When your idol, the man you WANTED to be when you just started your career, is telling people that you did more than he EVER could. I meant who wouldn't cry?!
That is what is called "respect" toward your fellow colleagues, your champions...your friends for life. What Harley said, he meant every word of it, too. The greatest showman and the toughest man on that stage there. This is the part of wrestling that was real. The bumps, the blood, the glory, and the rarest part of wrestling - life long friendships.
Can there be higher praise from a legend to another legend!!! Flair and Harley 2 of the best ever to lace up the boots.Harleys word's also tell you Flair is the GOAT.
Those tears came from a cold sober Ric Flair. I've never seen him this serious in any interview. What a privilege for that audience to be in that small hotel conference room with these two legends. Like coal miners, the wrestlers who came up during the age of the territories are a dying breed. The world will not see their kind again. I'm glad they're such good sports and give all of these interviews that you find here. They do not dismiss their fans. It's an oral history of an age that has passed. Dang this clip was good. I almost feel that these words would never have been spoken between these men if it wasn't for the audience. True performers: the audience gives them permission to be courageous.
Two men that really loved their profession and gave it everything they had. It’s wonderful to see them getting the love they deserve for entertaining so many people.
In starrcade of 1983 Ric flair and Harley Race for the NWA worlds heavyweight championship, will go down as one of the greatest matches in wrestling history. A true classic wrestling match. Thank you Ric and Harley for the memories.😁👍👍❤️🤼♂️🤼♀️🤼😄😀
FUN FACT: Flair's wrestling career almost came to an end after he survived a plane crash in 1975 that broke his back. His perseverance and determination to rehabilitate himself after that shows the willpower that Flair has.
imagine having all those near death experiences and getting another chance at life and being able to hear all the stuff people usually say after your dead. this makes me so happy. i never was a big flair fan as a kid i always thought the giant wrestlers were more entertaining but the older i got the more i valued flairs personality and gimmick. when your 8 you think you need muscles to be a champ but flair proved hes eternal
What Harley said said at the end really does put "Walk That Aisle" into perspective! On a side note, WPP has been missed Big Time! Very Grateful for this post! Salute To The Loyal Riders Of The Workin' Punch Productions Posse out there!
First off Harley is the toughest guy ever to step inside the squared circle. And Harley was a dear friend of mine. Harley was a great guy but don't piss him off or sit in the passenger seat of his car lol. Miss ya Harley, RIP sir
Damn who sat in the passenger seat of his car? Are you speaking from experience 😳 haha what a legend he was! He must of been a great friend as'well! 🙏🏾💯
Ric Flair calls Harley Race the greatest and Harley Race calls Flair the best. U can definitely feel Flair energy when Harley said that about him. 2 of the greatest of all time in same room talking wrestling.
It's one thing to get the applause and the accolades when you are being "The Nature Boy." When you get the applause and the accolades because you are being Mr. Ric Flair, it's another thing completely. In the ring, the fans applaud what you've done. Outside the ring, in a hotel conference room, the fans applaud who you are. Mad respect for Flair _and_ Race...
That is one of the problems that happens when you get older, your tear ducts get a mind of their own, tears will start rolling down your cheeks over stuff that don't even concern you, and your dam why the hell is this happening?then something that maybe you should cry about happens, and your eyes are dry as a potato chip
JJ Dillon once said that if he was in a fox hole behind enemy lines he would take Haku. Well let me tell you I would take Harley. I don’t think there was a tougher son of a bitch alive! Legit as fuck! He would just tell the enemy “ let me tell you daddy “
@@michaelrose3101 No. You didn't think it was around that time. You knew, deep down, that it was around that time. Just before Michael Cole, the Bellas, and all the other subhumans erased pro wrestling from history.
Harley Race was the greatest NWA champion of the 1970s and that's saying a lot when you think of all the great champions that reigned in that organization. Dory Funk, Terry Funk, Jack Brisco, and Dusty Rhodes.
Harley Was The Man The Man he Passed the Torch to The Next Man Such Greatness in Both.Massive Respect Ric i seen in Torontos Maple Leaf Gardens against Jack Brisco another Legend.
❤🙏❤ ... Wow ... And yes Harley meant every single words he said - I truly believe if someone offered Harley $10,000 ca$h to say something on camera in front of a live audience that was a lie or that he sincerely did not believe he absolutely without any doubt would not say it . And what makes this even more special is that Harley is widely regarded as the greatest legitimate NWA champion of all time by many people around the world . Harley was " The toughest and greatest wrestler on God's green Earth " . This video is truly something special . Thank you for uploading this piece of history ❤🙏❤
say what you want about Ric, i get it, but his respect most of his fellow wrestlers is iconic.....Steamboat, Race, Sting , Undertaker is without exception
Flair would come to Texas in the 80's and one night would fight a Von Erich, then the next night fight a Freebird. The crowd never knew quite how to respond.
