The brief run of Ric Flair & The WCW Title in the WWF

Here it is the big one. Sorry about the video quality, The Hawk can't really do much about that! It's Ric Flair who fled the WCW to join the WWF in 1991. But the problem was he took the WCW Heavyweight title with him. This was seen a controversial move at the time. Ric didn't really do too much with the stolen belt anyway they mostly just blurred it out. This could potentially be a new Ring Of The Hawk champion.
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[@thebotbuilder]

The 1992 Royal Rumble Match is genuinely one of my favourite matches of all time, an absolute much watch classic

[@megathesimper4050]

@Ted Cox "THIS IS NOT FAIR TO FLAIR!"

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

There are so many legendary wrestlers in that rumble. Probably the most star power out of any other rumble

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

@@megathesimper4050 Heenan: I'm going to have to apologize to the people. I don't think I can really be objective. Monsoon: When have you ever been objective?!

[@richardgadberry8398]

Put that cigarette out!

[@billybadass3056]

@@jeffreymarksworld534 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNOT!!!!!

[@worlds-in-conflict]

Is it weird that my main takeaway from a 30 minute Rick Flair video is how underrated Tito Santana was?

[@sird2333]

Hey! He was the AWF champion!

[@CuzinBilly]

Former ECW champion

[@sird2333]

@@CuzinBilly Tito was? Wow

[@isaacangelos]

@@sird2333 He was ECW champion in 1993 when it was Eastern Championship Wrestling, so I doubt most people know that Tito Santana was ECW champion myself included before it was mentioned in this thread.

[@idlehands1864]

It's because if you have seen one flair match you have seen them all, vastly overrated

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

Flair's selling is more entertaining than his offense. Truly the greatest of all time! Royal Rumble 1992 is legitimately the greatest Rumble of all time. His WM 8 match vs Savage and Hart vs Piper are the show stealers of the event

[@dustinbasham393]

No one takes an ass kicking like Flair

[@125henni]

Flair was 42 during this run. Crazy

[@kenrickeason]

Flair was in crazy shape even though he partied hard as hell..

[@TheTruth-mv7hm]

Wow

[@nomnomnommy2955]

@@kenrickeasoncrazy shape? He has a dad bod

[@dwightphillips7578]

Gyrating his hips- Tommy Dreamer

[@kenrickeason]

@@nomnomnommy2955 Maybe later on in his career but not too much here.. He was working long matches while Warrior who was ripped to the tee couldn't have long matches while Ric Flair was still doing it well into the early 2000s with his man boobs..

[@bernardosantosribeiro6665]

just the fact that he managed to win the RR in the worst position which is number three is amazing, great chopper flair

[@TheNormalUnstable]

Every Royal Rumble number until 15 is the worst

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

The commentating between Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan for the 1991 Survivor Series and the 1992 Royal Rumble was great. Heenan ('91 S.S.): I think everyone should stand! (Ric Flair approaching the ring) Monsoon: Well, I'm not standing! Monsoon: ('92 R. R.): ...Ric Flair doing whatever necessary to hang in there (after giving British Bulldog a low blow). Heenan: I'd do that to my grandma if I had to! Monsoon: I'm sure you would!

[@xROCKLOBSTUHx]

My favorite commentary duo from wwf! Wish we had them together longer

[@Marveryn]

@@xROCKLOBSTUHx its not fair for flair

[@kevin2400]

My favorite heenan line was from survivor series 92 Did you introduce yourself to tatanka Monsoon... yes I did Hennan.... did you do it properly... hi how are ya hi how are ya Monsoon. Will you stop

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Since WCW wasn't really a thing here in the UK that I remembered seeing in the early 90s I never realised until years later that the belt Flair had was actually important and just thought it was a belt made to make him seem like a big deal. Quite a ballsy move parading it around the way they did.

[@rustlerv6549]

Yeah I also had no idea growing up watching 2000s raw and smackdown that the big gold one came from Wcw originally come to think about it I didn't even know WCW even existed since Vince made sure it was well and truly buried only bringing it up very vaguely when dealing with bischoff but that was before my time.

[@Trustme77]

IIRC they started blurring it out because WCW sued. Lots of lawsuits between those two companies over the years.

[@Eddie-lm3jf]

I remember WCW being on ITV in the early 90s.

