So that probably does need to be Ric Flair's last match: Wrestling Observer Radio
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- Bryan and Dave share their thoughts on the main event of Ric Flair's Last Match, where Flair teamed up with Andrade el Idolo to take on Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal. [July 31, 2022]
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Vince retired before Flair wtf
@@SillySongs4Everyone2001 Unless Vince is doing a "wrestling retirement" in which case he'll retire 10 more times
I thought Vince would be there tbh
@@SillySongs4Everyone2001 shut up and deal with it vince is done, how some meatheads dont wanna realize the truth, Triple H having a heart attack and coming back isnt even remotely the same thing, vince is fucked and its just the beginning WSJ is already working on new things about him, move on from the denial stage
@@SillySongs4Everyone2001 Maybe WWE will be sold to a big media conglomerate. Then they'll install their own folks in there. At least gradually..
Congratulations Ian! You have won the internet today!
When he faked the heart attack on the outside....I legit thought it was a shoot and I guarantee Taker, Foley and Brett on the outside thought so as well. You could see Taker having anxiety through the whole thing. He wasn't even looking at the match, he was just looking at the floor, wide-eyed and tense.
Saw a clip of taker talking to him I get the feeling he was saying to him never again Ric. Witch I understand is ironic
Taker for sure hated it. poor guy had to watch his hero look like a shell of his former self and nearly die in the ring
Maybe a tribute to the Huckster and the Nacho Man.
This should be a strong lesson for Taker in if you know your body cannot do what it used to, don't tempt fate and end up like Ric.. Oh wait, there was the Saudi Arabia debacle and the Roman Reigns match. Take the hint Taker, please don't go back because you were most likely looking at a harsh reality about yourself. You don't have anything to prove to anyone and your shit is forever emulated for many generations to enjoy.
@@TravisJames85 Jimbo does a great job of reading body language. No doubt Mean Mark had the casket ready out back for Grandpa Ric. Flair is now ready to start slicing up deli meat at the grocery store just like Randy the Ram. You're spot on here Mr. Forster. Travis needs to face the reality of this debacle of an event.
Bryan's point about blowing yourself up from nerves is spot on. Dry mouth, nervous system is shot. And you haven't even made your entrance. That doesn't get brought up enough.
mom's spaghetti..
Never thought I would see a weekend at Bernie's match in my lifetime hope I never do again.
Ricky Steamboat dodged a bullet
Oh god I forgot about that lol
One thing to say is that Jay Lethal is a pro and Jeff Jarrett still has it. Also big props for Andrade for looking out for Pops.
I imagine Andrade and fam were very nervous.
For those of us who grew up on 80's wrestling and the Horsemen era, this match - while it was fun for what it was intended to be - was a sobering reminder of the fact that father time and mother nature are undefeated. Watching Ric Flair in this match in contrast to the Ric Flair we remember even into the early 2000's was night and day. Reminds us that we are all mere mortals.
exactly. This shit was fcking humbling.
Dulce et decorum est pro industria mori.
@@goodday2760 : I can definitely see Flair dying for the business. Hopefully he takes a step back and enjoys his remaining years outside of the ring.
Regardless of whether he should or shouldn't have trained. A 73 year old man should not be wrestling period
Ok Adolf
Depends on the 73-year-old man. Bob Armstrong and Mil Mascaras were still fine at that age.
Agreed
They should start a 65+ wrestling company lmaoo
I was scared af watching that shit 😧
Have to give credit to Jeff jarrett he was awesome in the match
And he did the job. Good on Ol' Slapnuts
Technically he didn’t. Flair couldn’t even keep his shoulders off the mat for the finish so really it was a draw 🤷♂️
@@jackforster7783 I guess that means we need a rematch next month at the Ric Flair's Second Last Match PPV.
Jarrett looked in great shape...dude could go another 10 years
Slap Nuts is taking good care of himself. Could realistically have one GOOD run and do well.
You two really shouldn’t sit there and act disappointed or disgusted by what happened you guys have been promoting it for weeks
LMFAO!
Hey, Conrad wrote them a check.
This is true. Carnys that cover carnys gonna carny.