It doesnt take much to make Flair cry. He cries about 15 times per day. He is emotionally fragile and has been since Jim Herd gave him a nervous breakdown in the early 90s.
Remember when everyone made it a big deal when Undertaker said it was a tougher business back then and everyone now was soft compared to then? He was right.
Rick flair vs randy savage was the best match i ever seen and i didnt think so as a kid but now i know and when u really know they were the best two ever as far as not being behemoths and there gimmick not being there size or there look but their wrestling abilities and ON THE MIC 🎤 THE TWO HARDEST PARTS
Harley Race, one tough ambre . Seen him take Ricky Steamboats chops tettering on the edge of the ramp at Maple Leaf Gardens , the last chop Race went backwards and slid backwards down the stairs on his back thump thump thump !
Back in the day these guys were the "real deal". Harley just a pure wrestling talent and Ric start ing to be put on the map with his gimmick. It was new fresh as these guys could do the broad ways the way pro wrestling should be! What happened? First Harley joined that cartoon wrestling organization in the northeast , with that stupid king gimmick which I think to this day tarnished his image and Ric we all know what happened he embarrassingly overstayed his welcome. His gimmick and wrestling style became very stale let alone his partying life style nearly destroyed yet sadly his life, but seeing these two on stage again recalling what is was like in the late 70s and early 80s is something to marvel about....
Damn, knowing now how much a rough and tumble, bar fighting sumbitch Harley Race was....for him to be so humble and gracious when speaking of Flair? Holy shit....no wonder Flair busted out in tears! Incredible respect between those two!
I can guarantee you there's not another opinion on Earth that Ric Flair valued more than that of Harley Race
I was thinking the same thing
Truth! That deserves 3 Ric Flair Woos! Woo! Woo! Who!
When your idol, the man you WANTED to be when you just started your career, is telling people that you did more than he EVER could. I meant who wouldn't cry?!
Idk it’s hard to tell. Flair is always crying 😭
those are the facts
Coming from the late great Harley Race that’s a statement. Harley was a helluva wrestler himself and a real life man Rip champ
For Flair, this was "The Man" telling him "YOU are the man"
I'm so glad I lived through this Era. Legends.
Every interview I’ve seen of Harley, he’s never been this complimentary of another person. This was awesome
That is what is called "respect" toward your fellow colleagues, your champions...your friends for life. What Harley said, he meant every word of it, too. The greatest showman and the toughest man on that stage there. This is the part of wrestling that was real. The bumps, the blood, the glory, and the rarest part of wrestling - life long friendships.
The epic promos, the hilarious flops, the fact that he truly lived like The Nature Boy.....Ric Flair is the GOAT.
Period
R.I.P. Harley Race
Can there be higher praise from a legend to another legend!!! Flair and Harley 2 of the best ever to lace up the boots.Harleys word's also tell you Flair is the GOAT.
Ric is still one of the all time greatest performers in any wrestling entertainment industry EVER
2 absolute Legends. And both class acts to boot. I'm glad I saw this.
Those tears came from a cold sober Ric Flair. I've never seen him this serious in any interview. What a privilege for that audience to be in that small hotel conference room with these two legends. Like coal miners, the wrestlers who came up during the age of the territories are a dying breed. The world will not see their kind again. I'm glad they're such good sports and give all of these interviews that you find here. They do not dismiss their fans. It's an oral history of an age that has passed. Dang this clip was good. I almost feel that these words would never have been spoken between these men if it wasn't for the audience. True performers: the audience gives them permission to be courageous.
Two men that really loved their profession and gave it everything they had. It’s wonderful to see them getting the love they deserve for entertaining so many people.
Harley, you deserve all the respect and admiration that Ric does. Two of the greatest ever hands down
In starrcade of 1983 Ric flair and Harley Race for the NWA worlds heavyweight championship, will go down as one of the greatest matches in wrestling history. A true classic wrestling match. Thank you Ric and Harley for the memories.😁👍👍❤️🤼♂️🤼♀️🤼😄😀
Born in 85, I remember vividly how entertaining the four horsemen were in WCW in the early 90’s. 💪🙏
That got me crying, LOL. To hear the great Harley Race say that? From his own mouth while he was still alive. Amazing.
Rick deserves every bit of the success he has had in wrestling love you Rick Whooo.
Ric.
