[1998-12-21-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Bischoff gets big heat, which he ought to after the previous week. He apologizes that Flair can't be here tonight. Meanwhile, while Bischoff is in the ring, the Horsemen are entering the ring. Bischoff is oblivious to all of this and the Horsemen gang attack Scott Norton, who is alone in the NWO locker room. Flair then takes off for Bischoff in the ring and Eric gets chased out of sight. Flair is running like a cat, Good Lord! Bischoff ends up running out of the building.

 

Flair then comes back to give quite the impassioned promo, and it's awesome to see him get this reaction in St. Louis. Flair promises if he gets his hands on Bischoff tonight, he will die in this arena. He even swears on the graves of Bruiser Brody and Dick the Bruiser.

 

Great stuff.

[soup23]

Well, I maybe can forgive the previous week as this was captivating. Flair being inspirited and lively is amazing and his promos are still spot on this late in the game as he riles the crowds up to a frenzy. I think this should have been the swan song for the NWO and Bischoff as a character if he loses. They could have done something like Hogan and Bisch getting into a bit of a skirmish about Hogan not caring anymore. Hell Hulk vs. Flair here could have worked. Anyway, I loved this for Flair.

[PeteF3]

Very well-put-together segment that just ramped up the drama and anticipation as it went along, and has you wanting to stick around to see what's going to happen next. Last week and the Thunder angle were desperation moves of the Hail Mary pass variety, but maybe it was an Aaron Rodgers pass that worked, because new life has been breathed into this feud.