Jerry Lawler vs Ric Flair (NWA Heavyweight Title Match) Part 2 - The Hustle

[@invaliduser9397]

Announcer Lance Russell, Jerry Lawler AND Ric Flair. Now, THIS is REAL wrestling.

[@jaysantos536]

Lawler was NEVER in the same class with Flair. Memphis wrestling was always a JOKE.

[@sanjaymanjarejar8176]

@@jaysantos536 no shut up

[@jaysantos536]

@@sanjaymanjarejar8176 Go bak to India!

[@jasonclark6879]

Wooooooooooo

[@susiekopp3578]

@@jasonclark6879 Well crafted build up over the microphone without the need for shouting to a match between two great wrestlers and Lance the host. True masterpiece of drama.

[@thebsexpress6112]

This is EVERYTHING that was good about wrestling...Flair, Lawler and Lance Russell all play their parts to perfection, and make all of this look totally believable...I wish wrestling was still like this...

[@maxryder995]

69

[@brentmichael4770]

It's called nostalgia you fool people are saying the same crap about the wrestling there grew up on in the early 2000s! Use your skull not your heart!

[@dougfredricks2017]

Give me back this era Any day...

[@LaWluchalibreUruguay]

​@@dougfredricks2017Sabés que, te la voy a traer con mi escuela. mis alumnos no serán los más fans del wrestling clásico, pero son muy buenos para mi

[@randyrando69]

I remember watching this as a teenager and loved it. This is old school wrestling at its best.

[@michaelbartosh8203]

I agree

[@johnnyjoey]

Love Jerry on the mic, but, “I could go in there and wrestle a broom” “there all here to see me”, hilarious quote!

[@tyty274]

Ric said he could go in the ring and wrestle a broom ... The people just want to see him! Hilarious! LOL.

[@shalom8858]

tyty274 it true though. 🤷‍♂️

[@fattdamon1980]

He could for sure, he wrestled a book when offended by it. Mick Foley was in the ring when it happened.

[@fattdamon1980]

@Roborav come on now he gave it an elbow before kicking it out of the ring lol. I admit he didn't have an impressive moveset and he was pretty repetitive but there is no denying the impact he was able to have. I think that his shortcomings are a testament to how good he was with how he was able to get over despite not being overly impressive. I like the nature boy but I see why people don't.

[@blackboi3]

☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣 I died 😂😂😂

[@juaneduardo504]

@@fattdamon1980 😒😒😒 shut up

[@danielstylo]

Damn ric really is the world champion. Look at the way he carried himself. I've never seen a champion carried himself with so much confidence. You ain't never gonna find another ric flair. It sucks that the territory days are over. I wish I live through this age. My late father use to watch wrestling during the territorial days and I get excited just by listening to it.

[@laksivrak2203]

Nick Bockwinkel!

[@jameschilders7423]

It was glory days

[@MisterJackson-so9lo]

Nick Bockwinke

[@norms3913]

You wouldn't put a little country jive to me ? Lol😂

[@iluvdaguitar]

I grew up during the territorial days. It was great, but the one thing that sucked about it was if we didn't live in and pick up the TV stations in a territory, then we very rarely got to see wrestling from those other territories. I grew up in the Northeast where WWWF ruled and we never got to see NWA and AWA wrestling. It wasn't until the 80s we started seeing wrestlers like Lawler.

[@sweet60]

That was the greatest "non screaming" Flair promo EVER. So refreshing.

[@Oh_I_Will]

You haven't seen many Flair promis have you...

[@seheadhunter50]

@@Oh_I_Will Everyone has their own favorite.

[@-BuddyGuy]

You beat Ric Flair, then he unlocks the screaming

[@vista1456786]

@@Oh_I_Will k know this is old but he did imply his favourite of his non screaming promos. For underrated non screaming flair promos I would say flair vs triple H in charolette north Carolina (i think). The one during that lose and retire storyline

[@nophilter]

🗣️WOOOO!!

[@kevinpayton2664]

That was one of the best segments ever. Flair always told it like it was.

