Wednesday, March 26, 2008

A Million Dollars Worth of Wrestling Talent



It is finally starting to sink in with me that arguably the most legendary, decorated, celebrated, and influential career in wrestling history is at its end. Ric Flair will most likely be competing in his last match come this Sunday at WrestleMania. Later this week, I am going to try and post my thoughts about the performer and how he, more than any other individual, has made me a fan of THE professional wrestling since I was a shy, curly haired 9 year old (and now the graying, male pattern balding, acne scarred, physically unfit, stinky, STD ridden, large headed, stumpy armed, vulgar, insensitive, graceless, insecure, self-absorbed, misogynistic, xenophobic, dogmatic, intellectually uncurious, belligerent, unemployable, and all around repulsive 32 year old with a tiny penis blogging before you today). Rest assured they won't be anywhere near as insightful or well articulated as this.

In the meantime, what better way to pay homage than by throwing a few vintage Flair (pre-1990, IMO) clips up on th' ol' Facebuster!? Besides bleaching my hair, riding around in hijacking a limousine leer jet wearing a peacock robe, sipping vintage champagne, and conceitedly displaying four fingers to anyone that dares not pay me my proper respects, of course.

The title of this clip is fitting, it truly is a Georgia Classic. Originally broadcast in 1981, it features Flair during his inaugural NWA Title reign with a vintage verbal dress down of Tommy "Wildfire" Rich, who at the time was not just the most popular hillbilly babyface in Georgia Championship Wrestling, but in all of North America. The legendary Gordon Solie -- who was announced as the final member of the 2008 WWE Hall of Fame class on last night's parade of inferiority that even the venerable Solie himself couldn't arouse viewer interest in with his play-by-play abilities, the ECW on Sci-Fi -- attempts to bring some decorum the proceedings from the podium. Solie fails miserably as a push by "The Nature Boy" escalates into utter pandemonium as Flair, Rich, legendary enhancement guy "Iron" Mike Sharpe, a slew of lesser known jobbers, Wrestling II, and the imposing Masked Superstar engage in a spectacular brawl. In an observation that should surprise no one who has watched more than a total of 11 seconds of old skool clips posted on Arabian Facebuster, the fans are absolutely raucous during this entire segment.

Please enjoy!

Alright, back to more contemporary matters...cramming before those WrestleMania prognostications. Apollo, can I take a gander at your Cliffs Notes?

1 comment:

Pencil Neck Geek said...

Great interview with Blackjack Mulligan. I'm glad Naitch didn't go with the Rambling Ricky Rhodes persona.