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Post by tmc1982 on Dec 29, 2008 2:40:23 GMT -5
I know that this angle is generally considered one of the low points in the Nature Boy's career, but somehow, Flair managed to make it work. Maybe it had to due with Flair still being able to cut an entertaining promo in the face of an otherwise demeaning and cornball angle:
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Post by Zombie Pig on Dec 29, 2008 2:47:45 GMT -5
The only way that could have been worse is if Flair really lost it and started to use the Black Scorpion voice box and did black magic tricks for the people at the mental hospital.....
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Post by Single H on Dec 29, 2008 7:11:06 GMT -5
How or why did WCW think an angle like that was going to get there ratings back up?
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Post by tmc1982 on Dec 29, 2008 23:46:37 GMT -5
How or why did WCW think an angle like that was going to get there ratings back up? For whatever the reasons, WCW felt the need to one way or another, figure out ways to bury Flair. It became a running joke that whenever WCW was about to do a show in the Carolinas (where Flair was for the longest time, a hometown hero, dating back to WCW's days as Jim Crockett Promotions), something bad was bound to happen to him. |
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Post by VenomFang on Dec 30, 2008 0:06:25 GMT -5
This reminded me a lot of the Mankind/Stone Cold and Vince in the hospital skit except not as well done of course.
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Dec 30, 2008 5:28:23 GMT -5
Good god that Scott Hall cameo is epic
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Post by showster22 on Oct 17, 2009 22:22:08 GMT -5
Seeing Ric being driven to the nut house is one of my first Nature Boy memories
I think the angle could have worked if they didn't show him In the godamn nut house.,
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Post by Jiren on Oct 18, 2009 21:05:02 GMT -5
Wasn't there an angle where he got buried in a desert.
Or am I thinking of somthing else
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Post by Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH on Oct 19, 2009 4:21:33 GMT -5
That nurse was Asya, wasn't she? She looked really well built and muscular.
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Post by happygilmore on Oct 19, 2009 21:17:50 GMT -5
I love Flair, and even though it was meant to bury him, I found it quite hilarious for whatever reason. I dunno. Piss Poor, as he could've beena huge asset to them, but whatever.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Oct 19, 2009 22:13:51 GMT -5
Wasn't there an angle where he got buried in a desert. Or am I thinking of somthing else I believe there was something like that when the NWO in masks beat him up, taking their masks off afterward for no reason, and then driving away while leaving him in a desert. Then a country bumpkin showed up, put him in the back of a turnip truck, and drive him to back to the arena where I think he got beat up again. |
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Post by simongr81 on Oct 22, 2009 1:01:04 GMT -5
Wasn't there an angle where he got buried in a desert. Or am I thinking of somthing else I believe there was something like that when the NWO in masks beat him up, taking their masks off afterward for no reason, and then driving away while leaving him in a desert. Then a country bumpkin showed up, put him in the back of a turnip truck, and drive him to back to the arena where I think he got beat up again. 2 seperate incidents. Getting beat up by the NWO happened early 1999 and the other incident happened late 99 or early 2000. And for the above post that was Asya. It was funny to see Scott Hall, though they never explained the connection. He had been absent for months and they thought it would be funny just to put him there. It was ... but when people see a wrestler they expect an explanation. To make matters worse they announced Flair's release on Thunder then on Nitro it hadn't happened. But later Arn Anderson "bailed him out". To get the best explanation of that and a lot more read "Death of WCW" by RD Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez. |
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Post by craigdanbeaton on Oct 22, 2009 10:53:04 GMT -5
Ya know what I think is the single best thing about it all?
A British film crew filming a documentary on Wrestling for the BBC, and the host had been looking down his nose at things, until he had a great talk with Roddy Piper and began to respect the guys, then he went out into the crowd to watch Nitro.
It was the night Flair got sent to the asylum, and he lost his respect again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2009 13:29:48 GMT -5
I actually thought these were hilarious...WCW was already an insane asylum in itself at this point and I thought these vignettes were wonderful...specially Hall's random appearance when we havent seen him for awhile and just his silent stare then tossing of the toothpick...It was great
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Post by gamblore on Oct 22, 2009 16:37:08 GMT -5
I still prefer this to the final years of Flair's WWE career.
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Post by Ryushinku on Nov 5, 2009 7:45:52 GMT -5
Notice one of the patients does the finger wiggle when Hall shows up, too.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 28, 2009 15:48:43 GMT -5
By the way, the one in late 1999 with Flair getting buried involved The Filthy Animals. During that moment, I wasn't sure if they were trying to be tweeners or heels. I mean, sure, they were faces on Nitro and such, but then you had that storyline involving David Flair and them. Then came Halloween Havoc and Flair came out and gave Torrie a kiss. He had an ovation. Then Flair had his match with Page later that night, and I know he was a heel then. After the match, Flair was rolled off in a stretcher, then out of nowhere, The Filthy Animals hijacked the ambulance (Don't remember it fully. Been a while since I saw that match) and kidnapped Flair, only to try to bury him alive.
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Post by navajomartian on Apr 18, 2010 16:08:45 GMT -5
I believe there was something like that when the NWO in masks beat him up, taking their masks off afterward for no reason, and then driving away while leaving him in a desert. Then a country bumpkin showed up, put him in the back of a turnip truck, and drive him to back to the arena where I think he got beat up again. 2 seperate incidents. Getting beat up by the NWO happened early 1999 and the other incident happened late 99 or early 2000. And for the above post that was Asya. It was funny to see Scott Hall, though they never explained the connection. He had been absent for months and they thought it would be funny just to put him there. It was ... but when people see a wrestler they expect an explanation. To make matters worse they announced Flair's release on Thunder then on Nitro it hadn't happened. But later Arn Anderson "bailed him out". To get the best explanation of that and a lot more read "Death of WCW" by RD Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez. And a month after being beaten like Nicky in Casino in the corn field. They do the double turn at Uncensored and Hogan is the good guy now and the fans cheer him. WCW was definately drinking their own ****ty water in 99. |
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