The Top 30 Matches of Ric Flair (Full Results)

[MGH]

Well folks, after one long week we've finally arrived. The list many of you have been waiting for since these began almost a full year ago. A man whom depending you ask, has upwards of 20 World Championships to his name. A man with a match catalog unparalleled in the history of the business. Whether he's the best of all time is really a matter of opinion, but it's certainly a tough point to argue. Now we see exactly what it was that made Ric Flair the legend he is today.

Tomorrow I'll be out of town for the first part of the day, but I should be back around 2-3 PM to begin this epic countdown. I'll try and finish it tomorrow, and we'll move on to the next on Sunday. I'll go ahead and let you know we'll be counting down a creampuff of sorts next week, just to ease everyone down from the difficulty that was this week's list. Summerslam is also approaching on the horizon, and an announcement about that show is written at the end of this post.

Alright, so for now here are your matches which just missed the Top 30 cut. See you back tomorrow!

31) I Quit Match: Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley - Summerslam 2006

32) Thunderdome Match: Ric Flair & Sting vs. Terry Funk & The Great Muta - WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

33) Street Fight: Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon - Royal Rumble 2002

34) Last Man Standing Match: Ric Flair vs. Triple H - Survivor Series 2005

35) WCW United States Championship: Curt Hennig(c) vs. Ric Flair - WCW World War III 1997

36) Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Ric Flair vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Finlay vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Matt Hardy - Wrestlemania 22

37) Steel Cage Match: Ric Flair vs. Randy Orton - Taboo Tuesday 2004

38) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Tatsumi Fujinami(c) vs. Ric Flair - WCW Superbrawl I

39) WCW World Heavyweight Championship/WCW International World Heavyweight Championship Unification Match: Ric Flair(c) vs. Sting(c) - WCW Clash of the Champions 27

40) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ricky Steamboat(c) vs. Ric Flair - NWA 3/18/89

41) ECW Championship Extreme Rules Match: Big Show(c) vs. Ric Flair - ECW on SyFy 7/11/06

42) War Games: Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael, & Curt Hennig vs. Kevin Nash, Buff Bagwell, Syxx & Konnan - WCW Fall Brawl 1997

43) Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs. The Midnight Express - NWA Clash of the Champions 4

44) Ric Flair vs. Brian Pillman - NWA Saturday Night 2/17/90

45) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Lex Luger - NWA Wrestle War 1990

46) Ric Flair vs. Scott Steiner - WCW Clash of the Champions 14

47) Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan - Madison Square Garden 11/30/91

48) NWA World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match: Ric Flair(c) vs. Ricky Morton - NWA Great American Bash 1986

49) Ric Flair, The Mountie, Ted DiBiase, & The Warlord vs. Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, Virgil, & Davey Boy Smith - Survivor Series 1991

50) Ric Flair, Randy Orton, & Batista vs. The Rock & Sock Connection - Wrestlemania 20

51) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Barry Windham - CWF Battle of the Belts II

52) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Kerry Von Erich - WCCW Parade of Champions 1984

53) NWA World Championship No Disqualification Steel Cage Match: Ric Flair(c) vs. Kerry Von Erich - WCCW Star Wars 1982

54) WCW United States Championship: Konnan(c) vs. Ric Flair - WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

55) Royal Rumble Match 1993

56) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Sting - WCW Saturday Night 8/28/93

57) Ric Flair vs. Alex Wright - WCW Saturday Night 6/10/95

58) Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels - Badd Blood 2003

59) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Lex Luger - NWA Great American Bash 1988

60) Ric Flair vs. Eddie Guerrero - King of the Ring 2002

61) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami - WCW/New Japan Supershow 1991

62) NWA World Heavyweight Championship Million Dollar Challenge Match: Ric Flair(c) vs. Dusty Rhodes - NWA Starrcade 1984

63) Ric Flair vs. Tito Santana - Summerslam Spectacular 1992

64) Steel Cage Match/If Flair Wins He Earns a Date With Precious: Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Garvin - 7/11/87 (2)

65) Iron Man Tournament: Ric Flair vs. Sting - NWA Starrcade 1989

66) WCW World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match: Randy Savage(c) vs. Ric Flair - WCW Superbrawl VI

67) Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels - Prime Time Wrestling 12/16/91

68) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Kerry Von Erich - Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling 10/12/85

69) War Games: Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, & Sting vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, & Fake Sting - WCW Fall Brawl 1996

70) NWA World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match: Ric Flair(c) vs. Lex Luger - WCW Capital Combat 1990

71) WCW United States Championship: Curt Hennig(c) vs. Ric Flair - WCW Halloween Havoc 1997

72) Ric Flair vs. Carlito - Unforgiven 2005

73) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. Kerry Von Erich - WCCW 12/5/85

74) NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair(c) vs. The Great Muta - 11/18/89





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AUGUST 15TH & AUGUST 22ND - YOU'RE INVITED TO THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE SUMMER![/b]

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[Crappler El 0 M]

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9. v. Barry Windham (Battle of the Belts II, 1986) [54]
11. v. Lex Luger (WrestleWar, 1990) [45]
14. v. Kerry Von Erich (Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling, October 12, 1985) [68]

[bob]

I....I think I'm clean



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[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

Only 2 of mine didn't make it on the list. Now, I can't wait to see the rest of the list.

I'm also looking forward to the SummerSlam list next. Hell, I got my list already made.

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[MGH]

Home earlier today than expected, which meeeeeeeeans....



Let's do it!

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Total Points: 23



NWA World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match: Ric Flair(c) vs. Dusty Rhodes - NWA Great American Bash 1986

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# Dusty Rhodes defeated Ric Flair in a Steel Cage match to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

[YellowJacketY2J]

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Can't wait for the Summerslam list, that will be awesome.

Same here. I just have two or three more events to watch, and I'll have seen them all. I'll be watching them shortly.

[MGH]

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Total Points: 24



Ric Flair vs. Arn Anderson - WCW Fall Brawl 1995

Full Match

Arn Anderson defeated Ric Flair (22:37)

* Anderson pinned Flair after a DDT.

[MGH]

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Total Points: 24



WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - WCW Saturday Night 4/24/94

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This particular match is perhaps the swan song of the Flair/Steamboat battles, an encounter from 1994 on the television program WCW Saturday Night in Atlanta, GA. Previously, the two had battled to a virtual stalemate at the Spring Stampede supercard, and as a result the title was held up for the rematch. Until its rebirth on WWE 24/7, this match proved nearly impossible to find and was never aired again after it's broadcast.

What is particularly telling is that, at 40 minutes, it's not even among the best matches these two had by any means, but it's still light-years above anything anyone else was doing. The ending in particular was rather odd, a sort of surprise/miscue shot to the gut that eventually earns Flair his 12th title reign. Was it scripted? Planned? A botched spot? It's a head-scratcher of a resolution, but in some ways the unanticipated nature of how it comes about adds yet another dose of sports reality to a legendary performance.

[parder]

Glad the the Steamboat-Flair 94 series made the list. The only reason I didn't include them was that I didn't want to put too much Steamboat on the list, and give some other opponents more representation