That's a really good point!
F4W and Fightful both taking money to promote a scumbag like Flair after criticizing Vince is embarrassing.
Can’t wait for Jim Crockett promotions presents: Terry Funk’s last match
Oh God!
Based on Mick Foley's recent visit with him, he ain't wrestling anymore. His mental capacity is fading.
And don't forget Dory funk Jr. 🤣
@@chriskay1449 I think that was kind of the point of the original comment.
Can’t wait for Jim Crockett promotions presents: Bret harts last match
Did Ricky Steamboat just sense disaster and stay away? I'm thinking he had an idea that this wasn't going to be good and wisely declined.
That's exactly what he said. People should be grateful that didn't happen and really ruin the memory of those two. That's why I'm not bothered by the actual match.
Steamboat seems like one of the relatively few guys from his era who has his stuff together, is happily retired and was able to move on from the business. He knew what it was going to be and likely doesn't have the morbid need for "one more match".
Steamboat suffered a brain injury when Nexus debuted.
He's probably more at risk than Ric
@@DrJReeferDid not he just do a last match himself I'm cincinatti..
@@cjones3710 He did. Way better than Rics
This match wasnt needed and shouldn't have happened. The dude is in his 70s, he has a pace maker, and 39 doctors didnt clear him. And that heart attack spot was so distasteful
It was sad, ric of course had to blade [seriously, he is like a depressed teenager that "cuts" ].. he was bleeding like crazy and he looked 👨🦲 bald?? Did he have a wig glued on?
hardest match i've ever watched and yet i couldn't look away
'This can never happen again'
Ric Flair : hold my beer 🍺
Are we really pretending he wasn't drunk? I'm not even being a dick about it, but calling what I saw in the entrance.
I thought that too. He looked drunk when he came out.
@@broissey I didn't even see the show but the thumbnail for this video speaks volumes.
@@TravisJames85 No you wouldn't. This man needs serious help and major prayer because he's lost.
It was pure instict, muscle memory when he hid the knuckles in his kneepad right after the punch. Maybe he wasn’t even concious but he knew the ref shouldn't see it if he don’t want to be DQd.
Or it was a planned spot
he said in the promo afterwards that he remembered just half of the match.
His hands started shaking earlier than the superplex. There's a point you can see from the fancam footage about 15 minutes in. he's on the apron and starts looking at his hands in a really disturbing manner completely ignoring the double down in the ring. The ref has to go over to him and remind him he needs to come in to interfere and he takes forever going under the middle rope to do so then Jay Lethal bounces through a dozen flips and spots while Flair hits the weakest chops ever seen.
I can imagine what Taker said to him at the end when he whispered in his ear and I hope Ric listens.
I can't wait to see Ric Flairs next last match at Starcast 2023!
I'm waiting for the last match national tour.
Let's hope it's not the wrestling version of KISS.
@@erikstorm8935 that already happened in the 90's and it was the drizzling shits
CONrad is booking it
@@deshaunmassagekingwatson6293 You betcha. Hogan or Vince will be there.
This will be added to the Darkside of the ring..
Ric probably had a few drinks before he walked through that curtain.
Let's hope not. That would be so irresponsible... hang on, Im talking about Ric Flair, I take it back. Yeah he totally did.
@@bipolarminddroppings Ric Flair Drip 🥃
@@bipolarminddroppings It's probably happened a million times that we don't know about.
Stewie Griffin voice: POSSIBLY!
@@bipolarminddroppings Well he said on TMZ he was drinking all the way up to the event so he was definitely inebriated by the time he came behind the curtain.
Agree that he was 1000 times better in the training video
Glad i didnt see the training video to let me down
The card wasn't bad. The best match of the week was the Lucha Libre fatal 4 way & Josh Alexander vs Jacob Fatu.
I agree it was not a bad card, not great, but better than I was expecting.
"I'm often stupid."
-Dave Meltzer
The most honest thing he's said in years.
He actually admits it every once in a while
Now if we can just get him to put a cap on his stupid star ratings...
Why are you listening to him then?
@@bipolarminddroppings How about you stop crying and complaining about a man's opinions on how he judges matches. You snowflakes are pathetic.
