Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 After Nash gets done staring down HHH, he goes over to check on Flair. While he's over there Shawn Michaels' music hits and here comes HBK with a ton of wrestlers (face and heel) in street clothes from the back. The crowd doesn't know what's going on until they all arrive and start hugging Flair. Austin's music hits. He slides in one side of the ring and out the other to get a cooler of beer. He takes one to Flair. Then goes to get more for the other wrestlers in the ring. Now Stephanie McMahon's music hits and she comes down to hug Flair. Now Shane McMahon's music hits! Shane O'Mac! He comes dancing down the ramp to come congratulate Flair. Next it's Vince. He comes down walking hurriedly and intensely gets in the ring and stares down Flair before cracking a bit of a smile and hugging Flair. HHH comes back out next. When he gets in the ring, everybody goes to each side of Flair. While HHH stares down Flair his cheers turn to boos. But the boos went to cheers (biggest pop of the night) when he took the belt and placed it on Flair's shoulder and raised his arm. All the guys then took Flair up on their shoulders and carried him around the ring. The crowd is yelling "speech, speech, speech," and a teary-eyed Flair obliges. He says he's made a lot of memories here in Greenville (he wrestled here virtually every Monday night back in the day). He thanks the fans and his fellow wrestlers and says they've been the greatest to work with and he's never been happier than his time spent with them the past couple of years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Since I Didn't see someone else Put it up in the Middle of another thread iM keeping this one up to let it stand on its own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Goddammit, all the cool stuff happens when the cameras are off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest humongous2002 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 I guess it will come out on a Flair DVD if we are lucky enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted May 20, 2003 A fitting tribute to the greatest World's Heavyweight Champion of all time......WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Heel In Peril Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Must. Find. Something. To hate about it... Searching. Desperately. For Hate... Does not compute... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bannable Offense Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Dammit, the only thing worthwhile on Raw and it's not even shown on TV. This better be available on Flair's DVD when it's made or I'm going to be upset. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Downhome Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Holy.Shit. I REALLY wish I had gone to the show now! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evilhomer Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Un-fucking-believable!!! They actually paid tribute to a legend and didn't piss in his boots because he was in one of his hometowns. They actually did something to make all of the fans in the arena happy. They actually made the best out of a no-win situation. When this match was made I figured they were screwed. They realistically couldn't give the belt to Flair, nor could they have him job without pissing all the fans off. I was assuming a run-in clusterfuck finish would be their way out of it. When I saw how it went down, I just figured they were giving a big fuck you to all the fans who were going crazy for Flair. Instead, not only do we get a clean match, they also sent everyone home happy. Un-fucking-believable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RenegadeX28 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 What a classy group of guys in the back. That had to be an awesome moment for Flair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mach7 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 From Rajah... Dark match from Heat - Maven and David Flair d. Horseshoe & ??? This one guy was actually called just Horseshoe. His partner was a long-haired guy who had some kind of last name like Usef. I couldn't tell because everyone was laughing when Fink announced Horseshoe. They both were bigger and stronger than Maven or Flair. Flair got some "wooo's" during his in-ring time. (Looking back it's great he got to wrestle on the night his dad retired). Not the best match. Maven went for a bulldog off the top rope but went flying over the guy's head and just reached back to grap a couple of strands of hair to bring him down. Maven ends up hitting a dropkick off the top rope onto Horseshoe for the win. Did I miss something? When did they announce that Ric Flair was retiring that night? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted May 20, 2003 I also threw a flag on that play when I read it on 411Mania. Perhaps the fan who sent in the report mistook the Flair tribute as a sort of farewell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mach7 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 I also threw a flag on that play when I read it on 411Mania. Perhaps the fan who sent in the report mistook the Flair tribute as a sort of farewell. True enough... don't they give Flair this tribute everytime he comes through the Carolina's anyways? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted May 20, 2003 I certainly would. After the way Flair has had to play lapdog to HHHis HHHolyness all these months, it's the least they can do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WhenDanSaysJump Report post Posted May 20, 2003 When Naitch finally retires for good, I hope they're classy enough to give him a similar sendoff on live TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 When Naitch finally retires for good, I hope they're classy enough to give him a similar sendoff on live TV. That is, IF Naitch ever decides to retire for good. He may wrestle until the day he dies for all we know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 I posted this about two hours after RAW went off last night in the Flair thread I started. It was a great tribute, I wish I could have seen it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bruiser Chong Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Sounds like a great little tribute, but if you'll forgive my cynical ways, am I the only one who sees that HHH will now get to say that he retired Flair everytime he goes on the "I've beaten everyone" speech? Flair going over would have been sort of senseless, but how fitting that his last moment in the ring is putting over HHH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OnlyMe Report post Posted May 20, 2003 And this wasn't on Raw because...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 And this wasn't on Raw because...? Time ran out is probably the excuse that WWE would give. They do thigns like this all the time. Like after the previous week's Raw (which I was at) Jericho cutting an Anti-Philly promo...then HHH doing a Flair Flop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hogan Made Wrestling Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Hopefully this ends up on a DVD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 And this wasn't on Raw because...? Duh ! The brand extension ! We can't have Stephanie McMahon on Raw ! I mean, if there's one thing WWE maintains, it's continuity ! .......... ..........Now, what date is that Smackdown house show they advertised on Raw last night...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OnlyMe Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Duh ! The brand extension ! We can't have Stephanie McMahon on Raw ! I mean, if there's one thing WWE maintains, it's continuity ! Agh. I knew that was coming. Okay, then why couldn't if have been changed slightly, and shown on Raw? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Duh ! The brand extension ! We can't have Stephanie McMahon on Raw ! I mean, if there's one thing WWE maintains, it's continuity ! Agh. I knew that was coming. Okay, then why couldn't if have been changed slightly, and shown on Raw? Well, Flair's still a heel. And it wouldn't make sense for guys like Booker T or Hurricane to come congratulate him. Obviously, they'd still be trying to get revenge for being screwed or beaten by him the past few weeks. It's common sense, right ? They WOULD do that, huh ? Wait....WWE basically forgot that....? ........... ...........then I don't know what the hell to tell you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Duh ! The brand extension ! We can't have Stephanie McMahon on Raw ! I mean, if there's one thing WWE maintains, it's continuity ! Agh. I knew that was coming. Okay, then why couldn't if have been changed slightly, and shown on Raw? Well, Flair's still a heel. And it wouldn't make sense for guys like Booker T or Hurricane to come congratulate him. Obviously, they'd still be trying to get revenge for being screwed or beaten by him the past few weeks. It's common sense, right ? They WOULD do that, huh ? Wait....WWE basically forgot that....? ........... ...........then I don't know what the hell to tell you. I would be willing to say that Flair isn't a heel anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYU 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Duh ! The brand extension ! We can't have Stephanie McMahon on Raw ! I mean, if there's one thing WWE maintains, it's continuity ! Agh. I knew that was coming. Okay, then why couldn't if have been changed slightly, and shown on Raw? Well, Flair's still a heel. And it wouldn't make sense for guys like Booker T or Hurricane to come congratulate him. Obviously, they'd still be trying to get revenge for being screwed or beaten by him the past few weeks. It's common sense, right ? They WOULD do that, huh ? Wait....WWE basically forgot that....? ........... ...........then I don't know what the hell to tell you. I would be willing to say that Flair isn't a heel anymore. Sunday night, he was a complete heel. Beginning of Monday night, he was a complete heel. Throughout the night, he made a transformation and by the end of Monday night, he was pretty much a face. So no, he's probably not a heel ANYMORE but he was at the beginning of the night, and such grudges against him shouldn't be quickly forgotten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Simplest explanation: they wanted to end RAW with the "blockbuster" news of HHH vs. Nash II -- Hell in a Cell. After all, in Vince's mind, it's only Ric Flair… and he's no HHH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HartFan86 Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Man, that sounds fucking awesome. Hopefully it's on a DVD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Army Eye Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Sounds like a great little tribute, but if you'll forgive my cynical ways, am I the only one who sees that HHH will now get to say that he retired Flair everytime he goes on the "I've beaten everyone" speech? Flair going over would have been sort of senseless, but how fitting that his last moment in the ring is putting over HHH. I think the guy who said that Flair retired was mistaken. There's nothing to indicate that.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted May 20, 2003 Flair isn't retiring but HHH does now have that saying on his Mantlepiece... Rock Austin Undertaker Benoit Angle Foley Hogan Kane Booker RVD HBK Jericho and now Ric Flair So that leaves... STING and GOLDBERG as the two biggest active names he has YET to defeat... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