[@jeffreyb6165]

I could go in there and wrestle a broom ~ Ric Flair😄 No truer words were ever spoken of Ric in his prime.

[@aaronlusanko8779]

Yeah and Flair would still cheat in the match against the broom.

[@angelvalle9963]

Ric flair is a legend I wish he could stay young forever!

[@FallouFitness_NattyEdition]

Man, this was before the golden era of wrestling. Crazy how far wrestling has come.

[@scenariomckinney]

In my opinion...wrestling has fallen FAR from this.

[@sjdrifter72]

This WAS the golden era of pro wrestling. Once the cartoon known as the WWF (now WWE) went mainstream and killed off the territories, it was downhill from there. All we have now is the joke known as sports entertainment.

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

This WAS the Golden era of wrestling

[@jerrettwhitelaw344]

I remember as a kid watching this with my family. Old school Memphis right here. Gd memories of the 80s. Was reading this from 82. I remember the Mid and late 80s Memphis Wrestling 🔥

[@brucedavis3816]

Me too Jer Me Too Jer

[@shawnarthur5921]

"Who's the little guy with the dark hair?" "Bill Dundee?" Lol Ric pretending he doesn't know Lawler and Dundee! Awesome!

[@mattboyce3276]

This is better than anything that's been on a wrestling television show in the last 10 years.

[@skott025]

I'm so glad this stuff has been preserved and released. For us that love pure wrestling, this is it. Miss these days, 2 legends in the ring. To us this is amazing, to them it was just another show.

[@jackbox1971]

This is so good! Memphis promos had a way of building heat from a slow simmer. Ric getting really close to the mic, Jerry "acknowledging" Ric's superiority... the jobbers getting a name drop... then THE ACTION! If anything, Memphis reminds me a bit of Portland wrestling of the late 70s, although that still does a disservice to Memphis and its unique flavor.

[@erikgonzalez1306]

I've been getting into watching territory TVs and I've always heard about Portland and how respected Don Owen was but I don'tknow anything about it. do you have any recommendations or highlights I could search KZbin for?

[@dolam]

I would love to be able to go back in time and watch these matches live and in person!

[@texasentertainmentnetwork3777]

Great chemistry these two have selling this promo!

[@austinha11]

CLASSIC Flair. I love how he's all calm

[@oldnerdreviews]

When pro wrestling was really pro wrestling and not "sports entertainment," when promos weren't scripted to death, and before Lawler sold out to Vince and was turned into a fool. These were the days!

[@godoflightning4977]

Yep. McMahon turned these wrestling legends into A1 assclowns.

[@darryldonnelly5363]

@@godoflightning4977 Have an A1 day

[@JackBarrett7]

saying Vince "turned" lawler into a fool is like saying he made Andre big. lawler created a fictional character the real jerry lawler couldnt hold up..take away his booking and 'creative control' and you have the industries most prestigious jobber.

[@niners2162]

All this talk they still acting drama.

[@TheTruth-pi7zh]

Truth be told

[@TripleRp]

Ric Flair was awesome when he was young, as was Jerry Lawler. Wrestling was so entertaining, even before Vince McMahon took it to an entirely different level. This is back when heels were more polite to one another.

[@user-jq2iz9zn4p]

McMahon ruined rassling with his scripted promos and obviously fixed matches. Rassling was always fixed but why say so up front?

[@austintrousdale2397]

Vince Jr watched the Lawler-Kaufman program and took notes.

[@miamimagicians]

" I couldn't of said that better myself" Lol Rics promos are unreal extreme talent!!!

[@taichi29]

"What is your name again ?" That is just classic.

[@christopherfaust9537]

Nikko

[@sjdrifter72]

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!!

[@corkystorky]

@@sjdrifter72 sounds Rocky to me

[@cHriiSzbEe]

You should know The Rock learned from Flair

[@zekest]

the king

[@marcusjones380]

rip Lance Russell true Memphis legend

[@dereklangley8582]

Marcus Jones for sure he had that voice good at commentary

[@Bryantthewizz]

This is what the WWE should pattern their in-ring talking after. The wit of Jerry Lawler against the mic skills of the Nature Boy is priceless. They could've tour the country and sold out many arenas with this promo!