I'm amazed he manage to say that without 50 um, ah, ya know, like, well's.
Was he "hurt" or drunk?! Thank God he had 3 other guys to carry that match, cause if it had been him solo he would have died within the first 3 minutes.
Probably both hurt and drunk.
Weekend at Bernie’s
Old, he was mostly old.
He openly admitted that he wasn't going to work sober.
What a pathetic old drunk
Yeah, I feel like he overdid something here self-medicating. He looked groggy from the outset.
Yeah that would be an issue if it was a retular talent. It's Ric fuckin Flair lol.
@@Tormund_Giantsbrain If he was regular talent, he wouldn't be a 73-year-old lifelong alcoholic who damaged his heart, liver, and kidneys so much, he has a pacemaker and was on dialysis a few years ago.
Stop normalising and downplaying this shit!
@@henrygvidonas9573 Not normalizing it, just saying it's pointless to expect Ric Flair to change at this stage of jos life. The man is 73 years old, he's outlived most of his professional contemporaries. Even if he dies tomorrow he would have lived a life most people can't even dream. I'm not gonna waste time feeling "scared, bad or sorry" for him. What's the worst that can happen? He's gonna pass away? That will happen regardless, even if he was in his bed.He's lived a 100 lifetimes.
i hope taker saw this and thought fuck this was almost me
He already had that feeling after Oldberg dropped him on his head.
@@wilcee238 taker has said he approved Goldberg 2 do that
@@DUFFYISBACK He approved Goldberg to give him a concussion lol what
I mean I think some of his matches in Saudi Arabia were just as if not even more embarrassing
Almost? He's been embarrassing himself since The End of an Era match with Trips~(not to THIS extent, of course)
When Jeff wife screamed at Conrad’s wife I thought it was a shoot lol like damn she’s the best performer in this whole damn main event
I thought that was Charlotte
Lol
@@RGF91 At first, I did too. I was like "WWE really allowed one of their wrestlers to appear on a non-WWE PPV?". Then I realized it was the other daughter. And yeah, I'm assuming she was only backstage because of contractual reasons.
@@RGF91 so did the crowd
I feel Ric Flair Presents Jim Crocket Wrestling hosted by Ric Flair would be awesome. Great matches on the show. Ric doesn’t need to wrestle. Fans just want to see him. Anyway at least Ric didn’t die on the bright side
That's the thing, it's not that Ric doesn't need to wrestle, it's that Ric wants to wrestle.
He looked like he didn't want to be there during the entrance. Like someone's grandpa wandering out of the bathroom in their robe looking confused. :(
Oh trust me he wanted to be there.
Then he remembered how much Conrad was paying him to be there.
@@brandotoswift5196 I think he did and he didn’t. The reason he didn’t is because it really is his last match and he can’t keep going back. Even if he would do it himself, people won’t let him do it after this
So kinda like Biden?
@@michaelrood2751 Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
They should of played Petey Pablo “Helicopter” & had Ric come out with his robe open for his last entrance. 😂 🍆 🚁
I'm sure he wound up doing it when he went out with Kid Rock after the match. Heard Tommy dreamer was the limo driver for these two.
For this to be Ric's last match, and more importantly the end of the 24/7 "Nature Boy" kayfabing, he needs people around him to care about the man, not the nostalgia act. Poor guy needs help. He takes no pleasure or happiness in anything else, and has no self worth outside the ring. 40 years of doing the same habitual behavior needs to be broken, but too many leeches and enablers get caught up in the facade.
This is a tragedy that's sold as a lighthearted comedy.
The guy has gotten alot of help over the years and it never works. His big need is always for more money. And when he needs money, he always goes back to wrestling. Its not just performing. Its the whole thing to him of "being" Ric Flair. The party with Kid Rock after was as important as being in the ring was.
He needed to get beyond wrestling and get on with his life about 30 years ago.
Its not the same story as say Stan Lee. He needed people and had no one.
Considering that multiple members of his family and several close friends actively aided this entire situation, I don't think he does have those sorts of people around him, and that's the saddest thing of all.
