Pro Wrestlings Ric Flair Bids Farewell
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:39 pm
The best part of Raw I have seen in ages happened tonight at the close of the show.
It was great to see HHH introduce all of the former wrestlers (Four Horsemen plus JJ Dillon) in the ring once again. First time since 1988 they have been together in the ring.
Others were Harley Race and Ricky Steamboat...Two of the guys Ric battled to many time limits matches. Also in attendence was Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, who I am sure was representing his father Johnny Valentine who was in the plane crash in the mid 70's with Flair.
The moment was topped off by HBK and Flair embracing for the longest period of time. They seemed to joke around a bit with each other but it was hard to tell what was being said. Several times they laughed together.
The entire rosters of Raw, ECW and Smackdown including the referees came out the last couple of minutes and all of them chanted "Thank You Ric" for about a minute before the crowd got involved in the chant.
I liked what Dusty Rhodes said earlier in the show about how people toss the words "Legend" and "Icon" around to loosely in their sport. Then he looked and smiled into the camera and called "The Nature Boy" a "National Treasure".
It was great to see HHH introduce all of the former wrestlers (Four Horsemen plus JJ Dillon) in the ring once again. First time since 1988 they have been together in the ring.
Others were Harley Race and Ricky Steamboat...Two of the guys Ric battled to many time limits matches. Also in attendence was Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, who I am sure was representing his father Johnny Valentine who was in the plane crash in the mid 70's with Flair.
The moment was topped off by HBK and Flair embracing for the longest period of time. They seemed to joke around a bit with each other but it was hard to tell what was being said. Several times they laughed together.
The entire rosters of Raw, ECW and Smackdown including the referees came out the last couple of minutes and all of them chanted "Thank You Ric" for about a minute before the crowd got involved in the chant.
I liked what Dusty Rhodes said earlier in the show about how people toss the words "Legend" and "Icon" around to loosely in their sport. Then he looked and smiled into the camera and called "The Nature Boy" a "National Treasure".