[@williebowen2965]

WWE is Human waste

[@XNas7yMaN]

Jerry calling Ric a young man. they are both the same age hahaha

[@RobWitchdoctor]

how old here?

[@stealthbombsmith7770]

He was talking about Rick McCord

[@JohnJohnson-of5sh]

70 years old to be exact.

[@nastyc85]

1949

[@MC-bd5ub]

@@RobWitchdoctor 33 here.

[@eddiemachete1779]

The greatest wrestler ever -- Ric Flair!

[@rgood1204]

Wrestled the same match for 40 years. Best ever on the mic.

[@patale1640]

@@rgood1204 Vs Brodie vs Funk vs Vader vs Race vs Wahoo all different matches. He wrestled the same match when he was older not in his prime.

[@jameswenger511]

@@rgood1204 Could say the same for 90% of wrestlers.

[@larryb5481]

Wooooooooooo!

[@aaronlusanko8779]

The greatest cheater ever, more like it.

[@Robbiesroadcrew]

That's as calm as I've ever seen Ric Flair! Woooo

[@lloydlyall8120]

Sounds stoned😎

[@gerberbernstein7360]

Jerry Lawler's got the original dad bod.

[@thomass789]

@Laoch you say that like it's a good thing.

[@fishgod9039]

@@thomass789 women prefer dad bods of gay guy body any day

[@acewilliams7917]

He's not outta shape.

[@libra42ful]

That's why he should of wrestled in a pair of tighty whities...

[@GrimJester82]

@@fishgod9039 dad bods looks bad,go to the gym boy.

[@anthonynavarro6074]

" Country Jive" said Ric. This is flippin sweet. I liked Lawler a bunch. I didn't get into wrestling until I was a freshman in HS in 1984 here in Cincinnati . Saw a couple matches at Cincinnati Gardens and Riverfront Coliseum. Miss those days. I love Ohio, Tennessee, NC and SC I also love Jerry for smacking Andy Kaufman like a freak that he was on duchey Letterman show. I wish I coulda been there to see Lawler and Ric Flair

[@johnrodgers6828]

Jerry Lawler is still the king of Memphis

[@MovieEggman]

He’s still The King, period.

[@joshuawhite8247]

I thought that titled belonged to yo gotti??

[@Michael_Page]

@@joshuawhite8247 A Lawler vs Yo Gotti match for the King of Memphis title would make money.

[@Memphis49er]

“You wouldn’t be putting a little of that country jive on me would you?” Lol

[@Mr.Majestic77]

Ric Flair referred to Bill Dundee as "the little guy w/ dark hair" lol. Ric Flair was spot on by saying the World Champion never put the title on the line on TV (not all the time anyway) it made the World Title & World Champion special and prestigious in the 1970'-1990's.

[@Oh_I_Will]

And yet, he did here...

[@brianpowersful]

This is probably one of the best promos, I've ever seen.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

Those were the days. I remember them and I miss them.

[@pinoi78]

Word has it Rick McCord is still waiting his turn at ringside.

[@FineWineFletch]

Lol

[@NemesisEnforcer4937]

Lmao

[@alsandrofai1786]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@CaptainCock-Strong]

pinoi78 word also has it Rick McCord is still waiting for his $150 pay check as well.

[@angelvalle9963]

He was the broom

[@justinroark88]

you can hear lawler's southern accent distinctly in this video

[@halrida1975]

Justin R I think it’s because he being serious and speaking in his normal tone opposed to him acting silly in WWE

[@austinha11]

Yeah he seems to have gotten rid of it these days

[@Oh_I_Will]

The accent would be totally unacceptable in Vince's Empire...

