Ric Flair on working with Brian Pillman

[@richardhannon8872]

I worked at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia when Brian was with ECW. He was one of the funniest and nicest guys you could hangout with. Crazy as all hell. But a really cool guy. I miss him another great wrestler taken from us way to soon. RIP Brian 🙏.

[@FlexinGains]

Ric Flair is aging backwards! amazing, the energy and sense of humor he has! step into the ring for one more last run xD thanks Flair for all the good times!

[@LooseCan88]

Would love to hear Madden and Flair talk Pillman, as there is only one Loose Cannon.

[@livefromplanetearth]

my favorite version of the four horsemen

[@jeffjackson9679]

It was definitely the most underrated. Too bad it was so short.

[@LooseCan88]

me2

[@MainEventMafia4Life]

Pillman in his day and in his prime was one of a kind. When he destroyed his ankle about half his in ring work was eliminated unfortunately. But if he had never got hurt and stayed in his prime him and Benoit would have been one of the best tag teams wrestling ever saw.

[@michaelriverajr8891]

Loved pillman in the Hollywood blonds and I still remember the infamous gun promo with Austin

[@skipklauber1162]

Flair will walk on this project just like he does on about everything. It’s a shame, because Flair has been through so much.

[@HA-409]

Brian was the shit I alway liked him I wanted to see 👀 him become 🌎 Heavyweight Champion but unfortunately it never happened for him. 🙏 RIP

[@kareemcampbell2387]

Thank you Ric for being a professional the way only the nature boy can, she only carrying feelings because the kiss on raw actually put some passion in the performers character. Anybody needs some clout right now is her, actually stealing the rock bottom on her come back. How does limited talent get u to the big time!? When we fans say u suck, it's literal. Thank u Flair for entertaining me throughout my childhood into middle age, and u still got it.

[@mattnoah8309]

Out of curiosity who we talking about?

[@kareemcampbell2387]

@@mattnoah8309 keep watching the product, you'll get your spoilers big time

[@thomasmuller1425]

Man, I really wish Flyin' Brian could've been something BIGGER. Pillman had all the tools to be a top babyface. If what Jim Cornette said was true, then WCW made a very big mistake. I'd have loved to see Ric Flair vs. Flyin' Brian for the WCW World Title on a big PPV & Flair lose to Brian on his way out before going to WWF in '91. If Brian wasn't gonna be World Champion, then he should've been at least a 2x US Heavyweight Champion & a 2x World TV Champion.

[@marcbasil]

Lol duh. Everyone on the planet knew pillman was going to be the next flair. He’s widely regarded as possibly the greatest male rasslin prospect ever

[@Toast960]

Loved Pillman in the Horsemen. For the life of me though, I'll never understand why they didn't put the Hollywood Blonds in the Horsemen in '93. That would have been a better line-up than Flair and Arn with Paul Roma. Plus there would have been so many opponents for that potential line-up to go against.

[@yoholmes273]

You know it! Austin makes more sense as Horseman than Pillman in fact. And don't forget That Greg The Hammer was supposed to be a Horseman & it never came to pass either.

[@smyersfishingadventures]

Just one more example of how poorly WCW was run.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Wasn't Flair the head booker of WCW during Pillman's time with the Horsemen? As far as Austin is concerned, at least Steve joined another HOT faction and that's the Dangerous Alliance.

[@Toast960]

@@kenterminateddq5311 Right. And that was right before the Blonds started tagging. It would have made all the more sense with Austin having a connection to Arn. It never made sense to me to put the Blonds against the Horsemen.

[@smyersfishingadventures]

@@kenterminateddq5311 Austin was in the dangerous alliance in 1991 and 1992, before the Hollywood Blondes and had left before Pillman joined the Horseman, Flair was head booker in 1994 and 1995 when Pillman joined in late 1995, Bischoff fired Austin mid 1995.

[@DUARTE99]

Brian Pillman Forever!

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

Man....I really took 1997 and 1998 for granted...In Pillman last WWF Appearance on T.V...J.R said something pretty nastradomus like...Something like..."WILL THIS BE THE LAST TIME WE PILLMAN IN THE WWF" Something like that....R.I.P B

[@stevewarren4813]

So, was it Terri Runnels that provided the "color commentary?"

[@ziggypop79]

Brian didn’t seem happy in wwf, it was like the lights were out

[@LooseCan88]

Superbowl was before his Hummer wreck, however Pillman was wacked out of his mind in early 96.

