Ric Flair on getting Vertigo from working with The Ultimate Warrior

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Ric Flair wrestled The Ultimate Warrior on the 1992 WWF House Show circuit more than just twice. He faced him four times in September of '92 alone; in Indianapolis, Indiana, Auburn Hills, Michigan, Rosemont, Illinois, and Duluth, Minnesota (all DQ wins for Warrior). Following that, they wrestled to a No Contest in Phoenix, Arizona on October 8th, 1992; in Long Island, New York on October 16th (Warrior wins by pinfall); and lastly, in Peoria, Illinois on October 25th (Warrior wins by pinfall).

[@kidney122398]

I was at that Indianapolis show with my great-uncle. It was good show. My favorite match was Kamala and Bret Hart. RIP Uncle Burnis.

[@raymondtipton7243]

Flairs such a liar....he wrestles Warrior bunch of times n wwf

[@DanielFitzpatrick713]

Flair had more then two matches with Warrior because I was at a house show in 1992 in Houston where the main event was Flair and Warrior for the belt that ended in a DQ.

[@frankhill8271]

I was a 13 year old had just found the NWA and went to a house show at the old Cincinnati Gardens... Sting challenging Ric for the world title. No TV crew or cameras so we kinda know that nothing big is gonna happen... but damn that 45 minute match with the 2 count kickouts and high flying action and wrestling in the ring....we really thought sting might take it! It was better than the steamboat/savage WM 3 match.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

Wish it was filmed because Steamboat/Savage gets a lot of hype.

[@farrahshangout3226]

Doubt it was better than wrestle mania 3 match them 2 are regarded as the best wrestlers of all time I say macho an steamboat where better workers than flair . Sting is great don’t get me wrong especially the height of the crow sting v now but he wasn’t a worker like steamboat or savage especially back in the day sting like warrior was a high spot guy meaning splash in the turnbuckle or press slam if it was a good or better than mania3 match regarded as the best match from start to finish in history. Flair must of carried that match like a motherfucker like the say flair can wrestle a broom stick an make it look great

[@frankhill8271]

Yeah I was a 13 year old kid and I watched the WM3 and steamboat/savage was my favorite match... and I only was only trying to say that what I saw in a house show from flair and sting was to a me as exciting as that match... and kept my attention for 45 minutes... so props to Flair and Sting for giving it their all and giving us fans our money's worth when "noone was watching".

[@neilwilley792]

Ultimate warrior my favorite wrestler 290lb beast of a wrestler and about 1 meter 87 tall a huge powerful man and always great to watch him 💪💪💪💪

[@masterj4777]

Mine to brother 👍

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

Warrior had no mic skills or wrestling skills. His opponents carried him.

[@farrahshangout3226]

I think more kids in the 80s early 90s dressed up more like the warrior than flair warrior was the man soon as that music hit the fans popped like crazy just like when hogans hit not so much for flair thou

[@stevencurtis924]

Yeah, not many kids had $2,000.00 suits 🤣

[@HiNRGboy]

@@stevencurtis924 Flair's suits and robes were incredible 😂

[@mikeyerian7531]

I'm 43 years old! I was there at that time! Warrior was wayyy bigger than Flair and Hogan.

[@farrahshangout3226]

Same age yep way bigger even I believe if flair had the same promotion around him wwe back in the day warrior and hogan and savage .then flair .the kids in the 80s 90s the golden era of wrestling that’s who the parents spent there money on not flair kiss stealing an all that never resonated with kids the promotion killed flairs popularity that’s why when he was in wcw when the nwo was at there hight they really didn’t know what to do with him they kept jobbing him you had all the other wwe wrestlers that they where using there then comes warrior to they paid his ass phat money for 6months of Wk when did they do that with ric

[@HiNRGboy]

@@mikeyerian7531 Hogan was the biggest draw, then Warrior and Savage, Road Warriors, they were all rediculous draws and today no one can even come close.

[@regulardadhere8832]

Thought Flair could have a 5 star match with a broomstick 🤣

[@rolltide9547]

Warrior is worst than a broomstick. Flair was hurt by the Warrior.

[@timfrederick9305]

There are some wrestlers nobody can make look good and Warrior was a prime example.It’s why that even though for a few years he had a incredible run it didn’t last Eventually fans were smartened up to the wrestling business and watched it differently and realized that he sucked in the ring

[@rolltide9547]

@@timfrederick9305 Great point. Savage and Rude probably had the best matches with warrior.