What will happen first Flair will wrestle again or we’ll get Roman vs Lesnar again?
@@SillySongs4Everyone2001 Tractor on a Pole Match.
Lesnar v Roman for the last time ...again
The fact he went into it injured like Dave said makes me think Flair will want to have ANOTHER "last match" when he's back to the form he was in when he was training with Jay Lethal.
I honestly hope not. That was really sad.
One can only hope
Every day he gets older the worse he would look in the ring, so forget he will be wrestling again.
Plus, whether he had an injured foot or not, the real issue here was that he was completely out of it after the suplex. Evidently blacked out and couldn't do anything of substance the rest of the match.
@@EscapeArt15 He will be wrestling next year unfortunately. Will it be against Hogan or Vince?
Say what you will about Hogan, at the very least he would never have embarrassed himself like Flair did last night.
I agree
I think what needs to be remembered in this case is that the greatest of all time, went out and did what everyone told him he couldn't. He went out there, older than some people live, and put on a show for fans, to put to rest his career, and the career of JCP, while injured, while with a pacemaker, while injured, and he didn't stop.
He didn't quit.
He did what he needed to do.
And I hope this match brings him peace.
It was a joke, as if wrestling couldn't be treated anymore more of a joke then it currently is.
Also - I'm laughing at your diabtribe to a sexual predator. 😂😂
damn, that last sentence, let’s hope so
Ok.... but he really couldn't do what those said he couldn't. But yeah, applause for being too insane not to realize it.
He passed out and admitted it and forgot the rest of the match after being suplexed.
seeing 56 year old undertaker do horrible match >>>> don't learn >>>> 100 year old has match.
Should never have happened, but I'm glad they got through it and I hope Ric got what he needed out of it and doesn't feel the need to attempt anything like this again.
Its shameful that this even went down at all.
@@jacksonjacob7791 Yeah, I'm all for a Flair "retirement" show if he wanted one, but no reputable promoter should have allowed him back in the ring.
My God. Flair goes through this terrible match and then he goes to party with Kid Rock after? Think of how many diseases he was exposed to.
Gross
Flair has had a lifetime of being exposed to every possible disease. Kid Rock is probably cleaner.
Im sure Flair has every disease in the book already lol. Even if he used a condom every single time...condoms DO break.
@@Jim-Tuner Supposedly Flair is the originator of Monkey Pox.
@@curthennig9448 Nah. Its probably Randy Marsh.
I know it was Ric flairs last match but Jeff Jarrett made that match awesome he was old school heel Jeff Jarrett
Jeff is probably the best US worker of the last 30 years for consistency in the ring, psychology, character & promos-may not have had a load of all-time classics like HBK or Bret-but always had a solid to very good match.
I love Double J, he's in great shape too!
@Dave Border "best worker" is taking things way too far. He is a solid hand with great consistency.
Lol someone really called jeff jarrettt the best worker of the last 30 years. Bruh.
@@Tormund_Giantsbrain I said for consistency, I cannot think of many bad matches he has been involved in. He may not have had many blowaway matches in his career, but if you want a 3 star or so good solid match he is one of those guys like Arn, Tom Prichard etc that you go to.
I thought the "Heart Attack" spot was in pretty poor taste.
Dude it really didn’t help that Flair was drinking before his big match as well
I’ll admit he was a shell, it was sad but I love the nostalgia, the other 3 were solid and glad Ric is apparently ok, shouldn’t have done it in retrospect but all is well
Ric Flair should be an example for all the younger wrestlers of all the things you don't do as the person behind the character
The wrestlers of today seem to be better off than those from the past. That's why it's always hysterical to me when the older wrestlers complain about the new generation playing video games in their hotel rooms after matches instead of going out and getting smashed like they used to.
@@TheDarknight3x Pity they then want to do video game matches as well.
Yes, you do not want to live an exciting life filled with incredible memories. Better to just stay in the basement and play Nintendo.
@@gregamania1327 all those incredible memories Ric has of sexually harassing all those women
Better be a rapist than a NERRDD /s
@@gregamania1327 Yeah man Ric is living it up being broke and nearly dying in the ring at 73 years old
The undercard was solid. Flair needs to walk away
Flair was wise to sell the questionable health angle, which added realism to it.
