[1995-10-02-WCW-Monday Nitro] Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson

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Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson - WCW Nitro 10/2/95

Terrific episode of Nitro, I'd say the best since the show's inception. A really hot, strong opener between Savage and Luger, fun new age workrate match between Eddie and Malenko and the excellent Hogan/Dungeon angle where Sullivan dressed as an old lady throws powder in Hogan's eyes, canes him and shaves off his Fu-Manchu. Then to top it all off you get two of the best of all time kicking ass in the ring. Like all Nitro matches, this is a hyper compressed form of the Fall Brawl match. Flair cant seem to decide if he wants to work the match as a babyface or as a heel as tendencies of both sides of Flair slip into this match. He is more aggressive than normal and on the Flair Flip he low bridges to avoid the clothesline, but he also begs off at one point and takes plenty of back body drops. It is a battle of eyepokes. They wrestle brisk. It is very Crockett, lots of action. Everything is snug and well-worked. Anderson works in the typical Anderson spots of going after the arm and the Spinebuster. Flair is firing back with chops. They trade sleepers is very 80s Flair. Anderson calls for the DDT but Flair hooks the rope and Flair regains advantage. They trade some more hard-hitting spots. Flair has the Figure-4 on when Pillman arrives on the scene and leaps from the top rope onto Flair triggering the DQ. Flair fights valiantly but ends up getting mugged. Bischoff says this is what happens when you are an island. I wish modern Bischoff, known MAGA sycophant would tell this to his dumbass overlord. Anyways, this is all leading to Flair/Sting goodness, but in the meantime we are getting Flair vs Double A in a steel cage next week! HELL YEAH! ***