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Post by An Old Villain on Jun 15, 2014 22:32:53 GMT -5
Just watched RR 92 for the first time in years.
Not at all saying it was a shoot but when Greg Valentine entered he went for Flair, stayed on him for almost his entire appearance, chopped him a dozen or so times, and even caught Flair with a figure four.
Im pretty sure that Valentine wasn't a face at the time and those two weren't even in the same stratosphere as far as pecking order goes.
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Post by willyjakes on Jun 15, 2014 22:49:55 GMT -5
Valentine's father was in that famous plane crash with Flair
Flair and Valentine feuded in the mid atlantic...early 80's I think. So maybe that was like a throwback thing to the fans that remembered.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jun 16, 2014 0:03:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I just figured it was throwing a bone to longtime fans. Because of older relatives and magazines, I knew that they had been tag champs together and then fought each other (I didn't know about the plane crash) and thought that was something great about that match. Likewise, knowing about his history with Kerry Von Erich, Roddy Piper, etc. really made that match something phenomenal.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jun 16, 2014 5:23:44 GMT -5
I think Greg was a face at that point, after he dropped Jimmy Hart in 1991, they never turned him back heel as far as I remember.
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Post by mrjl on Jun 16, 2014 5:28:34 GMT -5
everyone who Flair had ever worked against went after him in that match
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 9:13:02 GMT -5
Yep, like others have said it's throwing a bone to fans who remember their tag team from Mid Atlantic. Also, for modern (at that time) fans who had no idea, they could say that it was between two guys who claimed to have the best figure four in the business. In hindsight, that would have been a really good program for Flair to have worked right after he showed up in WWE.
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Post by molson5 on Jun 16, 2014 9:29:32 GMT -5
It was a part of the storyline of the match, Heenan was even talking on commentary about how everyone was going after Flair.
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Post by jason1980s on Jun 16, 2014 10:43:51 GMT -5
I think a Valentine/Flair match would have worked well during the late 1991/early 1992 time period. It would give Flair a main feud (other than Piper) where he could win against a champion quality guy and he can be ready for Hogan without rushing into a Hogan program.
Valentine was way past his best years and the face turn did nothing for him but against Flair, he could be built back up as a top competitor by Gorilla or Brain. A Piper/Flair feud could only work so long because neither man could afford to lose.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 10:53:58 GMT -5
They both had the figure four and the chops in their arsenal of moves. But Flair was the "newcomer" (to the company at least) while Valentine was the veteran. I always saw that as the motivation behind their Rumble 92 confrontation.
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Post by mizerable on Jun 16, 2014 11:08:58 GMT -5
He was a face.
But that was sad to look at by that point. Valentine had lost almost every step of his skill in the last 7 or so years, so I assume he went after Flair because they both knew each other so well in terms of ability.
When Valentine left again, was he using the "Master of the Figure Four" gimmick?
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jun 16, 2014 11:14:53 GMT -5
They had a feud which started at the sequined robe factory.
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