[@TheeCoachg]

i noticed that

[@chrisz31974]

No kidding. Imagine that, a realistically booked wrestling angle, I love it

[@jonathanmoran3512]

It's not cartoonish and it's not stale, you didn't get fatigued seeing the same people 5 days a week. There was genuine heat that you could feel especially since it wasn't scripted.

[@kevinbaker1642]

This really WAS a big deal back then. The only purpose for tv matches between Top Carders and Bottom Carders was to have run ins and stuff to create buzz between the faces and heels so people would pay their money to see the Top Carders wrestle each other when they came to their town. Lawler vs. Flair was like a FREE PPV back then !

[@Oh_I_Will]

Thats TV Taping 101...not including the Monday Night Wars and/or i guess to certain degree today...

[@lino580nunya5]

Super facts

[@danc1197]

Right, I remember TBS would advertise the upcoming events at small venues such as convention centers and fairgrounds in random cities between commercial breaks.

[@thorodinson8967]

Promos back in this time is alot better then today .

[@rojardakar1313]

Jerry was just as cocky as Flair!

[@mrgallagher7072]

But he wasn't FLAIR

[@Bruce-Kent]

@@mrgallagher7072 Lawler was a legend in Memphis. Those people didn't give 2 craps about Ric Flair.

[@acewilliams7917]

@@mrgallagher7072 You're right he's not Flair, he's Lawyer!!!

[@TheFailedmessiah]

I love how in the movie man on the moon with Andy Kaufman played by Jim Carrey, they made the king look pretty much like he looked here.

[@bennett849]

no matter where ric goes, he is still the man!

[@arturoalmazan8311]

RIP lance Russell

[@gregjames5439]

"Country jive" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I have to borrow it. Legendary Ric Flair

[@leylandgrey408]

The more I watch wrestling the more I see all other federations were derived from Mid South and Mid Atlantic wrestling!!!

[@nonameyet9165]

Saw Flair defend the NWA title against Lawler at Rupp arena in Lexington KY where the wildcats play. In 87 I think. Lawler won by DQ. Lasted around 30 minutes

[@pandavelli8176]

Bet that was awesome

[@shermhart7617]

Love watching Memphis rasslin, ole lance loved him and miss his voice

[@ulitmateroryor1188]

Ric was so cocky and confident.

[@TheDancerMacabre]

Of course, because it's RIC FREAKING FLAIR!

[@SenorAspie]

That's how he got to be up there in the world of pro wrestling.

[@allendoss1941]

@Shock Yes n no Scripted yes But there personality has ALOT to do with it. Flair payed his dues in the buisness by carrying dusty rhoads & dick murdock bags. 2 of the cockiest wrestlers there was. I was fan back in those days Early 90s I grew out of it Almost every wrestler has said flair's stamina was legendary And he was all over the place On the floor In middle ring In every corner, on top ropes lol Entertaining then Bishoff & Vince ruined it Vince put final nail in Randy ortan is a cool wrestler tho Best there is today

[@aaronlusanko8779]

Yeah, and 99.9% of the time he would cheat.

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

This is CLASSIC wrestling. Plain and simple.

[@midnightrider5937]

TNA...BRING BACK THE SOUTHRTN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE.......ITS TIME

[@tdelacruz61]

Oh for the days when they wouldn't let a wrestler near a microphone unless he could do a 10-minute promo without a script.

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

“Special occasion?” Understatement of the millennia by Lance. Two absolute legends in their prime. Three, if you include the always outstanding Mr. Russell.

[@jinandseetal]

We do love some of these vintage videos of wrestling, very entertaining 😀

[@shooter8663]

Rick McCord could've been champ! LOL

[@johnreece5540]

Wrestling was so awesome. Bigger than life personalities. Jerry "The King" Lawler doing "Stone Cold" before "Stone Cold".

[@krisone5253]

JERRY LAWYER SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE COOKS BEHIND THE LINE. HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY TO US! 💪✝️

[@bigredcachemachine1110]

LOL. Thanks for putting a date on this, places it a few days short of my 12th birthday -- pretty well a huge mark at the time. Grew up a couple of blocks from Lawler's mom's house.Love how sedated Ric seems, possibly 11:00 am on Saturday is too early if he had been out at Beale Street all night.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

Man these guys knew how to make it entertaining!