[@DOYLETWAT]

@@Eddie-lm3jf johnny b bad was on every episode

[@PGAC22]

@@Eddie-lm3jf I Remember Big Van Vader Destroying Jobbers back in 1992 on ITV.

[@madamefeast4824]

One of my favorite moments will always be Flair in the 92 Rumble. He took so many bumps, and was in it for so long and had so much charisma. It was awesome. Definitely an A.

[@arostwocents]

Full match is on KZbin too. It's great.

[@jimbrown5091]

That's no "female ring announcer" that's Michelle "Mike" McGuirk, daughter of former wrestler and promoter Leroy McGuirk. She worked in the WWF for years and was married to B. Brian Blair ... there's a good 80's era story about her, Ted DiBiase, her dad, Jim Ross and a large handgun.

[@jmwvirgil]

20:48 That was the most polite big boot I've ever seen

[@am2382]

Ric Flair as Spartacus would have been the best gimmick in history.

[@Trustme77]

I'm actually kind of curious whether he could have actually made it work. But I don't blame him for not wanting to.

[@Trustme77]

@chuckbuskeemf Have you heard of the Ding Dongs? That was Herd's baby, but he only came up with it after another idea he had didn't become reality for reasons I forget. (Not sure if it was shot down, or if he had a flash of good judgment, or what.) Herd's original idea for a tag team was to have two wrestlers with hunchbacks. The pitch went something like this: "So these guys have hunchbacks, right, and that means it's impossible to pin them, because you CAN'T get both their shoulders on the mat at the same time, because of their backs!" He Russo'd before Russo.

[@mrwatch867]

I think we need a video on Billy Kidman. One looking at his WCW career and another for WWE

[@dolosavage6295]

I think you need my bits in your mouf?

[@arostwocents]

WCW was way too long

[@billybadass3056]

HEY... Serious question *MARK,* appropriate name btw, how is the HELL are you able to access all these classic matches?? Peacock doesn't have the complete wwf/e catalog so where are you getting this footage from???

[@Markyd123]

The uk version of the network is how it used to be before peacock.

[@kenrickeason]

You can find anything if you look hard enough..

[@nomnomnommy2955]

Try using google

[@billybadass3056]

@@Markyd123 ok I got you...

[@JuanMartinez-fu9ym]

If u use a VPN you could use wwe network

[@anthonyp6823]

When I think of Flair, this is the run that comes to mind.

[@MikeDijital]

Good video, but you failed to mention Ric and Piper were really good friends behind the scenes. and the final time ric held up the " wcw " belt, it was actually the WWF tag title blurred out because he had to give the belt back to WCW

[@bigevil66623]

The video distortion of the "Big Gold" belt was because of a lawsuit from WCW (Jim Herd) telling them (WWF and Ric Flair) to stop. I think that needed to have a mention in your video along with the storyline reason that you gave.

[@Trustme77]

Was Herd still in charge of WCW at that point? I know they sued the WWF, but I thought that Herd got fired shortly after he lost Flair. I'm sure that the Great American Bash with "We want Flair!" chants throughout the show didn't endear Herd to his bosses if he were still there.

[@076Tay]

That was actually the tag belt not the wcw title when they started distorting the belt

[@darthbinks703]

The rock in uswa would be a interesting ring of the hawk video

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

Happy to see the team of Sid and Hogan, they are tag team partners who don't get on.

[@christianouellette1006]

Flair was rougher to Headbanger Trash because it was announced before the match that he wasnt getting a WWF title shot against Macho, it was given to warrior instead. So they had flair be rougher like he was pissed even if it was taped a few weeks before the announcement 😂

[@ellisdalton4282]

Good save on the Headbanger Thrash match. I would have been gutted if I missed that one!

[@avenger1888]

Ric Flair showed up in the WWF with the NWA big Gold belt.

[@a-cygnus]

Flair staring at that ring announcer like she was a flight attendant.

[@johnathanrush4666]

Lmao

[@Ykwhat75]

A WILD SLAPNUTS APPEARS

[@ricardonb6375]

I don't think Flair and Piper hate each other, in fact, they're best friends.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Putting a $25K deposit down makes it his and since they weren't going to give it back meant he could do with it what he wanted.

