Harley Race vs Ric Flair 1984 05 22 FULL MATCH

[@gtor2286]

Japanese fan reactions are the best. They really appreciate the work that goes into a great match.

[@llll_The_Onion_llll]

Wow the way they both sold was legendary.two of my heroes.thank you for posting.

[@ShadowWinger99]

"two of my heroes" Someone hasn't watched Darkside of the Ring...

[@mrmarcus200525]

Another great classic match! Thank you for posting...

[@michaelcalero1119]

Harley Race "The greatest wrestler on God's green earth " R.I.P Harley Race 1943-2019

[@tommyboles6561]

If you think the match is slow ,it's because they called the moves in the ring while they wrestled giving it a more realistic look. Today's wrestling is choreographed in advance allowing wrestlers to move faster but also increasing the risk for injury. I prefer the slower but realistic wrestling.

[@adamhawkins3036]

Hyeer hyeer i second that

[@kevinbrooks1104]

Georgia style rules

[@adamhawkins3036]

@@kevinbrooks1104 right on!..Love peace n chicken grease from Tennessee

[@christopherhughes3381]

Yep agreed sir. Thats the way I was taught by Golden Boy Jerry Grey. Thats the way I did it for 12 years. And would not here of the shit, " Duh, what do you wanna do out there? " All that planning shit makes it look fake and planned. These guys were 2 of the top 4 wrestlers in the world for a reason. A GD good reason.

[@adamhawkins3036]

@@christopherhughes3381 i had an older cousin that wrestled for 19 years God rest him and that was the way he was taught and wrestled that way..he actually got to get a little sparring i guess you might call it a little work out n practice in i guess you'd say..with ric flair in my little hometown of Etowah Tennessee..it wasnt a show put on for a crowd it was just them two with a few of flairs people that were passin thru on their way to knoxville..he said flair chopped him so damn hard so many times that he coudnt hardly roll out of bed the next day n his chest and i quote looked like he hit me with an iron skillet my chest was black n blue closed quote but he said flair taught him the way to move around in the ring

[@xxxxxxxxxxxxperfect]

受けが上手い二人の試合は見ていて非常に面白い！ ちゃんと相手をセールするから、お互いが輝いていますね。 必殺技が乱発される現在のプロレスですが、 この頃は「一撃必殺」の時代は技の重みがありましたね。 フレアーが足四の字に入ろうとしたり、 レイスがトップロープに登ろうとしただけで大歓声！ 今のプロレスも良いけど、やっぱり小生はこの頃のプロレスが好きだなぁ。

[@richardwillams7086]

What they saw was two of the best that ever stepped in the ring

[@joshuas1960]

Two of the greatest legends to ever wrestle. Wow. Thank you, Uploader!

[@mz787b6]

いかにもプロレスといった試合で最高でした。このマッチメークが日本で行われた事も凄い事です。

[@みやむー-k2d]

プロレスの教科書みたいな試合ですね。独特の間、一つ一つの技を大切にきっちりと魅せてますね。観客も２人の試合に乗せられていますね。

[@twoamericanfarmers5855]

One of the best matches I’ve ever seen

[@fr8466]

この試合、テレビで見てたけど本当にビックリした。 トップレスラー2人の試合でピン決着なんて夢にも思ってなかった。 試合内容も重厚で素晴らしいし、やっぱプロレスいいな～って思える試合。

[@まるっと-y8r]

最高ですね、この試合❤

[@萌える闘魂-x7e]

プロレスのお手本のような試合。最後のレイスの一気に引き抜くブレーン・バスターの美しさ。コーナーポスト最上段に上って一瞬観客にアピール後、豪快に自然落下する的確なダイビング・ヘッド！フレアーも四の字がらみで見せ場を作り観客を満足させる。二度もリフトアップされるフレアーもサービス精神旺盛だ。

[@紀墓林]

古き良きアメリカンプロレス レイスもフレアーも魅せ方がうますぎる これが本当のエンターテイメント、本当のプロだ

[@thejam2863]

Race truly was The King of the ring❤

[@philipscott3241]

Two masters! The young crop needs to watch matches like this as much as possible!😃

[@erickaufmann4839]

ONE MASTER ,AND THAT IS HARLEY RACE!

