|
|
Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Oct 29, 2009 20:47:53 GMT -5
Was this just a one-off match to get Rico over, or did they expand on the ending of it?
|
|
|
|
Post by Bubble Lead on Oct 29, 2009 20:48:58 GMT -5
Just a one off match to try and get him over, yeah. Nothing ever came of it.
Which, now that I watch is odd because Flair is clearly holding onto the ropes while being pinned...yet the announcers make no mention of it and they never had another match that I can recall either.
|
|
|
|
Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Oct 29, 2009 21:15:49 GMT -5
Flair was losing left and right for a while there though, so I doubt it actually meant anything.
|
|
|
|
Post by Richard on Oct 29, 2009 21:27:11 GMT -5
Flair was losing left and right for a while there though, so I doubt it actually meant anything. Yeah, I was thinking this happened during a Ric Flair slump which led to Trips or Shawn helping him get out of it. |
|
Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
Posts: 41,860
|
Post by Ben Wyatt on Oct 29, 2009 21:28:29 GMT -5
Flair was losing left and right for a while there though, so I doubt it actually meant anything. Yeah, I was thinking this happened during a Ric Flair slump which led to Trips or Shawn helping him get out of it. Bingo. This fed into Flair turning heel and aligning with Trips |
|
|
|
Post by rrm15 on Oct 29, 2009 21:30:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I was thinking this happened during a Ric Flair slump which led to Trips or Shawn helping him get out of it. Bingo. This fed into Flair turning heel and aligning with Trips Beat me to it. |
|
|
|
Post by Bubble Lead on Oct 29, 2009 21:32:16 GMT -5
This was also, if memory serves, Ricos first match after he turned on Billy and Chuck during the gay wedding thing on Smackdown.
|
|
Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
Posts: 41,860
|
Post by Ben Wyatt on Oct 29, 2009 21:42:57 GMT -5
This was also, if memory serves, Ricos first match after he turned on Billy and Chuck during the gay wedding thing on Smackdown. That's correct. I knew I was missing an aspect of the story |
|
Dean-o
Grimlock
Haha we're having fun Maggle!
Posts: 13,865 
|
Post by Dean-o on Oct 29, 2009 22:21:27 GMT -5
Ric Flair seemed to job left and right during those times.
|
|
|
|
Post by I Like Your Poetry on Oct 29, 2009 23:00:43 GMT -5
Even with a win over Flair, Rico was horribly horribly underrated.
|
|
|
|
Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Oct 29, 2009 23:42:07 GMT -5
This was also, if memory serves, Ricos first match after he turned on Billy and Chuck during the gay wedding thing on Smackdown. I thought the gay wedding happened in the fall. I remember this happening in May. Or have I got my dates completely wonked up? All I distinctly remember seeing this and wondering why nobody noticed Flair was grabbing the rope while getting pinned. I also remember a backstage segment where Flair laments losing to "a guy like Rico," but I think that may have been the following week. Man, my wrestling memory is hazy as hell. |
|
|
|
Post by Bubble Lead on Oct 30, 2009 0:27:48 GMT -5
This was also, if memory serves, Ricos first match after he turned on Billy and Chuck during the gay wedding thing on Smackdown. I thought the gay wedding happened in the fall. I remember this happening in May. Or have I got my dates completely wonked up? All I distinctly remember seeing this and wondering why nobody noticed Flair was grabbing the rope while getting pinned. I also remember a backstage segment where Flair laments losing to "a guy like Rico," but I think that may have been the following week. Man, my wrestling memory is hazy as hell. Nah, Flair hooked up with Triple H pretty soon after this. |
|
|
|
Post by Ryushinku on Oct 30, 2009 8:41:50 GMT -5
I seem to remember either Flair or Hunter mentioning the Rico loss at one point during their partnership, as a reason why Flair felt he couldn't get it done anymore. Was it...didn't they tease a Flair face turn by having Hunter throw that loss at him and tell him to get in line, before Flair did just that later on in the show?
|
|
Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
Posts: 41,860
|
Post by Ben Wyatt on Oct 30, 2009 9:56:01 GMT -5
I thought the gay wedding happened in the fall. I remember this happening in May. Or have I got my dates completely wonked up? All I distinctly remember seeing this and wondering why nobody noticed Flair was grabbing the rope while getting pinned. I also remember a backstage segment where Flair laments losing to "a guy like Rico," but I think that may have been the following week. Man, my wrestling memory is hazy as hell. Nah, Flair hooked up with Triple H pretty soon after this. The Gay wedding was sometime in early September. The Rico loss was right after that. The Flair turn was at the Spetember PPV I believe |
|
|
|
Post by johnnyk9 on Oct 30, 2009 11:55:07 GMT -5
Everyone has beaten Ric Flair it seems
|
|
|
|
Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Oct 30, 2009 12:07:30 GMT -5
Was this just a one-off match to get Rico over, or did they expand on the ending of it? Honestly I think it was a little of both. Flair was in a bit of a slump in the storyline, and I think WWE did actually seem to have some big plans for Rico at that point. |
|
Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
Posts: 122,184
|
Post by Mozenrath on Oct 30, 2009 14:43:41 GMT -5
Even with a win over Flair, Rico was horribly horribly underrated. That he was. If he had started wrestling earlier, he could of been big. At this point, he was already in his 40s, so I think that hurt him. I think this was close to when he was aligned with 3 Minute Warning. |
|
![Threadkiller [Classic] Avatar](http://storage.proboards.com/forum/images/av_default_male.png)