[@KingGemini87]

Thank you. Exactly what I have been saying

[@Sky_Blaze]

Dude does hardly any research

[@pepito2847]

I love Flair’s entrance in the 92 Rumble Despite being number 3 Flair had the look and walk of a man who wasn’t afraid in the slightest despite being a cowardly heel A true legend

[@TheGodOfGravy]

That roadie run makes him look like an absolute megastar. Very fitting.

[@Trustme77]

That's something that always confused me about cowardly heels: in the build to a match they're always running away from the babyface...but when it's time for the match suddenly they're brave enough to step into the ring with the babyface they were running from for so long. And sure, sometimes an authority figure is making them do it, but usually they don't have to be coerced that way. "Why are they brave enough to fight NOW?" I asked myself.

[@rosestewart9281]

@@Trustme77 because they have something up thier sleeve.

[@Trustme77]

@@rosestewart9281 I guess sometimes, but when I read that it just makes me ask another question: "If they're smart enough to have something up their sleeve for the match, why weren't they smart enough to have something up their sleeve before?"

[@rosestewart9281]

@@Trustme77 it's wrestling 😎

[@simonhanson795]

By far the most significant thing Flair did from this run was the 92 Rumble. Probably one of the best post match promos i think ive ever seen. Everything about that match is amazing.

[@borobinson7005]

MarkyD dropped a new video and I dumped in my nappy 3 times with excitement

[@gc371]

I’ve been waiting for this video since you put up that poll months ago! Yes!

[@anthonycummins9558]

The match between Flair and Savage - where Scott Hall cost Savage the belt was the match that Vince was disappointed in - so the switch was made to Bret a month later - That was probably the plan going forward but that match with Savage helped speed up the process.

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

Fun fact: The reason they distorted the belt is b/c it wasn’t the WCW title. It was a cheap knockoff. WCW sued WWF b/c they showed the real belt on tv. And to keep up the facade of it being the same belt, they digitally altered the image. Bruce Pritchard and Flair have both talked about it on their podcasts.

[@JMFabiano]

@@theskeeboo they did.

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

@@theskeeboo The cheap knockoff bit was from Flair himself. He called it that in numerous interviews.

[@mercurialmeee]

I know if you've seen one Flair match you've seen them all but I love it! WOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@JudasThundersteel]

The post-match promo from Flair after winning the Royal Rumble is one I come back to quite a bit, including after watching this video. Such a great promo and the blondes looked genuinely excited and happy.

[@yesticles]

They had to stop using the Big Gold Belt, the one that is seen with pixelation over it is actually an old WWF tag belt

[@MikeDijital]

the pixle belt is WCW, the blacked out belt was the tag title.

[@conradojavier7547]

@@MikeDijital I wish WWE Themselves gave us a Blurred WCW Belt for the Ric Flair Cosplay.

[@MikeDijital]

@@conradojavier7547 that would be amazing

[@lavarivy2259]

I was there at Mania 8 as a kid. Macho winning was awesome

[@thefcw]

There’s a lot of matches like that throughout history, where being in the building made the spectacle and match quality ten times better. I was at Wrestlemania 31 and felt the same watching HHH vs Sting. When I got home, I saw that people didn’t think much of the match. Being there live, however, it was a big highlight of the show and the crowd was going nuts for everything they did. Crowd reactions make average matches good (HHH vs Sting) and good matches legendary (Flair vs Macho)

[@JMFabiano]

The issue with the WCW title....actually, NWA. They agreed to buy it back, so WWF had to hide the fact, hence the blurring. (From that point on it was a modified WWF tag belt...)

[@889654]

Those chair shots from Piper remind me of the ones Lance Storm did to RVD in ECW or the ones Hogan did during his feud with the Dungeon of Doom.

[@CammyTheSportsEntertainer]

I've been looking forward to this!

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

The SummerSlam Spectacular was a program aired in the early 90s. It was aired a week before the PPV to get buys.

[@DavidRagan3134]

Love the Hawk giving love to 'Chico' Santana here. One of best in ring workers of all time to me. Flair's formula works well, but his best matches are against strong baby face workers.

[@TheNormalUnstable]

I think it's gonna be a new thing on this channel: And there is a Flair bump

[@wildo4459]

Man I miss Roddy Piper. Man I miss Macho Man. Man I miss Mr. Perfect. I'm depressed.