Thompson should be ashamed of himself for putting Flair up to this, all so that he could make a quick buck.
Conrad is a terrible person.
@@Uuusssaaas Heard Thompson has a Blue Chew addiction and needs the money. Megan put him up to it too(no pun intended)
I agree…his fat mark of a son in law Conrad put him up to this to make a cash grab. Guy reminds me of all the lackeys Elvis had around him before he died.
Ric Flair did what he wanted to do and that's his right.
I'm sure the fact that Ric was bleeding didn't exact help matters at all, if u have a heart condition and ur losing blood, not a great combo
Jarrett was a legend in this match! And Flair was a broken down geriatric who was probably still hungover from the roast. It was sad to see.
The Whole show should be called heroes of wrestling 2
His son in law trying to put the knuckles on the wrong hand didn't help that ending look less bumbling.
This needs to be it for him. We love Flair, he needs to get a good financial advisor, sit back, and just take it easy. But it's Flair..so.
He just loves getting divorced
@@GrimReader Practice makes perfect!
@@GrimReader Reminds me of his guest appearance on The Cleveland Show "I know 3 things: divorce, wrestling and enduring male friendship."
@@meekrob practice makes
Perfect financial backer…oh wait he had one mr perfect
I laughed my ass off the whole match. The icing on the cake was when he dropped the title belt at the top of the ramp and hugged lethal at the very end…..hilarious
Let it never be said that Conrad Thompson won't do anything for a buck.
Or a cake, pie, ice cream, pizza…
What does that say about these guys who took their money and promoted the event on all of their videos for the past month
@@rimshot560 They have no problem doing shady things to make a buck either.
Not a Dave fan, but this was his most evenhanded response to harsh criticism I have seen. Much respect
I thought Flair’s last appearance on WWE was sad. I like remembering the stars before they flame out and burn out.
After Vince McMahon did that match at wrestlemania, its not really possible to say that this was a bad idea. Credit to Jeff Jarrett for taking care of him in the match though. He did a really good job carrying him to a kind of match.
Vince wasn't almost dead 2 years ago
@@jamesford7896 Vince wrestled like he was almost dead 2 years ago.
They were both bad ideas.
I'm just happy no one got seriously injured during the match.
He'll be back when he runs out of money again.
You mean next week?
It's becoming very apparent that Harley Race and Bruno Sammartino are the only professional wrestlers that have the type of character to allow them to age gracefully.
Don’t know what’s more difficult to witness: Flair’s match or Dave describing the match.
Then why are you here watching this video?
@@jackryan444 I watch it because I subscribe to this channel and I always enjoy the input of the others who work with Bryan. In addition, do you call out other people who talk about Dave? Because that’s the #1 topic of discussion in the videos he’s in.
@@iwasbroco6126 I’ve just never seen it I guess. Just seems weird to force yourself to watch something you don’t want to.
@@jackryan444 That's a lot of wrestling fans in a nutshell. They complain on social media yet continue to watch.
@@jackryan444 I think it’s good that people watch/listen to things they disagree with, especially to get a perspective and it’s okay to disagree with an episode. Nobody has to be 100% all in on everything. More people should live subjectively, maybe society wouldn’t be as much into weird conspiracies and such BS.
Ric Flair almost forced himself into a real heart attack! 💔
Let be honest his last match was with him and HBK and honest....i wish he swerved to give a younger talent a chance to shine
Don't think that is a Flair thing
His last match was in 2001 vs sting. Everything after that is charity.
his last match will always be vs hbk, just like terry funk last match is his three way in ECW.. everything after that is just exhibition
@@oktaperdana9414 nope, flair vs sting at 2011 was a great match
Flair vs Foley, last man standing match, TNA 2010.
That is the last great ric flair match. Go watch it.
Your right, I liked that match it was good!
Just because he was still alive and ok after the match doesn't mean this won't affect him later on. That pacemaker must be at its limit. I can only imagine Undertaker, Mick and Brett just watching with their hearts broken especially Taker. He's look at what he could have been had he keep wrestling.