[@やま501]

試合巧者同士の二人の闘いはもはや伝統芸能レベルと言える。

[@araitomoaki571]

2人のテーマ曲「ギャラクシー・エクスプレス」は、2人の試合リズムにピッタリ合う。夢にまで見た好カードをありがとう、馬場さん。でも、この日はちょっと肌寒い田園コロシアムでした。

[@ゆっくりフラン姉より優れた妹]

コレは田コロのプロレス史に残る名勝負ですね。NWA世界ヘビー戦であって欲しかった試合。当時の王者はケリー・フォン・エリック。

[@richardremick1639]

Love both these guys ❤true legends what a classic

[@川村信二-n5t]

レベルの高い者同士の最高の試合ですね。

[@kevinbrooks1104]

Rest in peace Harley Race, The Greatest wrestler on God's green Earth

[@derrek_on_youtube]

Growing up in the 80s Mid-Atlantic days, it's weird seeing Flair v. Race with Race as the babyface.

[@kaiburyuu]

レイスもフレアーも会場も最高!!!!!!!!

[@serristori]

Two days later, Flair will regain the NWA title from Kerry Von Erich. All the more startling to see Flair take the clean loss to Race, less than a year after Starcade 83.

[@rolltide9547]

Called being a true professional.

[@grfgwt8828]

外国人同士でもこの盛り上がり。奥行きがありますね。

[@razzledingle]

Harley Race headbutt, so devastating!!!!!!

[@まあまあがさり]

この試合のおもしろさは、最近のプロレスファンにはわからないんだろうな…

[@vamostokyo2008]

当時の新日ファンも分かってませんでした。

[@Pakistanijugars]

The modern wrestling is just a drama this is the real wrestling 🎊🎊🎊

[@やすだただお-o4y]

ハーリー・レイスも、リック・フレアーも魅せるプロレスが本当に上手い！！特に、リック・フレアーのアピール4の字を、ケツ蹴られてコーナー突っ込むの大好き！！

[@中瀬カイロ人体実験研究]

何度も世界チャンピオンになったのは伊達では無いレイスとフレアーの味のあるアメリカンプロレス。スローテンポのオーバーアクションを含む試合だがマニア心を刺激する🥳（この2人を単なるオーバーアクションだけのレスラーだと宣う・したり顔の人がいるのは悲しい🥶）

[@ロンソンミック-j1b]

そう言った連中は根っからの昭和新日信者に多かったですね。

[@theflowersofromance3887]

そもそも当時のNWA王者は栄冠前は大先輩にに対してもイケイケじゃないと認めてもらえないと思う。そこから帝王学学んでだから王者らしい試合運び出来るわけだし、自分の不勉強かも知れないがイマイチなのがブリスコなんですよね..テリーやローデスは器じゃなかったけどベビーもヒールも習得してたから客を呼べた訳だし、あとリッキー・スティンボートがイマイチだったのもヒール経験がなかったからじゃのかな？

[@澤田真-l5c]

トップレスラーにしか出来ないプロレスの芸術です

[@johnnyboyspero5470]

This is when only bad asses had tattoos not like today where every punk has them

[@mrveritas700]

very true it was only sailors bikers/criminals whores/strippers

[@supernatural-d3c]

So true...I always loved how in early years of WWF, only The Undertaker, Bam Bam Bigelow and Papa Shango were the one's who had the tattoos as per their character work

[@briankregg6329]

Wow! A clean finish

[@CWAMemphis]

Spoiler Alert...Race goes over!!

[@ralphwilliams2396]

This is a masterclass Harley Ric the Ref great match

[@jinroh516]

Undertaker recommended this as one of his great classic fights

[@gmoney8585]

Harley had been wrestling for 25 years up to this point

[@johnkusske7535]

These were the top two sellers of all time.

[@Cary-i7p]

I miss this era

[@Bardineer]

I suddenly have a craving for Sprite. I don't know why.

[@johnwilkerson2195]

Two awesome wrestlers but my favorite will always be Harley Race 😊

[@muthat9401]

当時はこの試合の良さが分からなかったが、今改めて見るとホント面白い。会場にいたらすごく楽しめそうな試合だ。

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Check it out! Actual wrestling in a wrestling match…something you don’t see in a modern match, along with selling.

[@献一川崎]

馬場がアメリカンプロレス大好き。アメリカンドリームのローデスは新日本に行ってしまったが、元々は全日本の外人レスラーだった。

[@名無し太郎-u7s]

ローデスは初来日が国際プロレスで全日に来たのは1回(オープン選手権は残留して参戦)だけだね。フロリダのエディ・グラハムのルートで新日に来るようになった。

[@sin8821]

ローデスは反主流の筆頭グラハムの子飼いだから、本来は主流派の馬場とは縁が無い

[@レオンレオン-o9q]

素晴らしい!非の打ち所がない試合。当時の私は、このレジェンド達の凄さを理解していなかった…。 今なら、50000円のチケットでも買って観に行くだろうな。

[@tonystone1016]

Harley Race was a legit tough guy.