[@danski6694]

Come on Ric. Give it a rest. Warrior screaming and yelling like a rockstar would’ve done just fine in NWA. And if it didnt, it was due to the southern fans not wanting it. None of us 9 year olds back then gave a shit about someone’s “wrestling ability”. All we cared about was the STORY being told.

[@ziggypop79]

I’d like to see Conrad get in that ring and better Warrior, easy to be an armchair critic, although i respect what Flair says.

[@Hatim_Supreme_Salaam]

A blind man can see warrior was a trash wrestler. He just had a good look.

[@TimMcTim1888]

Nah. Warrior’s charisma was way more than Sting. Warrior is who got me into it.

[@davidmeichner8346]

Warrior's music would hit and the arena became electric.

[@bigc2626]

Conrad is getting Flair more up to par as it relates to being able to do a podcast. Meaning there are less instances of Flair going silent, or giving one word answers. So he’s participating more, which is good, but now the problem is that Flair keeps interrupting Conrad. Did it several times in this short clip. Makes it hard to listen at what’s being said when it’s like that.

[@khamla616]

In the WWE at the time no one was bigger than Warrior but Hogan, if Sting was in WWE at the time nothing be different even Flair was not bigger than Warrior at the time

[@viktormyres1028]

Ultimate warrior was the best on the 90,,,, Flair was a shit on the moments

[@th-eo8qx]

Wow that's terrible my uncle had inner ear problems. I never knew what it was he would get dizzy and say I have to sit down I'm dizzy I'm like wow never knew what it was but then I got vertigo so I know exactly what we're first talking about it sucks it's one of the worst feelings ever and I wish nobody not even my worst enemy vertigo because it's basically like you'll get up and in the room will start spinning and you'll basically for me I have to follow the floor so they can go away it's scary but it doesn't happen very often but when it does it's like one of the scariest things ever

[@OnTheRoadWithDan]

Both Sting and the Warrior were very green when they came up, the difference was that Sting worked and improved his craft and had many great matches with Flair and others while the Warrior flat out sucked in the ring and never improved himself and only got by thanks to Vince pushing him to the moon.

[@jaylucien669]

Sting cared about being a great Pro Wrestler. Warrior cared about Jim Helwig. Hey I can't blame the guy for getting his $$$, but he never had a passion for the business. Sting did and still does to this day.

[@Landofmyfathers-h9c]

Why wouldn't you make sure you had the best deal you could get for your family. But then again it's not all about money. You can lead a rich life without money. But people don't see this......they are dumb

[@ziggypop79]

But Sting had no charisma, so in ring ability didn’t matter. That’s why Bret Hart didn’t draw.

[@HiNRGboy]

@@ziggypop79 Gonna disagree I thought young Sting had a lot of charisma. He could work the crowd so if you can do that, especially back then, you had something!

[@jasonwood8023]

@@ziggypop79 you make a habit of saying ridiculously untrue things in comments sections? Lol

[@foreverred105]

Warrior wasn't a push over.

[@emilia2134]

Warrior was the best pro wrestler in history.

[@humanipulationnation]

Wooo!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@danski6694]

I don’t think Sting with his gimmick at the time (late 80’s) would have been as successful in WWF as they claim here. His gimmick, at least to me as a child, was that he was the NWA version of Hulk Hogan. Just a much smaller one. You could say that Lex Luger was the NWA version of Hogan, and he was equally ad popular ad Sting. What did Lex Luger do in the WWF? Certainly had a nice career, but was by no means the top guy. Unless what they’re asking is what if Sting STARTED in the WWF instead of coming over. I dont know, I still don’t think Sting would have been more of a star than British Bulldog or Jake the Snake Roberts. WWF was big man’s territory plain and simple. It was Andre, then Hogan, then Ultimate Warrior. After that they had to reconfigure their product, but Sting would’ve been around for the Andre/Hogan era.

[@davidmeichner8346]

Warrior was a phenomenon in the 1st WWF run, period. Further, a promo never convinced me to see a match - except Warrior's WM6 promos.

[@aintnoplum]

That shit was real

[@ziggypop79]

Warrior had way more charisma than sting, that’s why he was a bigger star.

[@yoholmes273]

Warrior was not nor ever was a "bigger star" than Sting.

[@bobc2043]

@@yoholmes273 you’re on crack or you didn’t watch wrestling 88-92.

