[1990-11-17-NWA-World Championship Wrestling] Interview: Teddy Long

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Teddy Long decided to finally look at the box that was delivered last week. It's a chauffeur's outfit. Teddy Long apparently signed in the contract - without knowing - that he must be Ric Flair's Chauffeur For A Day if Doom doesn't win. They did what they could to make this match interesting, but I still think they could have taken it up a few notches.

[PeteF3]

There's at least some comic potential in Teddy Long as a chauffeur.

[soup23]

This honestly might be my least favorite angle of the year from a potential to actual output standpoint. I have no idea how they go from this to the crazy intense brawl at Starrcade but i guess we will see.

[Kevin Ridge]

New stipulation is if Horsemen win at the Clash then Teddy has to be their chauffeur for the day. They sent along clothing for Teddy to win. Still a one sided deal in Doom’s favor.

[garretta]

So now we get the racist stuff. I was afraid of this. Yes, it's going to be at least amusing watching Teddy be Ric and Arn's chauffeur, but couldn't they at least have made it so Teddy read the contract and agreed to the stipulation first? I know sneaking in stipulations on your enemies is a time-honored wrestling tradition, but in this case it makes the black manager of Doom look like he's too stupid (or possibly unable) to read what he signs before he signs it. I'm not sure what other Teddy-centric stipulation they could have come up with to "sweeten" the pot here, but this was certainly the wrong one. JR's taunting didn't help matters either.

 

I still say they should have swapped Windham (or even Sid) for Flair here and had Flair put up the limo and boat in a title match with Sting.at Starrcade. They could have even teased Sting being Ric's chauffeur for a day if he loses (which he wouldn't). Same stips, much more compelling scenario, and no Scorpion to boot.