@@bcushing What has the Royal Irish Constabulary got to do with it 😆 🤣
Two of the greatest wrestlers of all time. They set the standard of what a champion should be.
R.I.P. Harley we miss you.
Greatest Compliment someone can get
Harley's just sitting there thinking "I need a smoke."
It would be awesome to see another Harley & Flair type wrestler today ❤😊❤
Wrestling today would be so much better
FUN FACT: Flair's wrestling career almost came to an end after he survived a plane crash in 1975 that broke his back.
His perseverance and determination to rehabilitate himself after that shows the willpower that Flair has.
Both ric flair & Harley race are pure legends respect to them both
validation in its highest form. thats like larry bird or magic praising mj,
To have the respect of Harley Race means everything to him.
2 living legends in the sport
My god they where talented
Agreed. For Nature Boy to hear that from Harley Race (and Dusty Rhodes) probably means more to him than any other human being
imagine having all those near death experiences and getting another chance at life and being able to hear all the stuff people usually say after your dead. this makes me so happy. i never was a big flair fan as a kid i always thought the giant wrestlers were more entertaining but the older i got the more i valued flairs personality and gimmick. when your 8 you think you need muscles to be a champ but flair proved hes eternal
What Harley said said at the end really does put "Walk That Aisle" into perspective! On a side note, WPP has been missed Big Time! Very Grateful for this post! Salute To The Loyal Riders Of The Workin' Punch Productions Posse out there!
First off Harley is the toughest guy ever to step inside the squared circle. And Harley was a dear friend of mine. Harley was a great guy but don't piss him off or sit in the passenger seat of his car lol. Miss ya Harley, RIP sir
Damn who sat in the passenger seat of his car? Are you speaking from experience 😳 haha what a legend he was! He must of been a great friend as'well! 🙏🏾💯
Ric Flair calls Harley Race the greatest and Harley Race calls Flair the best. U can definitely feel Flair energy when Harley said that about him. 2 of the greatest of all time in same room talking wrestling.
Flair is the one of the founding fathers of modern day wrestling!!!
……and still so humble!!!!
@@willanderson2747 lol
It's one thing to get the applause and the accolades when you are being "The Nature Boy." When you get the applause and the accolades because you are being Mr. Ric Flair, it's another thing completely. In the ring, the fans applaud what you've done. Outside the ring, in a hotel conference room, the fans applaud who you are. Mad respect for Flair _and_ Race...
The greatest wrestler ever, and Ric Flair
The highest level of respect that a person can receive is when a person you consider the greatest throws that same statement/compliment back at you.
If Harley says your the greatest ever...No need for a vote..You are..
To be fair, almost everything makes that man cry.
That's what I was going to say .
You should have seen him when the last KMart in North Carolina closed.
Ric's a emotional guy
😂😂😂😂 he is, he always crying
That is one of the problems that happens when you get older, your tear ducts get a mind of their own, tears will start rolling down your cheeks over stuff that don't even concern you, and your dam why the hell is this happening?then something that maybe you should cry about happens, and your eyes are dry as a potato chip
Heartfelt words for an amazing man from a giant in the industry!
Harley was the bad ass of all time, and he proudly passed the torch to Ric.
Nice to see you're still alive there bud missed the uploads.
Wish Harley was still around. Legend
JJ Dillon once said that if he was in a fox hole behind enemy lines he would take Haku. Well let me tell you I would take Harley. I don’t think there was a tougher son of a bitch alive! Legit as fuck! He would just tell the enemy “ let me tell you daddy “
Two legends on the same stage. U could make a case that either one was the greatest of all time
Toughest man in the business there
I was in the audience during this interview. It was in the University Hilton in Charlotte.
What year?
2008? I remember they did appearances together around the 25th anniversary of Staarrcade
@James Byers Thanks, thought it was somewhere around that time.
@@michaelrose3101 No. You didn't think it was around that time. You knew, deep down, that it was around that time. Just before Michael Cole, the Bellas, and all the other subhumans erased pro wrestling from history.
Harley Race was the greatest NWA champion of the 1970s and that's saying a lot when you think of all the great champions that reigned in that organization. Dory Funk, Terry Funk, Jack Brisco, and Dusty Rhodes.
Harley Was The Man The Man he Passed the Torch to The Next Man Such Greatness in Both.Massive Respect Ric i seen in Torontos Maple Leaf Gardens against Jack Brisco another Legend.
