Ric Flair Shoot Interview Deleted Scenes

Highspots.com sat down and interviewed one of the greatest if not the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Ric Flair. Almost 20 hours of fooatge was filmed but only 13 hours will be released on DVD. So, a lot of great footage will be left on the cutting room floor. But most of us at Hghspots.com feel that some of that cut material needs to see the light of day. So, here is a just a taste of some of that footage. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a preview and this footage is not included on the 3 or the 4 DVD set which is now available at www.highspots.com

[@DoctorDelaware]

I've met Flair several times. Always gracious to the fans.

[@keithconnell8460]

Guy was living the life. We went to the Great American Bash in 86. Not sure if it was planned or not, but my friend’s mother got us a room in the hotel that all the wrestler’s were staying at that night. The R&R Express was 2 doors down from us. Anyway, we get back from the Bash and my buddy and I are hanging out in the hotel lobby and the wrestlers are all down there coming in from the event. Long story short, Flair comes out of the hotel bar yelling, “whooooo”! Had a chic under each arm. Lol! No joke.

[@laxzoiv3386]

It's facinating listening to flair a guy who wrestled for 38 years. Flair got over by putting guys over, best there was at wrestling psychology

[@fjccommish]

Flair's measure of a good guy is someone who can drink and party.

[@captainthrall]

to be honest, it is a standard that holds some merit. the guys who werent drinking and partying were usually the guys that happened to be bad for business, like lex lugar or ultimate warrior

[@shooter8663]

@@captainthrall But not all Jerry Lawler, Sting, etc.

[@MrHarco77]

he puts over luger saying he was the physique guy; luger did party just didn't start that way. it was the way the business was then but it changed.

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Lol I picked up on that too

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

captainthrall true. Henmig,rude a lot of top top greats ran the bars. Harley Race sure did so did Dusty

[@EnforcerX71]

What is limited in wrestling? Someone who does 3 moves? At the end of the day, as a wrestler, you want to have a good match, but what is a good match? A match with about 10,000 spots with a roll up finish that gets no reaction at the end because the crowd are exhausted? Or a match with an awesome story which had the crowd sitting on the edge of their seats and a massive reaction at the end, but maybe one or two high spots that makes sense? Flair was a master at getting the crowd to react.

[@4limits]

I love Ric Flair, he's one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time. For those of you that don't know, this is Ric's first shoot interview.

[@matthewvarnam4302]

You don't have to second-guess yourself Ric even in the 90s you were still the man..... Woooooo

[@funforalgernon]

I think Flair definitely has a 12-15 minute match in his back pocket whenever he wants, but there are the Steamboat matches, some work with Piper, Sting...that are different, and that he deserves credit for.

[@AgentJTV]

It makes me so happy to know that there are wrestling fans like you out there who actually understand and love wrestling to see that.

[@nicholasdoucet5810]

Royal Rumble 92.. when Flair won.. we celebrated for weeks!! We were so high.. 12 year old kids we were.. that was epic!! Flair is the best!!

[@jackiehammond1085]

Awesome interview we love you nature boy God bless you, still climbing space mountain wooo

[@zephyrfalcon1966]

anyone who can wrestle and win a world championship with a broken back like flair did deserves respect, vidflesh....the man is a true hard worker in an era right now, where everyone is afraid of breaking a nail....so do everyone a favor and get a life

[@bobbycalifornia7077]

Angle too!

[@dstnarg]

I already pre ordered this. I can't wait

[@BlackjackDSapolis]

It's nice to see a good, positive interview. Thanks.

[@robertbishop5357]

Wahoo was an incredible person /athlete. Would run a marathon at the drop of a hat to win a bet. A legit tough guy who did so much for wrestling.

[@oliverpura9876]

Wahoo had a gimmick that was well wore out- the cowboy with the boots and the bell. If he had a little more imagination it might have been" The Macho Man Mc Daniels!" Little things mean a lot.

[@MacPr0xnxx0]

wow i cant believe he has done a sit down interview awesome

[@RM-hg7eh]

What a legend! Love this guy

[@mixmasterp2k3]

Fantastic. I will be buying this no questions asked.

[@clayvegas]

Guess Who? Wahoo! Wahoo McDaniel. Thanks, Ric - he was one helluva football player

[@FireitupBedford]

You got that right. I got a chance to meet him back in the late 70's...

[@aznsbd]

Respect guys, Flair made a career out of making other wrestlers look good.

[@keithconnell8460]

You might want to hear what the “other guys” say about that.

[@Sanguiluna]

Flair is one of the very few wrestlers I've seen actually tell the truth about Cena's "abilities".

[@Kendall2001]

Watch Flair vs Steamboat at Music City Showdown in Nashville from the late spring of 1989, watch Flair wrestle Harley Race at the first Starrcade from 1983, and watch Flair vs. Terry Funk from the fall of 1989 in Troy, New York on The Clash Of Champions where they had their "I Quit Match" and then tell me it's the same match all 3 times. BTW, he was famous for being a "60 minute man" but none of those three matches is a sixty minute match even though he wrestled many, many 60 minute matches.

[@matthewvarnam4302]

Yeah I'm 5 years late on this one but Ric Flair is the 60 Minute Man. I seen him wrestle for 50 55 minutes and a whole show for that night that he did was for 60 minutes. You can say what you want but there is no wrestler today that can do with Ric Flair did so put that in your pipe and smoke it

[@OccultThinkTankOFFICIAL]

Flair definitely has a lot of class

[@88smjls]

You can hear Cena loudly calling spots in the ring lol

[@derrickrobertson3334]

Recently I've been looking for segments where Ric talks about the von erichs, WCCW, Texas. Can't seem to find anything about his times there

[@Robocop80s]

Ric Flair a Wrestling God; I'm such a mark for this dude....

[@Basssinger86]

This has to be the biggest shoot interview ever

[@dvick96]

Woooo!!! enough said

[@robertbishop5357]

Shawn was in the AWA long before WWE, the Undertaker was Mean Mark in the NWA, Triple H was in the Pacific Coast for a bit.

[@MegaGum1]

When Flair talks i listen.

[@borednow5838]

Flair talks very well about Wrestling, You can tell he really knows his stuff. Not sure I agree with him on Cena but he makes a fair point. Bearing in mind this was 2008 I'd add Jericho to that list as an old school heel who could also have great matches. And though he was in TNA at that point I think Angle deserves to be talked about in that league. Maybe Kane too. I think WWE or someone should do a a DVD release on Wahoo McDaniel. I've not seen much of his stuff but always hear good things. Cornette was a big fan too.

[@Bestbizpage]

Yup. Flair knew how to build a match. Flair and Dusty fights were the fights of legend.

[@highspots]

Actually this footage will not be on any of the four DVDs. We got that much great footage.

[@Goku4lifeee]

Yea it was Highspots

[@varrick1226]

Ric one of the best ever.

[@itsFarawaySkies]

he lost me at Texas Titans

[@ronsharer2986]

@frank bonini they were actually the Dallas Texans. The Jets used to be the New York Titans.

[@hiramgarcia5409]

Ric Flair is the greatest wrestler of all time. He had to work with a simple worf rame to make all the mediocre talent around him good. The matches with Rick Martel, Ricky Steamboat, Jack Veneno, Ron Garvin, and Carlos Colon, pure classics. The second best I saw, was Dory Funk Jr. Brett Heart was great as Tag team. Bruno Sammartino is on coach seat with Brett Heart.

[@bossmann6358]

hiram garcia ... simple worf rame...” What does that even mean?

[@tomstonehard1947]

Got to love Rick Flair! Just an Awesome Person!

[@FireitupBedford]

To promote this video if you change the title to include Wahoo Cena you would have way more views....

[@TheRaven361]

Ric Flair FTW WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[@snowblindu]

I love ric flair

[@DOLLARSMAKESENSE1]

THE NATURE BOY WOOO HE'S ON FIRE LOL

[@DOLLARSMAKESENSE1]

Yes he is LOL

[@angelvalle9963]

Wahoo McDaniel was a specimen of a man!

[@FeiXenogears]

u r right

[@vjr97]

RIC FLAIR WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@lukeHyams]

Woooooooo!!!!!

[@Ladyvisionary]

damn brother!!!!!!!

[@TwoGendersOnly]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@ThunderFist1978]

@DoctorDelaware Lucky! I've only met him once, but I felt very fortunate for that opportunity.

[@surfsup5757]

If there were a Mt. Rushmore of wrestling, the Nature Boy Rick Flair would sit front and center.