[@joetellsmusicblog3095]

Best fued of the early 80s!

[@jerryblair4106]

Two legends of wrestling Harley Race -&, Rick flair

[@チョコ太郎-y4s]

この二人は、受け身が抜群に上手く、試合の盛り上げ方をよく知ってる。

[@a1111167]

受け身のうまさはゆうめいでしたね

[@duanereising3026]

Chillin'...chillin'!!... that is one match I never seen back in the day!...

[@jonathannichols2043]

1st time I've ever seen Flair hit a move off the top rope. Shocked. That makes it like 1 out of 500 for me.

[@JReef]

He actually connected off the top rope back in the day on Raw. That's the only other time that I'm aware of. 🤣

[@やま501]

結果がわかっていても何度も見たくなる。それがプロレス。

[@christopherhughes3381]

Flair layed there and took the 3 count......gladly and poudly. He loved Harle Race.

[@rolltide9547]

The was done to stick it to Fritz.

[@福岡093]

ピンフォール決着が何より素晴らしい！

[@dadoctor0019]

Then two days later Flair would get the NWA belt back from Kerry Von Erich right there in Japan.

[@BrooklynJackBlue]

Right about at 2:05 I thought "Oh! Okay, we're going to watch Harley commit a homicide. Flair is about to perish."

[@christopherhughes3381]

Flair was in Japan to win back his NWA world title from Kerry that was in Florida, and would be otw to Japan momentarily.

[@shafiq1537]

omg didnt know harley race could do these kinds of moves for a big guy

[@llll_The_Onion_llll]

Wow.The sell on that knee at :47.Ric was the man.

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

On a,Side Note...Rick Flair ...Graduated from High School at..Beaver Dam Wayland Academy..in Beautiful Downtown Beaver Dam Wisconsin !!!!!

[@dbsommers1]

Two greats in action again.

[@thundercatsito]

Fuck! Love this match

[@koni001a]

レイスのダイビングヘッドパッド凄くカッコいい、ホント好きだわ。

[@Dave-rf1zj]

what's crazy to me is neither are NWA World Champion at the time of the match....Kerry Von Erich was.

[@jjyy-b7b]

これぞプロレスですね😄

[@brettpatetto6847]

Classic Race... very precises. cant imagine how punishing it was to wrestles Race

[@Chupacvabra]

15:35 How old is Harley Race to be doing that???

[@fattypneumonia]

screw that, how is he doing 17:48

[@pspsr823]

誰もが出来そうで絶対に出来ない試合。北朝鮮の猪木・フレアー戦に通じる試合。何度も見てしまう。

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

I growed Up out of the AWA from Minnesota..65 to 75..Remember many a tag team ..With Larry "Pretty Boy " Henning n "Handsome" Harley Race..Station out of Duluth Minnesota...Livin in Port Wing Wisconsin...Long Live "Scrap Iron" CaddasSki !!°

[@TukadaKagami-cs5jc]

こういう形でしかメリケンプロレスを見られない生活に。 だけど、試合は素晴らしい。

[@kenbrohere]

How hard was Ric selling this match?

[@VolumedMusicMan]

This match was 2 days before KVE would drop the belt back to Flair. I’m sure Harley was there to make sure it was smooth transition between the other two guys. Not only was he a great wrestler, but a politician/ negotiator as well….

[@Rainbow_in_the_dark75]

Was this a title match ?

[@うな重大好き-j6o]

世界で最もプロレスの上手い二人😮

[@tomsamuelson8512]

One of the few times there was no blood between these two.

[@virginiatrailcameravideos]

These two guys made wrestling so "real" for me as a kid.

[@rumplespliffskin]

Why is this video in slow motion?

[@cyberbehikesanakori]

It's called perfect wrestling timing.