You could clearly see that Taker was upset by what he was watching.
YOU STILL GOT IT
*clap, clap, clap-clap, clap*
YOU STILL GOT IT
I swore I would not watch it, but I did. I wish I didn’t.
Sounds like this wasn’t Flair going “I have one last great match left in me and I’m going to get it out even if I die in that ring” but more “huh that dark side thing is getting kinda popular, I better get something else in these headlines”
I think more than anything the WWE office were worried that something awful was going to happen on the show and didn’t want their people associated with a show where Ric Flair might have a heart attack and die on air. And of course, there is all the Darkside of the ring stuff
There were still numerous WWE affiliated wrestlers who appeared on the show. I thought the whole thing was pretty cool.
I just watched Lethal and Jarrett fight an egg 🥚
The match was embarrassing and extremely depressing.
Did anyone hear a chant of REFUND?
I'm really trying to not remember all the TNA matches Ric Flair had. Trying to make the last memory the Shawn Michaels match.....tough but I'm trying.
I'm not going to bring up the abysmal Australia tour with Hogan...
Crap, I just did. Sorry!
He’s also 73 years old… 🤷🏽♂️
Ray Fenix and the luchadors was the best match of the night, period.
I don’t think Flair was hurt, so much as he was inebriated in some way. probably alcohol
Did you even listen? What part of "he had a foot injury" needs to be translated for you?
He was injured,drunk, and on painkillers. Which, of course, is TOTALLY what a septuagenarian with alcoholic cardiomyopathy, that's bad enough to require a pacemaker, who nearly died of kidney failure not that long ago should be. While taking a vertical suplex, slamming him on his back so those damaged kidneys and whatever part of his colon they didn't cut out, get really good workout!
Totally _normal_ stuff.
Solid 3 star match. Hopefully we see Flair have one more so we can see him without the nagging injury.
A solid 3 star match? That's funny bro. When they roll an 80 year old Ric out in a wheelchair for another farewell match I'll look for u in the front row.
@@Boudica234 Thank you, brother. I'll be one in the red checkered shirt with the missing ear.
@@samuelfox9532 lol
@@Boudica234 Maybe Foley should wrestle Hogan and do the ear cup.
I take it you meant to say a negative 3 star match.
I wonder if Ric Flair could do it all over again, if he would’ve settled for WM24 being the final match?
Him training looked way better than him in the ring. It just looked different.
go back and watch those training videos again they were sped up
The first thought that comes to my mind after reading the title: “it was that bad huh?”
The last match reminded me of when Scott Hall made that appearance at an indie and could barely make it into the ring without help.
It reminded me of the Ultimate Warrior's last match in 2008 against Orlando Jordan. He got winded walking to the ring
Wasn’t even close to what Hall did
It reminded me of Paul Orndorff barely able to drop an elbow at some indie show. This stuff is just sad, they shouldn't bring cameras for those events.
@@guardianofchaosBD No too far from it. Flair was barely at 33 RPMs!
Ric is my forever spirit animal! Greatest man, True St Patrick spirit! Love it! ✨🌞❤️🍀🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉✨
Who would have thought this morbid cash grab s**tshow ended up being a morbid cash grab s**tshow. God, I’m so glad this crap is over.
Is it though?
The match was exactly what I was expecting it to be I don't know what more people wanted from a guy in his 70s other than maybe him not being in the ring at all? I would've personally preferred him not to have done the match but he did and it went realistically as expected in my book
I was expecting him to be able to at least do his own trademark strut. There were moments here where he looked like he didn't know where he was.
@@obsoleteworlds well yeah that's true now that you mentioned it
Nobody wanted this to happen, other than those looking to make money off it. It was a bad idea. He had a phenomenal last match versus Shawn Micheals at Wrestlemania, then a great send off on Raw, but he threw it all away trying to emulate The Wrestler movie. He apparently thought that was aspirational rather than tragic.
I expected him to at least do what he did in his training videos.