[@shanequinichett2936]

John cena's matches with Shawn are phenomenal

[@ClassicCommercials4U]

Most of the "fans" like him, the main people who hate him are guys jealous because their girlfriends like him, and wannabe smarks who boo him because it was the cool thing to do 3 years ago.

[@liverpoolkelly7]

Ric Flair must of wanted to keep the wwe door open saying cena's unselfish. As a person cena seems nice but the guys never puts over anyone clean and you can be sure he playing politics to be at the top for as long as he has.

[@liverpoolkelly7]

Well if they put daniel bryan in his position he would smash cena in merchandise etc..

[@MusicKnowledge1]

The Rock beat him clean Wm 28, Daniel bryan beat him clean at summer slam 2013 Brock lesnar has busted him open on multiple occasions in 2014 as clean as i have ever seen Brock made him look like a jobber.

[@JamesR1986]

Give this man a gold metal....he gets it.

[@bossmann6358]

James R *medal

[@creepofreek4853]

Rick Flair was the greatest wrestler of all time. Really respected among his peers

[@ChrisMisc1]

Im currently watching Monday Nitro from the first episode im on Nitro 38 now. Hes 47, wrestling every monday and PPV's each month and putting on amazing matches. Its unbelievable the bumps he takes too.

[@bossmann6358]

CREEPOFREEK *Ric

[@patmy6]

is there more deleted stuff?? I mean I have this shoot but I can't get enough! The dvds are like 3 hours each but I still feel like they barely scratched the surface. He must have so many stories.

[@schuey999]

Good to see Dusty Roads again.

[@diablo313]

@RSXemperor WWE now reminds me of the the WWF in the mid-90s where the talent pool was really low. Where the "big draws" back then would of been mid carders in any other era.

[@ed2kou1]

He, wasen't beaten up he got in a fight. He, gave as good as he got. WOOOO

[@crossfireyt4573]

Flair was beaten up a week before the interview.

[@BRockin25]

didnt mention Jericho...covered his tracks with the "I need to see a roster" comment

[@Oktanesevensun]

@mrslash11 - My Ric Flair had an awesome match in the tokyo dome with Tatsumi Fujinami !

[@wilbert916]

Agreed.

[@tkhushrenada]

I love Cena. I wish he'd actually sell a move once in a while but he's got a certain charisma to him you find hard to replicate, especially in this day and age. Though he's no Rock, he oozes charisma. As for Flair. I love the guy to bits and there's no denying what he's done for the business, but I wish he'd retire now. Its getting painful seeing him tear himself up in the ring and I worry he's going to push past his limit. Awesome interview

[@DAL1989]

Wooooooooo !!!!!!!

[@patmy6]

Its the 4 disc one I have, but it's still not enough, Ha. yeah I agree he hols back about some things but there were so many subjects for him to talk about. Oh and what did he say about Owen?

[@gorgeousaur]

@DoctorDelaware That's weird, my friend didn't experience any of that graciousness. He just looked at him, shrugged and walked off. Maybe it was just a bad day for Ric, but it always made us look at him in a bad light ever since.

[@Alomaishi]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@JacquelineMeHofferbergah]

@SovereignStatesman A lot of wrestlers have had hard times, but there hasn't been anyone who has risen as high and then fallen as low as Flair. If anything, young wrestlers will see his story and start saving their money and making good business decisions.

[@loaiwafa]

he's well,,,uh uh uh,,,he's very well spoken

[@Kwestshunmarq]

Ten years ago I would've said you're so right, he's not getting the reaction he's supposed to get. But, welcome to the 21st century kiddos. We are LONG passed the days of "heel" or "face". You can blame Austin and other "tweeners" for that and I for one am grateful. We live in a world where MARKS mean money, but SMARKS mean improving the quality of the product, which means MORE money. Cena gets a reaction, that's all he needs to do. "BOO" or "CHEER", it's a reaction and a that means money.

[@angelvalle9963]

The real! Worlds heavyweight champion.

[@bunghole1140]

Sure there were other good wrestlers but hogan and flair took it to a different level!!

