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Post by wildojinx on Aug 23, 2013 22:46:30 GMT -5
Did Flair ever refer to himself as "The Nature Boy" during his initial run in the wwf? I know he wore the Nature Boy robe at times (though he also wore one that just said Ric Flair) but i dont recall him using that nickname (or any of his other catchphrases, save for "whooo").
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Aug 23, 2013 23:16:50 GMT -5
I remember him calling himself that a handful of times in promo's he did (Heenan might have called him that a couple of times too), but I don't think the WWF ever actually billed him under that nickname, and I highly doubt Vince or Gorilla ever referred to him as such.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Aug 24, 2013 7:46:07 GMT -5
And consider at the beginning of Flair's WWF run, Nature Boy Buddy Rogers was still alive, I don't think they wanted to insult him by using that nickname for someoneelse.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Aug 24, 2013 10:56:33 GMT -5
And consider at the beginning of Flair's WWF run, Nature Boy Buddy Rogers was still alive, I don't think they wanted to insult him by using that nickname for someoneelse. I get the point, but I don't see how Rogers would be insulted, considering he agreed to, and did, put over Flair in a battle for the name. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2013 11:17:31 GMT -5
He did a few times. But they were always calling him "The so called Real worlds champion"
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Post by horsemen4ever on Aug 24, 2013 11:50:14 GMT -5
And consider at the beginning of Flair's WWF run, Nature Boy Buddy Rogers was still alive, I don't think they wanted to insult him by using that nickname for someoneelse. I get the point, but I don't see how Rogers would be insulted, considering he agreed to, and did, put over Flair in a battle for the name. I didn't say Rogers would be insulted,just that Vince might have felt that was disrespetful to him and considering the history with Buddy Rogers and Vince Sr., Vince Jr. might have been overprotected of that name and taking care of his father's "guys". |
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Post by RedSmile on Aug 24, 2013 12:07:19 GMT -5
He did a few times. But they were always calling him "The so called Real worlds champion" Actually it was "Self Proclaimed Real World's Champion" |
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Post by turkeysandwich on Aug 24, 2013 12:29:24 GMT -5
Yeah, no, they didn't use that name officially then. The only time I can remember an announcer calling Him "Nature Boy" during that WWF run was on a 1993 Coliseum Video exclusive where Jim Ross was doing commentary for a Flair house show match. Considering Ross didn't come into the WWF until 2 months after Flair had left, they must not have cared what J.R. called him during commentary since Flair was back in WCW when that commentary was being recorded.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Aug 24, 2013 12:45:49 GMT -5
Yeah, no, they didn't use that name officially then. The only time I can remember an announcer calling Him "Nature Boy" during that WWF run was on a 1993 Coliseum Video exclusive where Jim Ross was doing commentary for a Flair house show match. Considering Ross didn't come into the WWF until 2 months after Flair had left, they must not have cared what J.R. called him during commentary since Flair was back in WCW when that commentary was being recorded. There was a tag match that might have been originally on a Coliseum video that was on the Randy Savage DVD that had Savage and Bret Hart vs. Flair and HBK where JR refers to Flair as the Naure Boy. In fact, toward the end of his run, I think they did start calling him Nature Boy. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2013 14:28:38 GMT -5
It's really funny how your mind plays tricks on you.
I was SURE that he was constantly called "Nature Boy" in WWF and even had it on the back of his robes, but they really didn't use it much at all.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Aug 24, 2013 14:41:02 GMT -5
I'd have to go back and watch to be sure, but I think Flair used it at Survivor Series '92. It was either the pre- or post-match interview and he referred to himself and Ramon as "The Nature Boy and The Razor."
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Post by turkeysandwich on Aug 24, 2013 14:56:35 GMT -5
I'd have to go back and watch to be sure, but I think Flair used it at Survivor Series '92. It was either the pre- or post-match interview and he referred to himself and Ramon as "The Nature Boy and The Razor." Yeah, he would say it sometimes in non-taped interviews, probably mostly out of habit, but it was not used in any promotional stuff (like the logos that everyone had back then that would be on the green screen in taped promos, his just said "Ric Flair") or by announcers except for those matches where the commentary was recorded after he was long gone and no one cared what they were calling him anymore. |
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Aug 25, 2013 8:28:27 GMT -5
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