Wolfman Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I've seen footage from the late 70's/early 80's where he doesn't do it. When did he start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruiserBrody Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 n/m I mixed up stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 According to Flair, he did it first in 1974 and got it from the Jerry Lee Lewis song Great Balls of Fire, and as we all know Flair is never wrong about these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 There is footage of Flair doing it as early as 1974. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I saw a match of him doing it in 1978 recently vs. Pat o'Conner. In fact, I was struck by just how much like mid-80s Flair he was in that match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Cool. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 1974 promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANKDVFxkbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 When did he go from the short 'Woo!" to the longer, more orgasmic 'Wooooooooooooo'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Well Dooley, here's that O'Connor match from 1978: Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOEfnNhB6vM Â 1:42 in while he's in the figure four he gives us a woo. Judge for yourself how orgasmic it is though. In addition, after the match he gets into a bit of a scuffle with DiBiase and calls his old man a "nothing". He's clearly more the Nature Boy we know and love. Â In that clip with Rip Hawk, he still seems to be channeling Dusty Rhodes to me. Â What I find quite interesting about this is that at some point in 82 or 83 in the lead in to Starrcade 83, Flair seems to flip his character again and becomes the babyface "Minnesota Flair". I'm interested to know how often he used that version of the character before then. Watching the NWA shows from 83 on, it felt like Slick Ric doesn't debut properly until late 84/5. Even at Starrcade 84 he's not as stylin' and profilin' as we're used to. That's why that 78 match struck me so much because there's the character seemingly fully formed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I suppose the question I have after watching that O 'Conner clip is when did Ted go from being DEEBY ARSE to DEEBY ASS SEE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 They seemed to mix that up right through the 80s in Mid-South. Sometimes Watts switches between the two in the space of a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 1974 promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANKDVFxkbo  Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 You get the sense Rip Hawk was just groaning and thinking "Calm down you little puke." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 1974 promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANKDVFxkbo  Cool!  Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 I seem to remember that he did it in his MSG match from '76 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conker8 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Another question : when did the crowd start doing "Woooo" for a chop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 I think it started in ECW and carried over when he came back to WWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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