[@mongypro]

he lives up to his name, hope he will hop by wwe someday to see the growth of the new gen, and oso mentor dem backstage hahas, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@Jinzo9988]

@Shoooooooo81 If Flair were still wrestling right now, then I would agree with you. The established, old, respected guys of the industry are still valuable to the product at 60 years old so long as they're used properly. There is no greater endorsement to a young wrestler(from a spectator's perspective) than to have one of the big dogs in the industry at his corner. That's what the old guys should be used for.

[@dinglegonzo]

Ric is so humble, who would have thought? I will always miss the coked out 80's interviews or more like rants. woooooooooooo!!!!!! Buy your N.C Ric Flair five dollar scratch offs!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@cdowg187]

He does bring up a very valid point, Cena is not the best worker but the guys a great performer. The same thing can be said of Hogan too. That's what just drives me nuts about most of us marks, most of us don't get that. lol

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

Rick looks like war veteran combat soldier.

[@nwauwf]

oh hell yeah way better

[@NJPlayer79]

All Flair cares about is if guys go out and drink and party. If they don't do that, Flair doesn't think they care about the business. Cena is solid, I think the problem that most fans have with him is that his character has not changed one bit in like 5 years or so now. It needs to change.

[@xchargerOUx]

If you're popular, you draw. Not like sting, muta, hbk, taker, etc. But when it came to hyped tag team matches. They were there with the best. Michigan letter men jackets, Rick's bark, and wrestling gear. Steiners savvy, and sick finisher. They were beyond memorable. I think it's a shame that not one day in the see able future will they be up for HOF. Ego's in the WWE will sadly overlook them. But, I could be wrong.

[@coachrickross]

whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo from el paso!

[@bossmann6358]

coachrickross *woooooooooooooooooo

[@JacquelineMeHofferbergah]

@SovereignStatesman Absolutely. I think that even the different wrestling organizations are trying to help their wrestlers by telling them to not go out and buy four cars and to save the majority of their money instead.

[@daniel3786]

Austin was a fantastic technical wrestler before he had the pile driver incident with Owen Hart.

[@nickg887]

Don't get me wrong, i respect the hell out of Ric. I read his biography a few years back, very eventful life. I was just commenting on the black eye mainly.

[@GodlessScummer]

Was it Highspots that ended up in a legal dispute with Flair a couple of years ago ?

[@IR17171717]

Good point. But its very speculative to say that even a popular mid-card talent ever draws money. To say that you draw money is to say people buy PPVs or tune in weekly specifically to see you. It doesn't mean that they just keep their TVs on when you are on, else a lot of people do. Few tag teams have ever been major draws outside of gimmick matches. Now, Steiners were big names, that's why they were paid money by promotions in Japan. But to say they ever really drew is, i think, wrong.

[@namenotfound34]

So true dude so true!lolz

[@abcDiogo123]

true

[@mankind2112]

I don't think it will be cut, it will be under special features or soemthing like that.

[@TylerMorganShow]

Wow

[@Adge_B]

There was a bidding war between a few companies for the services of a Flair shoot, which Highspots (obviously) ended up winning. I want to say t/o was $50,000 if memory serves me right, but don't quote me on that.

[@sickboy703]

I came in here wanting to find a good video my 11 year old and their "John Cena" backpack could laugh at and I found nothing.

[@SupraRy]

@MrWrestlingGuy2010 exactly, and alot of people loved cena when he came around in 02-05 when he had his rapper gimmick, he was cool and had great feuds with the undertaker and what not. now its the whole super human never give up gimmick for the kids that really sucks.

[@MrRex1949]

Flair was a great wrestler. His problem was he didn't know when to let go and quit wrestling. He wrestled until he was 63 years. As he quit wrestling for WWE.com at age 62. And then wrestled for a few for TNA wrestling and then quit permantly from wrestling. I think we can all say Rick Flair was one of the best wrestlers around. And that there are others just as good as Rick Flair was including Bret Hart etc.

[@thisbetterwork00]

just curious, because of the untimely incident that Ric was in where he recieved the black eye, was it ever considered to rescedual the shoot date of this interview, untill the eye cleared up?

[@CLewey44]

Flair doesn't compliment too much but if he likes you, he isn't shy to admit it.

[@anthonymoore8464]

I love wrestling ❤

[@awordfword8266]

Post 5 links to Flair matches that are the same.

[@FlexinGains]

6:50 xD!!!!! I can only imagine the 1970s When flair was at his peak !!!