Can’t have it both ways tho… if your charging people an arm n a leg to watch this, it better be worth it, if not, don’t even bother. If you say he’s 73 years old, your right.. retire then and enjoy what’s left of your life.
the way Meltzer says "SHOW" gives me instant d0uche chills!
go back and watch the training videos again they were sped up
That match was extremely sad to watch. But it made me feel good to see Ric smiling and happy like that one last time even tho I was honestly worried he was going to die. Glad it’s over. Glad he’s okay.
Man this was so sad
“You know what he said I mean ughhh whatever he said I mean ya know” Dave
chewing sounds
I think the consensus here is that when Ric had that Wrestlemania match against Shawn...that legitimately should have been his last one. I saw a senior citizen in that ring who should have been sitting with his fellow WWE Hall of Famers in the front row. I enjoyed Ric as much as anyone during his NWA/WCW & WWF/WWE in ring career but that match should never have happened.
Love the Granny spots! Funny
It needs to be it. But I'm glad he got to go out on his own terms.
To be fair, the WWE dodged a bullet not lending any of their wrestlers for this show. I'm sure they saw the main event and were appalled by what they saw.
He was drunk. Dude literally had a video 2 days ago saying he is no good sober.
Ric spent his entire career drunk and he could still do 60 minutes every day on afternoons and evenings.
@@user-uy3yn7dv3v Yes, when he was in twenties, thirties & early forties. Not at any point since 1994.
If he is back to heavy drinking, he will be in serious health trouble fast.
That's the saddest thing I've heard in all of this. Shame on those who promoted this and encouraged this. Dude shouldn't have been wrestling at all, never mind wrestling drunk.
@@user-uy3yn7dv3v Im guessing you mean working in the afternoon and bangin in the evening (or vice versa). Or maybe he really wrestled twice a day? Damn if thats true lol..
I can imagine Mick Foley wanting to do a last match at 80 with Taker throwing him off the top of the cage except this time instead of falling on the announce table he gets thrown into a casket and they bury him live in front of the audience. Mick's last match/ funeral. Two birds with one stone.
Your imagination is faulty. Foley has been retired since 2012.
Foley would then go on Twitter and bury WWE.
And then Vince McMahon will have a last match where Lesnar gives him an F5 into the Grand Canyon.
@@travismcdonald6576 Yeah, for something that WWE absolutely deserved to get trashed on about.
Ric had a legit heart attack . He thought he was dehydrated at the time . He later from his cardiologist that he had a heart attack during the match .
Ric moved like Joe Biden.
It was kind of sad to watch. Flair was one of the greatest of all time and his last match was... bad. Bad and scary to watch. But, at least he did it. He would have been better off leaving his career on the Michaels match, but after he went to TNA he didn't want to have his last match be that one against Sting (appropriate as that would have been for a final opponent) on a random episode of Impact. So even if the match was not what he would have hoped, at least he put a full stop at the end of his career. I'm constantly sad that Mick Foley never got a proper retirement match (his last in-ring appearance was his participation in Royal Rumble 2012 before doctors wouldn't clear him any more), and it's a disappointment that Triple H never got one either before his heart betrayed him, when every wrestling legend should have a proper retirement match, so at least Ric got to wrestle 'Ric Flair's Last Match'.
Flair got his retirement match and then couldnt stick to it, like nearly every wrestler in history. They always keep going too long, only Steamboat knows how to stay retired.
Literally everyone you mentioned stayed for too long for selfish reasons. That's why their ending was bad. Leave when you're ahead don't wait to go down. Look at Rock/Stone Cold/Cena/Batista/Michaels. They all left before the wheels went out and it helped them have a better legacy
@@bipolarminddroppings Loved Steamboats last match with Jericho at Backlash. Great ending to a career.
Just like with Edge, I think he had unfinished business, and just wanted to go out on his own terms.
Its not about career. Its about money. Flair will always spend any money he gets and always need more money. And if he needs money, he is going to figure out some wrestling way to get it.
This isn't going to be the last of these retirement matches. He will keep doing them as long as he can get money from them.
Can't wait for the last match 2 coming next year.
Worst show I've ever seen, worst wrestling I've ever seen until the main event. Killer Cross had the worst match in wrestling history