[@eugenedantzler4485]

Don't forget Rick Rude

[@eugenedantzler4485]

Oh oh and Vader..... Big Bossman Test... Ugh the list gets longer

[@theman6705]

and Razor Ramon! Come on guys.

[@wildo4459]

@@theman6705 I was just listing off the 3 that appeared in this video.

[@dustinbasham393]

Of course, not even brass knuckles could stop Hogan!

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55]

19:34 Sid wistfully thinking of softball.... 19:45 Sid gives into his need for softball and leaves hulk hanging..

[@Anynom]

"Why not save it for pay per view?" Back in 91, it was still only four PPVs a year, WWF and WCW hadn't been expanding as much so these MSG shows the bigger ones for the time.

[@howardsimcox5596]

Piper is gold, I didn't realise he was so good

[@thomaslatimer571]

Happy New Year Hawk good to see you.

[@mercuryman1250]

MarkyD your channel is really good and have a lot of good humor in it. I'll have to donate to your Patreon brother. You should have more WWF videos. You should do his return to the WWF/WWE Ruthless aggression Era 2001-2008

[@ainnocent]

He does short runs with at most around 30 ish matches. This series is meant to highlight shorter runs. Some obscure, some way shorter than we thought.

[@brun0caesar391]

I gotta search for this Flair vs Santana match; It seems that was a great contest!

[@flyguy7825]

Ric Flair with the WCW World title belt in WWE could have been a major storyline, but they did absolutely positively nothing with it. Another missed opportunity. It could have been viewed as an invasion type of angle.

[@jetla22]

If Vince cared more about Wrestling and money over his ego, wrestling would have stayed red-hot till today

[@jimbrown5091]

It was a huge storyline at the time. You can't fathom how big a deal it was to see the NWA /WCW show up on WWF. It was HUGE no "angle" needed it was real life. Also, before that moment WWF NEVER acknowledged the existence of other federations, so again, huge deal. But, contracts and lawsuits stunted whatever "storyline" could have been built. WCW had the might of Turner networks behind them, which meant lots of lawyers. Flair couldn't appear on WWF TV at 1st, hence the belt showing up before he did, then lawsuit followed and the belt had to be returned. This led to the pixelated shots, where Flairvwas actually carrying an old WWF belt because the BGB had been returned to Turner /WCW. They got a gift and milked it for all they could.

[@TheGilgameshepic]

I believe, though I have only read this on various internet sites, so be prepared to take it with a pinch of salt (certainly sounds plausible enough though) that the initial run of Flair/Hogan matches on the House Show Loop (of which the Madison Square Garden Match you have at Match 9 was probably the biggest) persuaded the WWF brass that Flair/Hogan in reality wasn't quite the dream match that it was at the time in fantasy booking. Their styles were too dissimilar to mesh well and their egos were too similar to develop great in-ring chemistry, so they never pulled the trigger on a big PPV match. - Edit, apologies, you mention this in Match 17! It's quite possible Powers WAS actually Flair's favourite jobber...back then Powers was essentially a "jobber to the stars" - someone who could be trusted to sell the absolute heck out of any opponent's offence without overselling it. There was even a jobber hierarchy back in the 80s/90s. Think you were a bit harsh on Savage/Flair, but I can also see your point looking at it from a modern perspective - much respect for taking on a throwback RoTH as wresting was very different back in the eighties/nineties.

[@Chalk0073]

the 92 Rumble is the best wrestling match of all time period. Flair the best wrestler of all time gives his best performance, Bobby and Gorilla the best commentators ever give their best performance. a masterclass in storytelling.

[@WhipLashJimmyFrank]

Kinda strange that this is the most that we have seen the deadman here. Would love to see his ‘pre’ Undertaker WCW run though.

[@carloselizondo7907]

My challengers for a A grade un ROH The rock (2011-2013,2016 run) Kenny Omega ( tna 2021 run)

[@bassvillain]

Seeing runs like these makes me think a J-for-job-guy rating might clarify which matches aren't really "counted" gradewise (unless they're notably excellent or poor).

[@riotd.r.8363]

I've seen the Bret vs Flair match from the Hitman's DVD set. Really good match in my opinion.