[@jonmccormick8683]

@@yoholmes273 Vince Jr put the belt on Warrior.

[@ziggypop79]

@@yoholmes273 Check the WWF’s numbers when Warrior was champion, he far eclipsed Sting..he was a minor player, even though he had the longer career thanks to Scott Hall.

[@yoholmes273]

@@ziggypop79 Saying Sting was a "minor player" is pure lunacy.

[@rockinyouallnight]

Over consumption of alcohol causes vertigo too. I'm sure in Flair's case, his drinking habit had nothing to do with vertigo.

[@ibzanarroyo704]

I still remember the promo that he told before summerslam, warrior why don’t go open your vault in phoenix, referring that he should pay perfect to be in his corner for the match against savage. It was funny that just cause ric mentioned the city to warrior other airings of the promo edited that part completely.

[@pablocuneo4611]

Honestly, Warrior had a power move set and could pump up a crowd. He got over. Respect for Flair, but he’s just being a hater here.

[@petermatheson8757]

He didn't like Warrior because Warrior didn't kiss his ass Flair was one of the best but talks shit about any one who doesn't or didn't suck up to him

[@sainttenn]

Sounds like all the warrior marks are surprised to find out their hero was actually the dripping shits.

[@ziggypop79]

Sounds like you’re reading from Jim Cornette’s video, who incidentally was an embarrassment in the WWF.

[@michaelrose5614]

As Ole Anderson would say he is the shits.

[@karimsunderji9180]

Lol that’s a crazy comment

[@AlonzoPichardo]

Drunk Flair has a nerve , this man has had the same match for over 50 years ...another warrior hater ...sad

[@jd9119]

Flair's full of shit and just wanted to talk crap about Warrior. Fact is when Warrior was hot, he drew a hell of a lot more money than Flair ever did (and Flair drew a lot). I remember all the kids in the grade school I went to were arguing intensely on if Hogan or Warrior were going to win at WM6. Nobody there ever argued about who was going to win a Flair match.

[@georgepapoulias3562]

If your name isn't Vince McMahon, Ric Flair doesn't have anything nice to say about you.

[@supremealmightyofficial7]

Flair talking BS Man there are no guarantees that sting would have been big enough to beat Hogan they also fought at Starrcade 97 and that match was far from a classic smh 🤦🏿 🙄 so Sting in the WWE isn't true cause him and warrior are 2 totally different characters 🙄 The only thing they have in common is they wear face paint .

[@chuckjames3173]

Sting was a star in the B league for a few years. He is hardly a legend, and its nauseating to listen to people assume he would have been a huge star in WWE.

[@williamwalker8201]

Too many damn UW marks in here.

[@gary6754]

i love all these guys trash Hellwig.... its a way of kissing Mcmahon's ass because Hellwig was one of the few guys who was his own man and refused to take shit from Mchmahon. I didn't like the Warrior gimmick; however ironically I would have been a fan of Hellwig if used his own natural persona that he portrayed in shoot interviews

[@bobc2043]

There is no comparison. Warrior was much better than Sting.

[@HiNRGboy]

in what way? I don't think so...

[@jaylucien669]

The Road Warriors? The Modern Day Warrior? I know you couldn't be talking about the Ultimate Warrior? That guy was usually garbage in the ring. Even the few times he wasn't, he still didn't come close to comparing with Sting.

[@ziggypop79]

Warrior was the biggest star after Hogan during the WWF’s Golden era and a household name, there’s Conrad casually saying Sting could have been bigger as if Warrior only happened by accident? Give me a break.

[@ziggypop79]

@@jaylucien669 Sting never had classic matches except when he was working with Flair. Warrior was limited but he was involved in several classics. Hogan, Rude, the retirement match with Savage was off the charts. All these guys are just jealous.

[@patrickdurham7984]

@@ziggypop79 Hogan, Rude and Savage carried Warrior in all those matches.

[@masterj4777]

Ultimate warrior will always be one of my favorites!! This is why I lost all respect for you flair because I thought Ric Flair was so good he could wrestle a broomstick and have a great match?? Looks like on Brett Hart can do that and he proved it against one a wrestler with zero talent like Tom magee!

[@SpacemanOutbound]

The Ultimate Warrior was a piece of crap. Had no ounce of talent.

[@michaelmcclure9635]

I can't believe I'm actually seeing people defend warrior like he was actually good in the ring 🤣😂 now that's a knee-slapper