 3 года назад

    Lawyer & Flair great technical wrestlers some thing you don't see in wrestling today

  • @larrylipshitz1553
    @larrylipshitz1553 3 года назад

    Two legends

  • @europeanamerican379
    @europeanamerican379 7 лет назад +24

    Lawler at 225 lbs and Flair at 242 lbs? somebody is lying.

    • @pc8679
      @pc8679 7 лет назад +1

      What year was this?

    • @gabraggs2
      @gabraggs2 6 лет назад +9

      muscle weighs more than fat? also, the ladies love Ric Flair, know what i mean?
      WOOOOOOOO!

    • @mr.mirchenstein6549
      @mr.mirchenstein6549 6 лет назад +1

      Flair was pretty built here

    • @michaelsorrells9458
      @michaelsorrells9458 6 лет назад

      I'm 224 lbs

    • @deneaneharris4550
      @deneaneharris4550 5 лет назад +1

      @Michael Sorrells but you only 4'11!!!

  • @richardwillams7086
    @richardwillams7086 4 месяца назад

    Wow 😮 the Old NWA

  • @nickwarhead
    @nickwarhead 5 лет назад

    I thought he was billed from Charlotte, NC? I know he's originally from Edina, MN though.