It is kind of surreal listening to him talk about Reid and Charlotte (Ashley), knowing what we know 10-15 years after this was recorded. Hands down this is the best Highspots shoot interview I've watched.
I think this series of interviews are possibly the best shoot interviews of all time. Rick comes across very well. Far better than he does today. He seems to of soured as he's got older.
I do not understand his bitterness about DDP. No one worked harder at learning their craft and improving upon it in WCW. DDP was having way better matches than Flair, especially later on. I will argue that DDP got more out of Goldberg and Savage than Flair ever could have or did. Also, you don’t become champion 16 times without politics, so maybe he shouldn’t cast stones.
Flair is one greatest ever in the business but according to Nash he asked Arn to even use his cooler during the skit and Arn knew and Flair knew about the skit...Somewhere there's truth in both these stories...
Just goes to show you that confidence issues happen to the best of us. If it can happen to Flair it can happen to anyone. A guy like Flair is a perfectionist and always hard on himself but that’s what made him the man. Always holding himself to the highest standard in the ring. Nothing but respect for the Naitch.
Savage was a stickler for everything. That's one of the reasons he was able to get great matches out of Ultimate Warrior...everything was planned out perfectly for Warrior.
Monday, 4/22/1996 (WCW Nitro ) Albany, Georgia: The Giant ( Paul wight/ Big Show ) defeated Ric Flair (champion) to win WCW World HW Title for 2nd Time (The match aired on Nitro 4/29/1996 on Cable TV 📺 ) as punishment going to Reid Flair wrestling kids tournament
3:51 I love working the other kid. We were great friends, love that guy, family’s did Christmas together…what was his name again? (random voice) “Riggs” yeah, yeah, that’s him.
Monday 1/18/93.(WWF RAW Episode #2) New York City, NY Manhattan Center: Loser leaves WWF Match:Mr.Perfect Curt Hennig defeated Ric Flair (The match was aired on WWF RAW Episode #3 1/25/93 TV . Flair did continue wrestling from WWF until 2/10/93. Departed for his WCW Return / /1993
Interesting that JR called Flair right after they bought WCW. First time Ive heard of this, they did the same to Bischoff before the Invasion but he turned it down. What could have been...
2:48:36 Monday, 5/28/2007(WWE) Toronto Ontario -Canada: Air Canada Centre: Carlito & Victoria defeated Ric Flair & Torrie Wilson in 3 minutes 36 second's.
@@watersandblue6001 May be. I do not recall when his match with HBK was. I am going by him saying that he missed a scheduled WCW appearance to watch his son wrestle in 1995/1996. He says his son was 8 then and is 20 now (at the time of the interview). So, the interview would be around 2007/2008.
Regardless of how people remember Favre was beast. I'd say he could argue that he's the greatest QB ever and he is the toughest QB to play the game in my lifetime
@@DavidBarton777he doesn’t understand what “hurt” means. In wrestling hurt means injuring your opponent - hopefully by accident. It doesn’t men’s being purposely stiff to inflict minor pain which the opponent is expect to absorb. If we go by that standard then Flair hurt people every night with his chops lol.
Hurt means he was annoyed with something (could be Jake being an addict, guys who were late/unprepared, Studd stepping over the top rope) and beating up on them a bit to teach them a lesson. Injured is taking a guy out to the extent he has to miss dates and paychecks. I don't think Andre ever deliberately injured anyone. He very easily could have
Ric certainly is one of the best personalities wrestling has ever had, sadly he continued to work in ring for twenty years to many….. that money he was making wasn’t going into new talent, the same people flair and others talk about who kept him down when he was trying to break in and make a name for himself are the very same people he became himself… hulk was the same, we didn’t need or even want to see them wrestle at that stage of their careers, that said, the hulk pulled off magic with the rock and if Austin hadn’t been such good buddy’s with sour puss Brett we would’ve had hulk vs Austin too….