[@raymondtipton7243]

Who was the short blonde headed young woman Harley kissed after the match and was carrying roses with her to the dressing room with him...she looked like Sunshine from World Class or Beth Flair..one of the two i think

[@theflowersofromance3887]

は？あの青二才がメインだって？ジャックには悪いがオレ達がNWAってことを魅せてやろうぜ...てな感じかな。素晴らしい。

[@スーパーいそかぜ]

フレアーは自伝でケリーに王座を譲る時に、逆さ押さえ込みでオレをフォールしろと試合中示唆したのに普段からの薬漬けのせいかボォォ〜っとしててなかなかフォールに漕ぎ着けなかったそうです🤚

[@ロンソンミック-j1b]

@@スーパーいそかぜ フリッツの悪い所は息子達にドラッグを容認していた所ですね。息子達4人がドラッグが原因で亡くなっていますから。そのケリー相手に鶴田珍しく良い試合をしていた。

[@theflowersofromance3887]

まだデビッドが存命の頃、手前がケビンとケリーが腕組みして後方にデビッドが中心にいたポートレイト見たけど手前の２人はブルドッグス以上に異常な筋肉だった。デビッドはステロイドしてなかったかも知れなかったけど、フロリダでファンクスに預けられた時代（ヒールからベビーターン）に何とかならなかったのかな...残念。

[@ロンソンミック-j1b]

@@theflowersofromance3887 デビッドはコカインでは？

[@亜璃亜矢龍]

ジャックってフリッツの本名か！ ブリスコ？なんで？あれ？ と思いよく考えたら、この日のメインがケリーvs鶴田のNWA世界戦でしたな！

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Ole Anderson was right every Ric Flair matches the same Bores me to tears..

[@raymondtipton7243]

Quit watching them !!

[@cyberbehikesanakori]

Race with the leap frog!

[@rolltide9547]

The last 2 traveling world champions.

[@tana7542]

二人とも上手いな！ プロレスの教科書。 華麗なるサンプル

[@brentbaker9125]

Non title match?

[@CWAMemphis]

No Kerry was the NWA champ he faced Jumbo that same night and Flair wins the title 2 days later.

[@brentbaker9125]

@@CWAMemphis thank you!

[@andyinpa1]

Look at the date of this match. This was during Kerry Von Erich’s brief NWA Title reign.

[@CWAMemphis]

yep Flair lost to Race and then won the belt 2 days later from Kerry in same Japan tour.

[@ももさくら-y6m]

新日贔屓のワシが見ても最高の試合だな👏

[@asurlybarber3620]

Ric Flair drink much sake this night. Much, much sake.

[@theflowersofromance3887]

フレアーは当時余り好きなレスラーではなかったのだけれど、自分が出会った先輩の良いところは全て取り入れてる。バレンタイン、レイス、ローデス、マードック、テリー、デビアス、そしてジャンボ鶴田。そういうところに当時はなかなか気付かなかった。

[@くろすサザン]

本当にプロレスの達人同士の試合だね。

[@quesoblanco444]

The thumbnail is clickbait! I thought Harley was feeding a hungry baby Flair.

[@ryandesain5090]

Great Contest

[@shanebush2751]

2 of the all time greats. These guys and many from that era took great pride in giving fans wrestling clinics making it as realistic as possible. These guys and others from that era were artists in the ring. Unfortunately snowflake fans these days want to see 35 finishing spots in 2 minutes. Snowflake fans aren't interested in slower paced matches and they have no idea how important building a story with great on ring psychology means. The art of wrestling is gone. Very unfortunate. Plus modern fans want instant results and are not smart enough to understand wrestling psychology and how building a story in a match can make incredible matches. Sadly society has destroyed the concept of actually thinking for oneself. Kids today can't comprehend anything that lasts more than 30 seconds.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

Very, very rare you see Flair pinned that simply.

[@Ryan-rm7qz]

I cant believe how clear the picture is

[@DesCobra]

Seems like the master tape might have been digitized.

[@小林敦-z8p]

これぞ王道プロレス。残念ながら全盛期の長州もフレアーに子供扱いされていた。

[@brownmut5518]

I saw these two wrestle in a cage in Toronto around this time

[@WiseGuy_2]

They wrestled inside a cage quite a couple of times at Maple Leaf Gardens back in the day.

[@willshad]

Just recently realized that early Flair was sort of the anti-Backlund. Instead of being bland and relying of the charisma of the opponent to carry the feud, Flair was the charismatic one, usually going against bland, boring guys with no personality such as Race, Slater, Mcdaniel, Brisco, Valentine, and David Von Erich.

[@Evolution5454]

WCW末期～2000年初頭のWWEで売り出し中選手相手にジョバーを演じるフレアーだけど、この頃からトップロープからのデッドリードライブ＆コーナー一回転やってた。 しかも間の取り方が絶妙に上手い❗ WWEでHHHが薫陶を受け、荒くれからスーツ、試合運びも変わっていった‼️

[@nicholaswoodall3840]

ric flair vs hulk hogan would of been good at this time in 1984 wwf champion hulk hogan vs nwa champion ric flair

[@カズヒコ-f5y]

まさしくアメリカンプロレス

[@vassa1972]

I was 12 when this was live