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Post by laker8kiss on Jan 15, 2010 8:38:07 GMT -5
Besides the retirement match from Wrestlemania (which is a classic) what was Flair's last great match? It feels like he had been phoning it before that match.
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Post by Brother Ike: Thread Killer on Jan 15, 2010 9:27:09 GMT -5
I think the following matches from the past few years ranged from pretty good to great
Flair vs. Angle- fun match, although people mainly remember it for the wooo of prior to it.
Flair vs. carlito- IC title
Money in the bank - probably one of the weaker ones, but i did enjoy the being carried to the back only to return later spot
Flair vs. Hunter cage match
Flair vs. Edge TLC - best match I've ever seen live
Flair vs. Big Show - ECW title
Flair vs Foley I quit- could have been given more time to develop as a feud, but still pretty good
flair vs. vince - fun street fight to conclude his final match on Raw
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Post by wasimperviz on Jan 15, 2010 12:12:31 GMT -5
Ric Flair had a bunch of great matches in his last WWE run. I loved all his matches with HHH. So much came from them. I also loved his match with Orton inside the cage when Flair was in the main event and the match did reach main event standards.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jan 15, 2010 12:19:00 GMT -5
In addition to the matches listed, his Streetfight with Orton early last year. It mostly played into the Batista/Orton cage match, but it was a great brawl and had Flair being Flair and selling like he was being beaten to death on the spot.
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Post by wasimperviz on Jan 15, 2010 12:21:55 GMT -5
In addition to the matches listed, his Streetfight with Orton early last year. It mostly played into the Batista/Orton cage match, but it was a great brawl and had Flair being Flair and selling like he was being beaten to death on the spot. Flair vs Orton from Raw also done very well. I was hoping that would have been build towards a match but still interesting. Ric Flair I hope will add more great moments and matches in TNA. |
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jan 15, 2010 12:24:51 GMT -5
I'll go with those listed, and I also recall a very entertaining match with Finlay, I think on Smackdown, just prior to his disappearance before the retirement angle began.
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Post by wasimperviz on Jan 15, 2010 12:27:13 GMT -5
I'll go with those listed, and I also recall a very entertaining match with Finlay, I think on Smackdown, just prior to his disappearance before the retirement angle began. Ric Flair in his old age still showed everyone he can have great matches. I still feel even today he still has more to offer. |
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jan 15, 2010 12:44:32 GMT -5
I'll go with those listed, and I also recall a very entertaining match with Finlay, I think on Smackdown, just prior to his disappearance before the retirement angle began. Ric Flair in his old age still showed everyone he can have great matches. I still feel even today he still has more to offer. I agree, though I have a feeling you and I are in a minority. |
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jan 15, 2010 13:43:58 GMT -5
Ric Flair in his old age still showed everyone he can have great matches. I still feel even today he still has more to offer. I agree, though I have a feeling you and I are in a minority. If TNA just had Flair come out, cut a crazy Flair promo and get in some sort of brawl every week, I'd start watching them again. |
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Post by wasimperviz on Jan 15, 2010 19:56:52 GMT -5
I agree, though I have a feeling you and I are in a minority. If TNA just had Flair come out, cut a crazy Flair promo and get in some sort of brawl every week, I'd start watching them again. Ric Flair can do more in TNA then stand and watch AJ wrestle. Flair vs Vince in a street fight on Raw few weeks before Wrestlemania 24 was also decent. |
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Post by Robbymac on Jan 15, 2010 20:01:57 GMT -5
I'd say his last GREAT match prior to his retirement match was the TLC with Edge.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 15, 2010 20:02:12 GMT -5
Flair/Edge TLC.
That was an unbelievable match.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jan 15, 2010 20:25:51 GMT -5
If TNA just had Flair come out, cut a crazy Flair promo and get in some sort of brawl every week, I'd start watching them again. Ric Flair can do more in TNA then stand and watch AJ wrestle. Flair vs Vince in a street fight on Raw few weeks before Wrestlemania 24 was also decent. I'm sure he can and will, I was just saying that if they had a weekly spot for Flair to be Flair, I'd watch Impact, if only to fast forward to that segment. It's a different discussion all together, but the hole TNA has become over the last year in my opinion would need something special like that to pull me back. |
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Post by sandman20 on Jan 16, 2010 2:58:19 GMT -5
I would say the handicap cage match with flair and hbk, vs edge, Chavo, and the edge heads. I really enjoyed it.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jan 16, 2010 6:20:46 GMT -5
Flair had a good match with Kenny
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 16, 2010 8:38:31 GMT -5
I will strongly disagree with Ric Flair vs Big Show being a great match. It gets a lot of notoriety for Flair doing a hardcore match, but I think each guy uses no more than 3 moves than the entire match. Its quality would be the same if Flair just went to the ring by himself, bladed, then fell down on some tacks.
As a spectacle, it's passable. As an actual wrestling match, it's beyond horrible.
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Post by machomuta on Jan 16, 2010 8:57:05 GMT -5
, but I think each guy uses no more than 3 moves than the entire match. So what? You dont need to use alot of moves to have a great match. The match was entertaining and that is the only thing that matters. |
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jan 16, 2010 10:27:41 GMT -5
, but I think each guy uses no more than 3 moves than the entire match. So what? You dont need to use alot of moves to have a great match. The match was entertaining and that is the only thing that matters. You can have a good match with nothing but 1 move for the finish as long as the crowd is reacting to the people in the ring and the story is told. |
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Post by Big L on Jan 16, 2010 10:33:31 GMT -5
Imo it's hard to pick just one match
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Post by wasimperviz on Jan 16, 2010 19:50:37 GMT -5
Flair/Edge TLC. That was an unbelievable match. Ric Flair showed us on this night even in a TLC match with a younger superstar he could still have a classic on Raw. |
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