[@tonywilliams12]

What year is this? Flair is mad funny

[@VolumedMusicMan]

1982

[@jubomalseeco3117]

this has to be the calmest, most coherent promo i've ever heard ric cut. It feels wrong. Immoral.

[@FRAYMOPRODUCTIONS]

Ric Flair: "Whats your name again? Whats his name again?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@skipbacc4324]

@Knowledge Seeker btw, who tf are u?

[@chancegoode173]

You wouldn’t be putting a little of that country jive on me would you lol Rick Flair was cool funny

[@Alexandria87]

That's the calmest I've ever heard Flair in a promo lol

[@andrewclayterman6230]

Ric Flair... born in Memphis!!

[@davidnewcomb2431]

My dad use to play on a traveling softball team and they played Kings Court quiet often.....I was Lawlers team bat boy for 2 years!! He was the nicest man I've ever met

[@channinghainan8282]

My parents went to high school with him. My dad told me a story about a pickup football game played after school where this big cocky guy was dominating everyone and talking trash. He then told me Jerry Lawler jumped into the game and during the next play hit that guy so bad he couldn't play anymore.

[@Gamebox27]

Two wrestling gods going at it

[@robertrumbold3882]

Both flair and Lawler two off the best ever

[@terrystyles5271]

I love these old school promos where every single word was not scripted. This is Jerry being himself, the true King of wrestling at the time.

[@cynthiadaw131]

Yeah, I remember watching this too. I was 17yrs old. Now I'm 58. Long time ago. So cool!! Cant help but like Ric Flare then!! And even now I still do!!

[@liverpooloflife8731]

Flair was Flair… Lawler was perfect in playing the humble “country bumpkin” part… This is why the territories were the best! McMahon ruined that forever!

[@rhump01]

Golden age of wrestling love it .

[@paulhinson8030]

I was in Basic Training at Lackland AFB when this happened then later saw Flair vs David Von Erich in Fort Worth October 1982 at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum.

[@paulinnicent467]

Damn I miss unscripted interviews! William Corgans NWA is bringing it back though! And it's awesome!

[@Oh_I_Will]

So much is wrong with today's product...we could make a long long long list of what WWE did to the biz to make it nearly unwatchable

[@fanaticrekted5310]

just say billy lol

[@Jkrazy83]

SMASHIINGG PUMPKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jkrazy83]

@@fanaticrekted5310 lol

[@brookburrell554]

Lawler VS Flair Legend vs Legend

[@nfltwintalk6544]

Flair a legend as wrestler, Lawler as a me, too commentator.

[@ThorMaximus]

Incredible organic story telling before the production process improved. They just did it so “real”

[@jefferygreen4105]

The people came to see Ric Flair. I could wrestle a broom. Too funny

[@jasonpeevyhouse7084]

an ironic line considering you had to write in and request the tickets in advance (at one point there was a six-month waiting list)

[@allendoss1941]

@Sub or you are against Trump in 2020 One cool thing Vince McMahon Did do was put everything on wwe network Memphis wrestling Florida Championship NWA AWA Western Pacific wrestling Of corse classic WWWF /WWF

[@allendoss1941]

Came to curse & throw popcorn at that time Me personally I care less if he was at the event As long as road warriors, RnR express were there lol Maybe dusty to But most time they were up against the four horseman & midnight express lol I remember when big boss man Was big bubba Rogers Cornette's body guard lol I also saw life cornette falling off the scaffle shattering his knee Road warrior hawk was wrestling with a broken femur bone in that match Lol Good ol days

[@allendoss1941]

@Sub or you are against Trump in 2020 that's pretty sweet And great memory Unfortunately I never got meet any wrestler

[@allendoss1941]

@Sub or you are against Trump in 2020 In a since Vince owns it But also dosent By the time Vince was buying all the territories it dissolved into Memphis then into Florida It didn't exist at the time of the great buy outs But he did buy Florida Championship wrestling I assume own all the classic tape of the time. He later rebirthed Florida wrestling Really used it for training camp

[@dirbrody]

Lawler & Flair, two great wrestlers!