I have always said that Hogan was overrated as far as wrestling talent. His spots and his finishes were so lame and underwhelming. At least Flair had the face flops, the turnbuckle flips, the slam from the top rope, countless overhead press slams and suplexes. What did Hogan ever have? The "Big Boot" and the leg drop wow... those take superior athleticism
Ric will be the first to tell you that he's not the guy to go to for spiritual advice. Drinking a beer is one thing but YES getting so drunk that you can't walk and someone has to carry you is "unholy".
The skit, accomplished some funny tv…. They were mocking a group who weren’t only past it and over the hill but still taking a spot but we’re making fun of reality, that we who they were and the paradise was pretty accurate, arn actually went to Nash’s room and asked Nash “why would you do that?” Nash replied “ look at your hands”…. Arn was holding 4 bottles of beer….😂”that’s why!”it isn’t like the whole world didn’t already know arn was a drinker; flair had been bragging about hitting the bars for over a decade or two
What it comes down to is Arn and Flair were used to do things their way with them on top. Suddenly they were the ones eating the crap sandwich and doing jobs and they were whining and crying about it.
It is kind of surreal listening to him talk about Reid and Charlotte (Ashley), knowing what we know 10-15 years after this was recorded. Hands down this is the best Highspots shoot interview I've watched.
And Flair still isn't aware of any of this? Strange.
Reid was a really good wrestler. With some good coaching could've been a national champ.
@@toddmorrissey8372I see your name a lot. You are a SMARKY N3rd lol
The last 30-minutes of this, it signifies just how much Ric personified what wrestling is, was and will forever be; a wrestlers wrestler.
This whole series was incredibly well researched.
His pledge at the end that he'd never tarnish his retirement match by wrestling again. Ha ha.
His heat with bischoff was real
True.
Been dipping for 15 years and haven’t spit that much in such a short time frame he has spit in that fucking cup more times than I spit in a day
He's also talking constantly which makes saliva.
That's that Kodiak wintergreen for you
I think this series of interviews are possibly the best shoot interviews of all time. Rick comes across very well. Far better than he does today. He seems to of soured as he's got older.
When it's all said and done and wrestling reaches that one final match, forever... You'll still hear "Woooo" somewhere within the crowd.
Flair and Hennig had two PPV matches, but I can't blame Flair for not remembering stuff from years ago.
46:39 did he just say "supposebly"😂
Paul White did drop kicks also. I've seen him. Dudes a BEAST
Same here. Off the top rope, nonetheless.
@@toddmorrissey8372 and moon Sault
Man he can talk, doesn't miss a beat
Bro, he swallowed that whole can of chew when he started tearing up about getting a slammy or somethin near the end.
He was 60 in this interview and looked great!!
We need more Ric Flair interviews because he just hasn’t been interviewed enough .
RIC FLAIR IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
... COMING FROM THE BIGGEST HULK FAN... EVEN HULK HOGAN SAYS RIC IS THE BEST
DDP was one of the hardest working wrestlers in WCW and was Super over he totally deserved his push and paid his dues
I do not understand his bitterness about DDP. No one worked harder at learning their craft and improving upon it in WCW. DDP was having way better matches than Flair, especially later on. I will argue that DDP got more out of Goldberg and Savage than Flair ever could have or did. Also, you don’t become champion 16 times without politics, so maybe he shouldn’t cast stones.
@@doug2001you pretty much summed it up. Typical Ric Flair
@@doug2001Flair and DDP made up a long time ago.
@@vincesmith2499 I am glad for that. Life is too short to hold petty grudges. 👍
Flair is 16 time cuz he couldn't hold onto it. Flair had the same match for 40 years.
Flair is one greatest ever in the business but according to Nash he asked Arn to even use his cooler during the skit and Arn knew and Flair knew about the skit...Somewhere there's truth in both these stories...
Just goes to show you that confidence issues happen to the best of us. If it can happen to Flair it can happen to anyone. A guy like Flair is a perfectionist and always hard on himself but that’s what made him the man. Always holding himself to the highest standard in the ring. Nothing but respect for the Naitch.