[@CriticalMrs]

I mean…his selling and mannerisms aren’t that much more obnoxious than Kenny or The Bucks.

[@AwkwardLoser]

Hell is going on with Flair’s back at 11:18?

[@CriticalMrs]

Might be a screen burn like you’d see on old film reels? Definitely looked almost like a hole through his spleen.

[@crushthecrusher7134]

I November RIC flair being big gold Wcw World wrestling champion belt in the wwf in 1991

[@ShizSantana]

Damn Marky you been pumping out material and I love it. 🍻 to your continued success, you deserve it #brickbrigade Edit: I’ll never ever forget the tears I had when one of the clown posse slid off the bus in the mike awesome ROH and the did that farting sound effect I was in legit tears laughing. Anyone go to the mike awesome Ring of the Hawk

[@sickembrace9531]

Flair talking about wrestling for a hour straight every night if the week and on top of that getting color every night is crazy super human athlete and the best saler in the business 💯

[@howardsimcox5596]

Ronnie has a smaller head than the hawk had me crying. Loved it

[@ryantiller5624]

Jim Powers just makes me think of that Owen Hart rib that Bret talked about

[@jennygholson]

I love your video ❤❤

[@blacksuede]

Ric Flair and Piper is basically a Laurel and Hardy and gimmick. The photo shoot Flair had of Miss Elizabeth and him pool side was classic heel heat.

[@tjred3995]

It was NOT the WCW belt! It was the NWA belt, and remained so for several years afterward.

[@smoothpoon86]

Short run/long video is my kind of video

[@theofficalkurtangleaccount4276]

Love the video truely, just had one thing I wanted to point out. You say at the beginning and end of the video that you’ll be judging the matches from and early 90s perspective, but deduct Flair vs. Savage at mania points, saying that it’s slightly boring to watch from a modern perspective. Not a big deal, sure it wouldn’t change the overall score but just wanted to point it out.

[@michaelspikes1506]

Great video

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

The ric flair/ Bret hart match is legendary *the biggest dreams can always come true*

[@robinredick8952]

I love how Flair earns the respect of the northern audience, who go from not knowing why he's a big deal when he arrives to chanting his name by the end. He built his rep over time by doing his thing.

[@kinggold5378]

Man these are good real Big-time...!! Keep it up... *BTW ever thought about covering The WWF vs USWA invasion feud from 93?

[@johnathanrush4666]

Would be dope but would probably get struck in like 4 seconds

[@OfficialKillamo187]

Flair is one of only 3 wrestlers piper ever allowed to pin his shoulders to the mat for, the other 2 were Jimmy Snuka and Bret Hart.

[@jjenk911]

Flair getting a B makes sense. I enjoy your fair and honest analyzations of these videos.

[@Ozma2]

But he got an A

[@Usedplungerstotheface]

I think that Ric Flair vs Tito Santana as El Matador on the SummerSlam spectacular before SummerSlam was Ric Flair's best match in WWF

[@ashleyporter537]

16:32 flair bumps the ref with an eye poke and Hogan small packages perfect. 😂

[@smyersfishingadventures]

Hey MARK, the reason Flair dropped the title to Hart at a house show is because Warrior injured Flair in a house show a few days earlier, which caused Flair to get Vertigo, and he was not able to wrestle effectively (McMahon was going a different direction anyway, and the injury sped up the process). He stated that match in which he beat Savage for the belt, McMahon made him and Savage re-do the match because he was not happy with their performance, so that match happened back to back in front of the same crowd.

[@Mikey-rh1ic]

Ric Flair enters Royal Rumble 92 as the third entrant Bobby Heenan: WTF? Flair’s number three! It’s not fair to Flair! After the match Bobby Heenan: YES! Flair has done it! Ric Flair’s the Man, he’s the World Wrestling Federation Champion! Yahoo!

[@Mcandy78gaming]

I never took piper seriously before but I got to admit looking back hes amusing to watch

[@tafua_a]

"Why not put Hogan and Flair on PPV?" Back then, there were only four PPVs per year, so there's that

[@johnathanrush4666]

The house show matches between them also stunk out loud lol

[@mets137781]

So the MSG matches weren't a SuperCard exactly. Here in states there are number of regional sports channels that show games from the local teams. One of the channels is the MSG network which is still available in NYC. During the 70s and 80s and into the early 90s MSG would air the WWF house shows that were held at MSG. So these basically an example of the house shows airing at the time. At WWFs peak actually several regional networks, Philly and Boston particularly, would air their house shows.