[@Campcrystal1]

Why has Flair not done a podcast on Barry Windham......... Seriously come on get it together

[@mox19380]

the end of brian in my opinion was a mix the ankle injury and the wwf contract he had signed. basically he had to be back in the ring or vince could cut his pay significantly or completly cut his contract. the contract he signed initially was a good $$ value but was contingent on him being able to perform every day.

[@earth2wrestling166]

If only Mark Madden woulda been like fuck it I dare ya Pillman do it....we would KZbin videos everywhere of Pillman chained to field goal post kickin security guards!

[@gmoney8585]

madden is excellent

[@34chummy]

Not sure about Madden but at least it's not Conrad blowing Meltzer

[@pipepicasso8112]

Bobby the Brain had a legit neck problem that lead to him not to be touched without his knowledge. Brian didn't know, or didn't care. But, it was impromptu by Brian grabbing Bobby. That's why Bobby went off.

[@paulgraham6547]

I liked Pillman in the Four Horseman but I thought he joined too late. Hindsight being 20/20 go back in time swap Roma out and put Pillman in. Flair, Anderson, Windham and Pillman would have complemented each other very well.

[@j.styles8977]

If the Hollywood Blondes would have stayed together. They could have been the FTR of their time!

[@jamesbyersmusic]

I loved Flyin' Brian, loved the Hollywood Blonds and I loved Pillman as a Horsemen! I was never really a fan of the "Loose Cannon" gimmick, or anything he did in the WWF. He's talking about Becky Lynch I guess?

[@derrickkmoore208]

Wonder why flair don’t do podcast with Conrad anymore? This is is 3rd difficult podcast

[@ChromeFamily]

Why does Mark always yell? Lol tone it down bro lol

[@briancorbin5542]

Sounds like sunny

[@Bullitt2024]

Every story comes back to Flair talking about himself.

[@nilanniruthan]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMEEEEE!

[@Jedi_MasterGX]

Why not? It's all about Naitch😤

[@Jedi_MasterGX]

Naitch wishes he had Big Time Becks ride space mountain...

[@tanerismailoglu9789]

i enjoyed Brian Pillman Jr promo with MJF, but his in ring work needs a lot of "work" (no pun intended). when he does moves they look flimsy, maybe in a couple years he will reach his protentional

[@briancorbin5542]

wow rip the fridge

[@christhornycroft3686]

The problem was that WCW, the organization Brian thought he had the best chance of moving up the cards with because they were pushing smaller guys compared to WWF at the time, didn’t see him as a main event guy. The politicking of Hogan, Hall and Nash didn’t help either. The difference between Ric and those 3 is that Ric would put you over if it was right for business and you earned it. He was like Bret Hart in that way. I would have loved to have seen a match with Pillman and Flair for the title at a Starrcade. It could have been a Hart/Austin level match if it were booked correctly. Even in his 50s, Ric could go. And he was never afraid to bump and sell. His match with Sting at the final Nitro is proof of that. If only Brian Pillman had gotten some Phoenix Tears for his pain instead of wild, dangerous narcotics. As a chronic pain sufferer, pain is not for sissies.

[@soulofanerd9364]

Not to say the majority of your comment is wrong but as far as Hall and Nash, their arrival was well after Pillman was gone

[@christhornycroft3686]

@@soulofanerd9364 they arrived in 1996, and I believe Pillman left in august. You can correct me if I’m wrong on chronology. NWO was definitely after, but not that much later.

[@soulofanerd9364]

@@christhornycroft3686 you may be right 🤔. If he was still there, he wasn't being featured much that I can remember. I'm gonna check some Nitro episodes from June/July because Hall definitely arrived in May with Nash showing up in June.

[@markwrenn5965]

God, no matter how much or how long I try to ignore it, I cannot get past Madden's obnoxious tone. He sounds like an 80 year old man who has bad reception on his flip phone.

[@yungblizzdabamaboi334]

I bet He talking about Becky

[@livefromplanetearth]

could have put sting in the horsemen instead of chris though

[@dave-rf2vn]

He was

[@nadirsanchez1675]

So now after what chris benoit did telling me he shouldn't have been a four horssman dude he was great in that group

[@arlichar11]

anytime anyone mentions being in the horseman and wasnt arn tully or jj it just makes ya cringe with stupidity..

[@marcbasil]

?

[@arlichar11]

@@marcbasil im saying, arn tully flair and jj was the horseman, the first others were just for the angle at the time for someone to join them and then get betrayed, then the later guys were just silly idea to have them join... noone ever remembers those guys being a so called horseman... only flair arn and tully and jj

[@michaelramsey9442]

bad version of the horseman

[@fredmillsaps5268]

Madden is Hard to listen to with the way he talks it is like he is always Shouting gets old REAL FAST !!!!!!!

[@radioman6489]

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