[@devilred18]

This is a very rare moment....the first time ive seen ric being tricked. And this is by king playing on his ego. Its beautiful

[@jackdoodle90]

rick mccord really got screwed.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Poor Rick McCord, how much can one take.

[@jdbankshot]

i'm 35, got into pro wrestling in 1981, age 6. i know, just a child, right? a year later, i had 60 year olds in awe of my knowledge. i studied the shit. when ytube came around with all these classics, i nearly shit my pants. therefore, i've watched as much as possible.... it's the first time i see this one...ABSOLUTELY FUCKIN 24 KARAT GOLD!!!!!! PRICELESS!!!! THANK YOU!!!! hey, kiddies, this is pro wrestling(& it's psychology) at it's apex.

[@VeryStupid4547]

jdbankshot Bravo. I'm 32 and it's cool to see another long-term fan. These days I can't watch because the modern product sucks. but I don't think I'll ever stop following it online.

[@kendrickhenderson1942]

Long term fan also I'm 45 been a fan since 80 my stepdad got me hooked on Superstar Bill Dundee and Jerry The King Lawler

[@denisemitchell8477]

+Kendrick Henderson 62years old watching 60 years been to over 50 matches MSG

[@linchayes9007]

Who's the little guy with the dark?......LOL

[@atodamadre3197]

Damn wish I could've seen this programming. We got WCCW in West Texas.

[@paulhinson8030]

I love the King back when he and JR would be announcing then all of a sudden you hear the King go "It's Vince. It's Vince! It's Vince JR!"

[@robhigh5991]

"who's the little guy with dark hair" LOL

[@dieseljunky8505]

You want 10 mins of MY time? I'll pull you thru your hoop daddy! Absolutely classic 😅🤣😂🤣

[@andyr1313]

A promo like this makes you invest emotion. When you have emotion, you want to buy a ticket to see the face shut the heel up. Scripted promos don't allow that to happen any more...

[@rockcatinc.4814]

Perfectly stated.

[@seankendig]

Thank you king

[@jasonmarsh2466]

Ive never seen Flair so sedated .this is entertaining.

[@ChriS-zh6bh]

This Great..I'm 👀 for first time right before Christmas

[@Brandonmccullen77]

When Jerry was young he resembled AJ Styles to me

[@AndraeS19751]

Brandon McCullen Exactly

[@vbjetta33]

I was wondering who he looked like today because his face seemed similar. Aj styles !!! Lol Your so right

[@charlesallen7027]

Very true... LMAO

[@HueyFE]

Lawler can talk tho

[@quix99]

Um aj resembles jerry ya mean 😂

[@milesc.anthony2811]

I'm forty now but I grew up in Memphis and during the Summer, I went to a daycare center at Union Avenue Church - I think it was on Poplar or Madison. Lawler and another Wrestler whose name don't remember (I think it was Ken) would work there sometimes, more like come and hang out, and they were great. They let us attack them and everything. It's usually best to judge someone based on how they behave toward Children and they were great guys. 👍

[@Kaneseb]

"Who's that little guy with dark hair?" LMAOI!

[@jvinson]

0:14 - "..whose got that belt around that waist." No. No he doesn't.

[@erictaylor9481]

People probably dont realize it but Ric Flair was actually born in Memphis.

[@daveschannel747]

Welcome to the area! U know me! Wrestled in Florida a few weeks ago..Jerry Lawler??? U know me! Great build up to a classic feud

[@lasv4444]

Yeah both of them born in 49 (Flair in February ) & (Lawler in November ) Flair adopted and family moved to Minneapolis and then Charlotte ,NC

[@theepworthepiscopalspike8260]

Damn, Jerry Lawler's promo was outstanding