[@dxdynamite47]

The Hawkmnia logo is alive and well, I see.

[@mets137781]

Also SummerSlam spectacular was free specials air on USA network usually a week before the PPV(remember only 4-5 ppvs) they would have additional angles and matches to build the card.

[@marccaselle8108]

I never heard of or seen any of the summerslam spectacular

[@mets137781]

@@marccaselle8108 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_Spectacular They ran three of them and similar ones around the other big 4 PPVs. They became prominent in the early 90s as SNME was canceled by NBC and only aired twice on Fox.

[@rearviewracing4789]

Great way to bust into the 2023 Hawk. Shame Flair's run didn't get much higher after the incredible Royal Rumble 1992

[@jordankuttler1859]

Can someone explain why Mr Perfect became an opponent of Ric Flair out of nowhere? He was his manager and all of the sudden they face each other in a tag match

[@Eddie-lm3jf]

I remember Mr Perfect turning against Bobby Heenan because Heenan insulted him and accepting the Macho Man's offer of being his tag partner against Flair and Razor Ramon which made Flair furious.

[@johnathanrush4666]

​@@Eddie-lm3jfyep, was an angle on Prime Time Wrestling

[@user-fq7vs8dl5k]

Look how old Flair was back in 1991.

[@edwells4769]

Marky, how about reviewing just the talking portions of Prime Time Wrestling with Heenan and Monsoon when Piper joined for a few months. Those three could carry a show all by themselves and you can find them all on youtube without the wrestling portions so I assume they don't copystrike them They are all fantastic.

[@NorthStarBlue1]

I still think it's hilarious that Flair had to pay that big deposit as a deterrent from taking the belt to another company with him, and that deposit ended up being the exact reason why he took the belt with him to the WWF.

[@Bendana2012]

FINALLY ❤️🥹

[@angelogoreham4155]

I love when the hawk is talking about Piper no selling Rick Flair’s hits or Piper not being a good loser you will hear The hawk hold back laughs.

[@manlikejcjc9364]

✅great review

[@michaelreich4827]

Can anyone answer why Flair does the Figure 4 as a backwards 4? And why do guys sell the left leg when the pressure of Flair's move would hurt the right leg?

[@jamesbonnen]

26:32 They did these Showdown shows to promote the Pay Per View and they would broadcast it a week before the event on USA

[@ColorsBright]

Don't know why but Flair wearing light blue against Hogan just seem like the right color for Flair.. I think he looks the best with that color

[@jamesbonnen]

10:49 On TV yes. Hogan and Flair fought at house shows throughout the country

[@waz207]

I always thought it was crazy that Flair had more WWF Monday Night Raw matches in the 90s than Hogan did (2 for Flair compared to 0 for Hogan). Hogan’s first Raw match was in 2002.

[@markwither796]

What's crazy about it? Hogan was gone from WWE before the first episode of Raw. How could he possibly be on Raw in the 90s when he was contracted to WCW until 2001?

[@waz207]

@@markwither796 he was around for the first 6 months of Raw, he appeared on an episode or two as well in the 90s to do promos, but didn’t have any matches. The weirdness is the “face” of WWF back then had less matches than the man synonymous with NWA/WCW back then. It’s not something a fan from back then would ever conceive of.

[@markwither796]

Fair enough I thought Hogan was gone from the WWE for all of 93 because of the steroid scandal thingy but on doing some research you are right. My history of the WWE back then is a bit scetchy as I was mostly watching WCW at the time lol.

[@hiimawasteoftime8678]

Whatever he did, he was always entertaining. And you can see in the A rated matched you don't need a lot too make an entertaining match.

[@drakerydenFalls]

Imagine we see a short appearance of MJF in wwe with the Aew title confronting Roman then we see him back in Aew later. Just like Ric Flair did to Hogan in the 80s90s

[@francissobotka8725]

They went from gingerly hitting with chairs to unprotected chair shots in only a few years

[@eugenedantzler4485]

And back in 1973 Flair was in a plane crash.... He managed to do so much after