Paul Wight is a pale shadow of Andre.
100% no comparison.
Very sad to hear him talking about Reid.
Man,Flair has anxiety issues for 30 years,dam......
Longer than that
Mental illness is real.
Great to hear Natche show love to buddy landell ❤❤
Savage was wrestling Luger that night, not Nash. Savage was a stickler for not going more than the agreed time for matches.
Savage was a stickler for everything. That's one of the reasons he was able to get great matches out of Ultimate Warrior...everything was planned out perfectly for Warrior.
You can’t pay bills with getting respect from others … but hindsight is 20/20
The bad guys (nWo) won War Games in 1996, so 1997 wasn't the first time.
Monday, 4/22/1996 (WCW Nitro ) Albany, Georgia: The Giant ( Paul wight/ Big Show ) defeated Ric Flair (champion) to win WCW World HW Title for 2nd Time (The match aired on Nitro 4/29/1996 on Cable TV 📺 ) as punishment going to Reid Flair wrestling kids tournament
Bischoff wasn’t doing all the creative. Ric is a bitter bitter old man. He is worse today
You know him?
3:51 I love working the other kid. We were great friends, love that guy, family’s did Christmas together…what was his name again? (random voice) “Riggs” yeah, yeah, that’s him.
When Hogan whipped David Flair 😂😂😂
This is from 2009 he said Reid was 20 and he was 24 when he died
Esos son huevos compa Jilguero echele chingasos saludos desde El Bronx .... we were in the same homeroom back in Jr high brobro
Where's the first part of this interview?...
Flair is an intelligent guy...and yet his personal and financial life is always in shambles.
Monday 1/16/2006 (RAW) Raleigh, NC: RBC Center: WWE title- Tables, Ladders & Chairs match:Edge( champion) defeated Ric Flair
No wonder Flair still hates Bischoff.
Could someone please send a link to part one of Flair's shoot interview? Can't find it.
Let’s play a game. Take a shot every time Ric Flair spits in that bottle
Monday 1/18/93.(WWF RAW Episode #2) New York City, NY Manhattan Center: Loser leaves WWF Match:Mr.Perfect Curt Hennig defeated Ric Flair (The match was aired on WWF RAW Episode #3 1/25/93 TV . Flair did continue wrestling from WWF until 2/10/93. Departed for his WCW Return / /1993
Interesting that JR called Flair right after they bought WCW. First time Ive heard of this, they did the same to Bischoff before the Invasion but he turned it down. What could have been...
I can’t take him spitting every 2 seconds.
It's annoying. It's like he's some hot shot high school football player from Texas trying to look cool.
That happens on Space Mountain too.
I didn't know that Flair liked Buff.
1:14:15 Every dime he made, he spent drinking, carousing, partying. What a fool. No wonder he's broke.
2:48:36 Monday, 5/28/2007(WWE) Toronto Ontario -Canada: Air Canada Centre: Carlito & Victoria defeated Ric Flair & Torrie Wilson in 3 minutes 36 second's.
Paul white his first match ever world heavyweight champion! Enough said
Rotor cuff surgery does suck Rick took me 6 months to get over it and I still wouldn't say OVER it
He didn't go to Japan to make good money. But he went to TNA and acted like a fool and ruined more of his legacy
flair's legacy is solid regardless of what happened in tna.
Still the man
Flair skips around and usually does not preface things. He's very interesting but tough to follow.
Flairs a hoot
Anybody count how often he closed the bottle just to open it straight back up again just to close it again?
Wow he put over a Buff Bagwell pretty good here
Bagwell let him have some of his back up women.
1:22:18 Now you know why Cornette hates Russo.
When is Jim gonna face Russo in a debate instead of talking behind his back like a woman?
