[1990-08-11-NWA-World Championship Wrestling] Interview: Ric Flair

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Flair wants the match with Luger at the Clash to prove that he hasn't lost a step. This is a terrific hype job.

[PeteF3]

Great hype job from Flair to set the stage for the next Clash. Ric makes challenging Luger for the U.S. Title out to be the most logical thing in the world, and he's sold me on it. Both guys really feel like they have something to prove with a win.

[soup23]

Fuck after seeing the last promo, this one seems even better. Great job by Flair.

[Kevin Ridge]

Flair will be facing Luger at the Clash for the US Title. Ross/Flair are saying it’s not about the US Title. Flair just wants to prove that he is still the best wrester in wrestling today.

[garretta]

The best promo I've seen from Flair in quite a while. This is how he used to do it before the big matches four or five years ago: quietly confident, sure of his place in the sport regardless of whether he was a champion or not, and ready to make the poor soul who was stepping into the ring with him pay dearly for the honor of beating him. He's lost that as time has gone on and he's gotten caught up in the Horsemen and their group dynamics, and it's nice to see it return here. Luger/Flair needed a fresh twist in order to avoid feeling stale and slapped together, and now we have it. Tremendous work.

[drew wardlaw]

Yeah another awesome Flair promo, and again, I have no memory of this match so I'm excited.

[GSR]

Jim Ross is joined by Ric Flair, and Ross says that on September 5^th in Asheville, NC, live on TBS, it’s Clash of the Champions XII ‘Fall Brawl’. Ric Flair will be facing Lex Luger and the United States title will be on the line, but he believes that isn’t the Nature Boy’s prime motivation. Flair says that his prime motivation is to prove to the non-believers that Ric Flair has not lost a step. When you dominated a sport for ten years like he has and you get beat, there is always going to be somebody that said ‘I told you so’. On September 5^th at Clash of the Champions, a 10 million strong viewing audience are going to see first-hand that Ric Flair is still the greatest wrestler alive today. As they won’t sign a match between himself and Sting, he’s going after the next best thing, that’s his friend Lex Luger, the United States champion.

 

Considering Flair vs Luger is hardly a new match, or one that hasn’t been seen countless times in the past, this is a great hype job from Flair in getting you to want to see it again. I think Lawler is the best promo of the year for 1990 (and really don’t see that changing), but there are probably half a dozen others who could easily be number two, of which Flair is one.

[dawho5]

Flair makes me want to see him take on Luger to prove he is still the best. Also, I really liked their other matches this year, so seems like a win-win.