Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 19, 2024 15:39:53 GMT -5
Does anyone have the Flair tweets from when he was removed from the intro? Didn’t he basically pawn the NWA title to High Spots or something?
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fw91
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Post by fw91 on May 19, 2024 15:48:55 GMT -5
And Naitch pulled through because he needed the money.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 19, 2024 16:05:44 GMT -5
Didn’t he basically pawn the NWA title to High Spots or something? More or less. He put it up as collateral for, I believe, a $50k USD loan. It was around the time of the ROH debacle. Naturally, Flair didn’t repay the loan, High Spots claimed ownership, and then Hunter ended up buying it off of High Spots. Out of personal money I believe, but might be wrong on that part
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Post by hyperstorm on May 19, 2024 18:47:34 GMT -5
Didn’t he basically pawn the NWA title to High Spots or something? More or less. He put it up as collateral for, I believe, a $50k USD loan. It was around the time of the ROH debacle. Naturally, Flair didn’t repay the loan, High Spots claimed ownership, and then Hunter ended up buying it off of High Spots. Out of personal money I believe, but might be wrong on that part It’s even worse then that, Highspots attempted to auction the NWA belt off to recoup the money they gave Flair only for another company named Conbraco to inform them that Flair had already put the belt up for collateral to them on a loan he defaulted so Conbraco held prior claim to the belt. Then Triple H paid off the debts and the belt is hanging in his office.
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DichEvans
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Post by DichEvans on May 19, 2024 22:48:46 GMT -5
Of all the wrestlers to survive while living into their senior years, Ric Flair and Jake Roberts would not have been my picks
Jake has at least sobered up, Flair...should be studied by the world's top scientists
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 20, 2024 1:24:40 GMT -5
More or less. He put it up as collateral for, I believe, a $50k USD loan. It was around the time of the ROH debacle. Naturally, Flair didn’t repay the loan, High Spots claimed ownership, and then Hunter ended up buying it off of High Spots. Out of personal money I believe, but might be wrong on that part It’s even worse then that, Highspots attempted to auction the NWA belt off to recoup the money they gave Flair only for another company named Conbraco to inform them that Flair had already put the belt up for collateral to them on a loan he defaulted so Conbraco held prior claim to the belt. Then Triple H paid off the debts and the belt is hanging in his office. I appreciate you filling in the blanks
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Post by thechase on May 20, 2024 2:31:19 GMT -5
Flair...should be studied by the world's top scientists
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salz4life
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Post by salz4life on May 20, 2024 7:53:03 GMT -5
Of all the wrestlers to survive while living into their senior years, Ric Flair and Jake Roberts would not have been my picks Jake has at least sobered up, Flair...should be studied by the world's top scientists TOP...... SCIENTISTS.....
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 20, 2024 8:43:23 GMT -5
Alfred Pennyworth rewrote a letter to all the Robins in case of his death every year. It's good to be prepared. Ah, prep time. Master Bruce taught him well.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 20, 2024 8:43:59 GMT -5
Of all the wrestlers to survive while living into their senior years, Ric Flair and Jake Roberts would not have been my picks Jake has at least sobered up, Flair...should be studied by the world's top scientists Jake is the last survivor of That Match at Heroes of Wrestling. Mind blown.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 20, 2024 8:47:57 GMT -5
More or less. He put it up as collateral for, I believe, a $50k USD loan. It was around the time of the ROH debacle. Naturally, Flair didn’t repay the loan, High Spots claimed ownership, and then Hunter ended up buying it off of High Spots. Out of personal money I believe, but might be wrong on that part It’s even worse then that, Highspots attempted to auction the NWA belt off to recoup the money they gave Flair only for another company named Conbraco to inform them that Flair had already put the belt up for collateral to them on a loan he defaulted so Conbraco held prior claim to the belt. Then Triple H paid off the debts and the belt is hanging in his office. So he also owned a Winged Eagle copy, if I am to read the tweet referenced right? I know someone else owns the original Big Gold. Wonder who has the decoy "real world titles"...the Vegas Big Gold (replacement BG made by WWF, seen again at Fall Brawl '94) and the modified WWF tag team design? Yes leave it to me to turn this into a belt geek thread.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on May 20, 2024 20:48:00 GMT -5
Doesn't Conrad own a belt? Maybe the big gold?
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 20, 2024 22:25:24 GMT -5
To fill in some of the blanks - Mike Mansury essentially said that they had 3 different rundowns for RAW depending on how the day turned out:
- They had a version of the show prepared if Ric died before RAW. - They had a version of the show prepared if Ric died during RAW. - They had a version of the show prepared if Ric did not die that day.
That was how bad he was. His family was in contact with WWE that whole weekend and basically said he could die at any minute.
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