His mouth lickings and weird bottle drinking is strange behavior
Just being honest 💯
What the hell does he do with that water
He buried DDP here damn
Kevin Nash would beat the shit out off both flair and arn with a beer in his hand
Flair is wrong about the Arn/Nash hotel encounter. Both of them have a similair account of what happened in Nash's hotel room
It's real his story
There is zero chance Kevin Nash was afraid of Arn Anderson
Especially in 97
@@erniebalabanis2308 Not if Arn was still carrying the scissors!
At this time hulk and him didn't get along
I doubt it, months later they would link up on the hulkamania tour & tna.
Christian Paige Rogowski👍
Which year was this ? 2005?
Sounds like around 2008.
@@congressoflife5913 mabye this was post hbk match?
@@watersandblue6001 May be. I do not recall when his match with HBK was. I am going by him saying that he missed a scheduled WCW appearance to watch his son wrestle in 1995/1996. He says his son was 8 then and is 20 now (at the time of the interview). So, the interview would be around 2007/2008.
@@congressoflife5913 was he talking about his son daniel flair who passed away years after?
@@watersandblue6001 Reid, I think.
I marked out knowing Jake Manning filmed this
Didn't he try to hook up with young boys?
lol 3:19:22 didn’t age well
Regardless of how people remember Favre was beast. I'd say he could argue that he's the greatest QB ever and he is the toughest QB to play the game in my lifetime
Andrea kept growing he got to big while paul had the surgery stop his growing
Andre hurt a lot of guys. Studd. Jake. Boss Man, Warrior.. etc Andre hated anyone who was 6"6" or over
He loved bret
he hated a holes
@@DavidBarton777he doesn’t understand what “hurt” means. In wrestling hurt means injuring your opponent - hopefully by accident. It doesn’t men’s being purposely stiff to inflict minor pain which the opponent is expect to absorb. If we go by that standard then Flair hurt people every night with his chops lol.
Hurt means he was annoyed with something (could be Jake being an addict, guys who were late/unprepared, Studd stepping over the top rope) and beating up on them a bit to teach them a lesson. Injured is taking a guy out to the extent he has to miss dates and paychecks. I don't think Andre ever deliberately injured anyone. He very easily could have
Ric certainly is one of the best personalities wrestling has ever had, sadly he continued to work in ring for twenty years to many….. that money he was making wasn’t going into new talent, the same people flair and others talk about who kept him down when he was trying to break in and make a name for himself are the very same people he became himself… hulk was the same, we didn’t need or even want to see them wrestle at that stage of their careers, that said, the hulk pulled off magic with the rock and if Austin hadn’t been such good buddy’s with sour puss Brett we would’ve had hulk vs Austin too….
I have always said that Hogan was overrated as far as wrestling talent. His spots and his finishes were so lame and underwhelming. At least Flair had the face flops, the turnbuckle flips, the slam from the top rope, countless overhead press slams and suplexes. What did Hogan ever have? The "Big Boot" and the leg drop wow... those take superior athleticism
Jesus fucking Christ, man. Its a work. His job is to draw. He did that better than virtually anyone ever.
@@CompelledUsernameexactly!
And who are you?
@@Rschr101 your daddy
Ric will be the first to tell you that he's not the guy to go to for spiritual advice. Drinking a beer is one thing but YES getting so drunk that you can't walk and someone has to carry you is "unholy".
What?
Gluttony is a sin
1:49:01 wooooo
The skit, accomplished some funny tv…. They were mocking a group who weren’t only past it and over the hill but still taking a spot but we’re making fun of reality, that we who they were and the paradise was pretty accurate, arn actually went to Nash’s room and asked Nash “why would you do that?” Nash replied “ look at your hands”…. Arn was holding 4 bottles of beer….😂”that’s why!”it isn’t like the whole world didn’t already know arn was a drinker; flair had been bragging about hitting the bars for over a decade or two
This hurt my brain trying to read.
What it comes down to is Arn and Flair were used to do things their way with them on top. Suddenly they were the ones eating the crap sandwich and doing jobs and they were whining and crying about it.
This whole series was incredibly well researched.