Guest Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 He counted slower than anyone I've ever seen. He also botched the end when he went down to count before Taker even pinned Austin, then checked to make sure Austin's foot was on the rope. Stick to wrestling, Ric.
Guest muswp1 Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 He's not the worst. I can easily think of two or three others.
Guest El Satanico Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 Well did you stop to think that perhaps he was doing a bad job on purpose to further the Austin/Flair storyline?
Guest Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 Yeah, Steph was worse. At least Flair wasn't screaming the whole match. No, I don't think Flair was doing it on purpose.
Guest The Great Wesuke Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 Just wanted to throw in my say for worst ref ever. Though Flair was indeed bad the worst I ever saw was Kimberly Page. I think she was reffing a match between DDP and Buff on Nitro. Anyway, she wore big high heel shoes so she could barely move around in the first place, then for three counts she would kinda squat and tap the mat. Then she was supposed to get nailed by Buff while he was posing but missed her cue so she ran across the ring and banged herself against Buff's arm. It was the stupidest thing Ive ever seen. Anyway, Flair wasn't that bad.
Guest Caliban Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 I remember Piper was a pretty bad ref also.
Guest Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 Just wanted to throw in my say for worst ref ever. Though Flair was indeed bad the worst I ever saw was Kimberly Page. I think she was reffing a match between DDP and Buff on Nitro. Anyway, she wore big high heel shoes so she could barely move around in the first place, then for three counts she would kinda squat and tap the mat. Then she was supposed to get nailed by Buff while he was posing but missed her cue so she ran across the ring and banged herself against Buff's arm. It was the stupidest thing Ive ever seen. Anyway, Flair wasn't that bad. Yes, but Flair is not as hot as Kimberly, so we must be tougher on him.
Guest Dr. Wrestlingphysics Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 I'm sure I've seen Flair referee before, and he was bad then too. The Austin/Mean Mark match was already going to be rubbish, and when Flair announced himself as ref, I knew it would detract from the match rather than add anything to it.
Guest dreamer420 Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 I haven't watched Backlash yet but when Flair was the ref for a match on Raw awhile back he was horrible there too. Shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
Guest Flyboy Posted April 23, 2002 Report Posted April 23, 2002 True... he was a horrible ref, but I really think he did it to further the storyline. I mean in the Jericho-RVD match, I think Ric was a lot better. So I figure it was on purpose.
Guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Posted April 25, 2002 Ole Anderson was pretty damn bad too... (Mick Foley gives a great and humorous description of a time when Anderson ref'ed his match)I don't know what it is with wrestlers being terrible referees. You would think after being in the business for so long, that they could easily adapt
Guest evenflowDDT Posted April 25, 2002 Report Posted April 25, 2002 Since I've never had the pleasure of seeing Kimberly or Ole Anderson referee, I'll have to concur. Flair's refereeing sucked, I mean he counted slow and STILL didn't do one of those cool big slaps on the mat that real referees do.
Guest AlwaysPissedOff Posted April 25, 2002 Report Posted April 25, 2002 Speaking of Kim Page, let's not forget Lita's retched ref work at Vengeance in the Matt/Jeff match. I had to physically stop myself from laughing out loud while eating at Hooters when I saw that match.
Guest Redhawk Posted April 25, 2002 Report Posted April 25, 2002 Kimberly Page, Lita, and Stephanie were all horrible. So was Chyna. Something about women trying to referee men's matches, I don't know. The only decent one is Jackie. As far as celebrities go, I remember Buster Douglas was supposed to be the guest ref on a SNME one time, but I never saw it. How was he? And Mike Tyson actually had potential to be a good ref. Flair was bad, which is surprising because he's been working in wrestling rings for like 30 years. The best guest ref, though? The old fat guy in Beyond the Mat.
Guest Mystery Eskimo Posted April 25, 2002 Report Posted April 25, 2002 Arghh, Stephanie was *awful*. Flair wasn't doing it on purpose, he's probably very rusty.
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