[1982-10-02-PNW-Portland, OR] Ric Flair vs. Brett Sawyer

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While this isn't the best Flair match (thought it's Top 5), I would argue this as his best performance. The sensational offensive performance coupled with the imposing stature did not sacrifice any of the selflessness. He bossed the first fall, but his selling of Sawyer's resistance turned it into an attritional win that put Sawyer over big. It seamed nicely into the second fall as the lost momentum cost him the second fall. The third fall is interesting because while it's probably the "weakest", it narratively makes sense as Sawyer didn't expect to be 1-1 and sort of lost the plot in control. But again Flair needed something unique to put him down.