The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2004 In both Flair's book and the Wrestlecrap book there's lot of talk about Ole Anderson thinking that Flair was too old and couldn't draw anymore in the early 90s, but that surprised me as I would've thought that Ole would be on good terms with Flair with the Four Horsemen etc. So what was the problem that Ole had with Flair? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Astro Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Flair wrestled the same match every night, if he were to go to Ole's geogia territoty, he would've killed it off by wrestling the same match every week, back in my day we had to improvise a new match every week to draw in the same 10,000 fans every week. /paraphrasing Ole's stance on Flair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2004 I haven't read Ole's book but I'm sure he elaborates more on the subject. This is what I know from hearing him speak at recent fan conventions. If you talk to Ole, wrestling died in the early 80s. People come up to him and talk about the Horsemen, but the Horsemen are as important to Ole Anderson as logic is to a WWE writer. Those were the dying days of his career and he didn't really agree with everything he had to do (Dusty was booker) but he did them anyway to make a buck on his way out. The same holds true for being the voice of the Black Scorpion; he thought it was over-the-top retarded but did it anyway since it payed the bills. His problem with Flair actually goes back a very long way. When Flair hit it big in Mid-Atlantic, back in the mid 70s, he was billed as a cousin of the Andersons and routinely worked six-man tags with Ole and Gene. Ole's reasoning for that was that Flair wasn't at the level he needed to be at that time and by working six-man tags he could learn from he and Gene. Later on Ole voted to have Flair win the title largely because, according to Ole, he didn't want Flair killing his territory by working the same match every week in the same arena. By making Flair world champion, Flair would only be in Georgia / Mid-Atlantic part of the time and thus even if he worked the same match in Atlanta that he worked in Japan or St. Louis days earlier, no one would know. Once Flair's title reigns started to catch fire, Ole had a problem with Flair doing the same "hits corner, flips over, runs to the other corner, comes off, gets hit" routine, the face-first flop, and selling for the referee (Flair would push ref, ref would push back, Flair would back off, etc). Ole saw it as stupid since Flair was world champion. The world champion shouldn't have to sell for the referee. I think all the original Horsemen, save Flair and Arn, have some sort of heat with one another. JJ seems to be on very good terms with Tully but I don't know how good his relationship is with the other guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Thanks a lot. Everything makes a lot more sense for me now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2004 If you talk to Ole, wrestling died in the early 80s. People come up to him and talk about the Horsemen, but the Horsemen are as important to Ole Anderson as logic is to a WWE writer. Those were the dying days of his career and he didn't really agree with everything he had to do (Dusty was booker) but he did them anyway to make a buck on his way out. The same holds true for being the voice of the Black Scorpion; he thought it was over-the-top retarded but did it anyway since it payed the bills. Wasn't Ole the head booker at that time? So he's actually saying "I had the dumbest idea ever, but I decided to run with it anyway?" Maybe he's trying to pin it on Jim Herd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2004 Wasn't Ole the head booker at that time? So he's actually saying "I had the dumbest idea ever, but I decided to run with it anyway?" Maybe he's trying to pin it on Jim Herd. Ole came up with it but he wasn't being serious, just fooling around. Herd thought it was a great idea. Ole was dumbfounded but went with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