❤🙏❤ ... Wow ... And yes Harley meant every single words he said - I truly believe if someone offered Harley $10,000 ca$h to say something on camera in front of a live audience that was a lie or that he sincerely did not believe he absolutely without any doubt would not say it . And what makes this even more special is that Harley is widely regarded as the greatest legitimate NWA champion of all time by many people around the world . Harley was " The toughest and greatest wrestler on God's green Earth " . This video is truly something special . Thank you for uploading this piece of history ❤🙏❤
To be the man, you gotta beat that man. To call him an icon doesn't give him justice. Words cannot describe my admiration for Rick Flair.
Nothing but respect for these two giants westlers
To beat "The Man", "The Man" has to proclaim, that you are "The Man".
This was great.
What a compliment to the Nature Boy,
From the legendary 8 time World Champion
Harley Race
..damn good interview.
say what you want about Ric, i get it, but his respect most of his fellow wrestlers is iconic.....Steamboat, Race, Sting , Undertaker is without exception
Flair would come to Texas in the 80's and one night would fight a Von Erich, then the next night fight a Freebird. The crowd never knew quite how to respond.
It doesnt take much to make Flair cry. He cries about 15 times per day. He is emotionally fragile and has been since Jim Herd gave him a nervous breakdown in the early 90s.
Spartacus damn you
That Is Respect. True championship form.🥲
As a wrestler they don't get any better than the late, great Harley Race. The compliment he gave Ric is something he can take to the bank.
My All Time fave champion
Mr. King Harley Race ...
Sslute to both naitch nd Race
Rest in Peace 🙏 🪦 Super Star Billy Graham Pass away 🙏 🪦 age 79 I know Ric Fair Friends Billy Graham
First time in my 50 years I've seen Naitch speechless...
Thanks to flair we got Michael's triple h steve austin taker more talent who were fans of flairs. Thank you flair
Without a doubt. Watched wrestling before the Natch was on the seen hardest working champ EVER. Both KING & NATCH. WHOOOO. 👍👍👍👍
Harley Race was a wrestling God in a sort of talented way💯
That's the stuff that makes the aches and pain worth it..
There was nothing like the NWA in the seventies and eighties
High praise from Harley
Rest In Heavenly Peace🙏🤍🕊🙏💙
Remember when everyone made it a big deal when Undertaker said it was a tougher business back then and everyone now was soft compared to then? He was right.
Wow What a statement from one of the greatest wrestlers of all time Harley Race..
Now Harleys made it known, For a fact Whoooo greate champion all time
Real *class* from Harley. Cheers sir! 🍺
GOATs
I like the way Harley said billions
Rick flair vs randy savage was the best match i ever seen and i didnt think so as a kid but now i know and when u really know they were the best two ever as far as not being behemoths and there gimmick not being there size or there look but their wrestling abilities and ON THE MIC 🎤 THE TWO HARDEST PARTS
Harley Race Rest in peace champ.
The greatest compliment that Flair ever got…how could you top it coming from The Man that said it.
I sware Ric is such an amazing person, it's like he's Dustin Hoffman's long lost brother or something. They sound a lot a like in voice :D
From Harley Race, it's really value !!
The 2 greatest world champions and only traveling world champions.
welcome back
Harley Race, one tough ambre .
Seen him take Ricky Steamboats chops tettering on the edge of the ramp at Maple Leaf Gardens , the last chop Race went backwards and slid backwards down the stairs on his back thump thump thump !
HOMBRE
tons of respect for Harley Race as well
Back in the day these guys were the "real deal". Harley just a pure wrestling talent and Ric start ing to be put on the map with his gimmick. It was new fresh as these guys could do the broad ways the way pro wrestling should be! What happened? First Harley joined that cartoon wrestling organization in the northeast , with that stupid king gimmick which I think to this day tarnished his image and Ric we all know what happened he embarrassingly overstayed his welcome. His gimmick and wrestling style became very stale let alone his partying life style nearly destroyed yet sadly his life, but seeing these two on stage again recalling what is was like in the late 70s and early 80s is something to marvel about....
The greatest!
Coming from Harley Race that is saying something
That's what this business Is all about
Hey look, someone found a way to shut Ric Flair up. Just praise him until he cries.
Two of the. Best
I count myself privileged to have seen these two legends perform, and Harley waved at me after the match.
Where was this event ???
Harley Race with classy comments about Ric Flair !!!!
Wrestling fans are the best!
Damn, knowing now how much a rough and tumble, bar fighting sumbitch Harley Race was....for him to be so humble and gracious when speaking of Flair? Holy shit....no wonder Flair busted out in tears! Incredible respect between those two!
Wow. I don;t know much about the past of Wrestling but this was fantastic.
welcome back workin punch
Today, with my adult Eyes, Race looks real tough guy in his prime. Race in your side, you feel very protect !
Who hasn't made Flair cry????