Tuesday, April 01, 2008
to be the man, you've got to beat the man
I watched the last twenty minutes of Raw last night, maybe the third or fourth time in six years that I've purposefully watched any of it, just to catch Ric Flair's farewell. If you didn't hear, he wrestled his final match at Wrestlemania on Sunday, losing fair and square to Shawn Michaels. Last night was a good tribute, with Flair delivering a fine promo before a host of wrestlers came down to wish him off. Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, JJ Dillon, and Barry Windham were there, along with Harley Race, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Dean Malenko, and a number of current-day guys. Dusty couldn't be there, apparently, but he did talk about Ric in a video that ran before the tribute. Some guys were missing - Sting, Lex Luger, Ole Anderson, and Terry Funk really should've been there, current employers and/or reputations aside - but it was still a great send-off. It probably came a few (okay, a dozen or so) years too late, but I'm glad he was able to retire respectfully and with a celebration, and not your more common memorial special.
anyway, here's an awesome photo I found at this site. It's probably the two greatest dudes ever sharing a special moment:
I watched the last twenty minutes of Raw last night, maybe the third or fourth time in six years that I've purposefully watched any of it, just to catch Ric Flair's farewell. If you didn't hear, he wrestled his final match at Wrestlemania on Sunday, losing fair and square to Shawn Michaels. Last night was a good tribute, with Flair delivering a fine promo before a host of wrestlers came down to wish him off. Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, JJ Dillon, and Barry Windham were there, along with Harley Race, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Dean Malenko, and a number of current-day guys. Dusty couldn't be there, apparently, but he did talk about Ric in a video that ran before the tribute. Some guys were missing - Sting, Lex Luger, Ole Anderson, and Terry Funk really should've been there, current employers and/or reputations aside - but it was still a great send-off. It probably came a few (okay, a dozen or so) years too late, but I'm glad he was able to retire respectfully and with a celebration, and not your more common memorial special.
anyway, here's an awesome photo I found at this site. It's probably the two greatest dudes ever sharing a special moment:
