If u notice Flair was only a few of the legends who was able to stay charachter intact and not change image 4 sum cornball ass gimmick to get over one of the greats truly along with a host of others who came to the fedration of the later yrz ov their careers Kerry Dusty JYD Taylor Duggan Race Atlas Petera etc,,,
@FishlegsJones I'm pretty sure it was planned that way... wrestling promotions used audiences that generally did'nt watch so they could film months of shows at a time...
The only thing that I didn't like about Flair's early WWF stuff is that they constrained his character too much. He's pretty subdued and says "The RREEAL...World Champion" every 8 seconds. Did they even refer to him as Nature Boy the first few weeks?
Ric Flair SUCKS!, a classic example of a performer who believes his own hype/bullshit, I mean even in real life he thinks he's greatest thing since sliced bread, wrestling's a work a Flair, you never beat anybody legitamately and you never won a real competitive title, and you always had the same match every night
@Zarkon619 Because Flair left WCW while he was still the champion. In those days you had to put a deposit of money down while you were champ. They didn't give him his money back so he left with the belt.
Every time I watch these Prime Time bits with an in-studio audience, I have to say that the audience members are just pitiful. The producer of these segments should be shot if they think that their ridiculously poor acting and forced cheering and booing constitutes good television. Ironic that they mocked WCW for doing the same thing with their Disney studio tapings, as well.
@Legendbuckwild Howard Finkel claimed in the History of WM doc that Hogan and Flair headlined house shows but "the response wasn't what we had hoped for". Some have suggested that the typical WWF fan had no idea who Ric Flair was. Personally, I find both explanations hard to believe. With the former, I'd be willing to bet that Flair got pops that were just as big as Hogan's. Flair at the Royal Rumble in '92 after that match got a huge pop. Me thinks that might not have sat well with Mssrs. Bol
Evidently he's been running his own production company. He apparently had a try-out about a year ago, but Vince opted not to hire him. Bad move, in my opinion. Can't expect anything less from Vince, though.
I was probably part of this demographic but a large proportion of WWF's audience, especially the kids did not know much about the NWA/WCW. I only knew a little bit about it at the time, and that the wrestling of TBS seemed more realistic then the WWF.
@xMandalorex For most of his career yes. For the first few years though, back in the early 70s he had natural brown hair. He was also 260 - 270 lbs back then.
ITs crazy that, that belt ended up on WWF. Kind of surprised WCW never bothered to change theirs. Now I kind of see why Alundra Blaze threw the womens championship in the trash...and what Vince was so afraid of with Bret Hart.
ITs crazy that, that belt ended up on WWF. Kind of surprised WCW never bothered to change theirs. Now I kind of see why Alundra Blaze threw the womens championship in the trash
that belt is why Vince screwed Bret in Montreal. He knew Bret was headed to WCW and even through bret said he would drop the belt on Raw it was to much of a risk because he thought Bret would do with the WWF belt , what Vince and Flair did with the WCW belt
@AyumiSerendipity also because madusa threw the wwf women's championship in the trash when she made her wcw debut. he couldn't risk that happening with their main world championship.
Watching this again, hard to belive this occured 20 years ago. I still remembered how I felt, when I watched it; at 18 years old. I thought, "this is like Burger King, buying out Ronald McDonald and becoming the BK mascot". Thanks for the memories, of the classic WWF.
My Character on Raw Vs. Smackdown beat all these guys and owned every belt, trophy, WM. His name is the Bruiser. If I ever get to meet Vince, I'm gonna tell him to find a bald man with snake Tattoos on his arms and have him walk out in Jeans . I'd like to see my character brought to life.
I have another one called Riptide. He's and idiot and probably hated as much as Mike Cole. He has a worse record then Santino. He dresses up in a Wet Suit. Pefect for the post attitude era.
The Original Big Gold Belt is a masterpiece! It has intricate details that's unmatched even till today. The new version of the WWE Big Gold Belt is lacking the detail, curves and colors that the original carried from over 20 years ago.
@legendbucwild From what I've read, Hogan and Flair had matches at house shows and the reactions weren't at the level they were looking for. So, they put in Savage.
@legendbucwild Hogan was getting ready to leave and start filming "Mr. Nanny" and "Thunder in Paradise". He was part-owner of the "Thunder" production company and wanted to focus on that. He came back to WM 9, to support Ed Leslie's (Brutus Beefcake) return, after his parasailing accident. He talked Vinnie Mac into another title run; though it was short. Ironically, that started Bret Hart's anger, to the WWE.
@14DaveHunter I can believe it. The crowd looked as though they were prompted to boo at given intervals, lol. This certainly wasn't Flair's best promo but Heenan expertly hyped him up. Don't worry Flair, you'll have better ones to come in the WWF/E.
@apark02 Some were, the rest were WWE fans, that had tickets to get into the studio audience. Vinnie Mac had "plants", to get the audience to cheer or boo; for the appropriate wrestler.
The reason Ric Flair has the WCW title on the WWF is that the belt he has on the video was specially made for him. All champions back then put a deposit on all titles that they hold. When they loose the belt, the deposit is returned. When Flair left WCW, the deposit was not returned and he left with the belt. Thats why WCW had to create a new belt, the one that you see Ron Simmons hold after he beat Vader.
can someone please remind me , how Ric Flair got to have the WCW title on WWF, I remember they blurred it out eventually, but i can't remember how he was allowed to take it.
What strikes me is the AUDIENCE!!! Look at them...over 50 some with shirts and ties. Ladies dressed nicely like they are going to church! Oh how wrestling has changed!!!
@holidayrap They were WWF employees, Vince made them stay after work [no pay of course] for this- they were allowed to bring their kids though if they wanted to.
@kylerlng I think it was partially Vince's fault too. Originally WrestleMania VIII was supposed to be Hogan vs Flair and Sid vs Savage, but they changed it to Hogan vs Sid and Flair vs Savage.
I was a big a mark as there was for Flair at this time. You can take all the great promos he did in this time (and they were everywhere) and I honestly think this may have been his greatest. He was flawless.
@gabrieldaigle Well Flair was at the start of his career a protegee of "Superstar" Billy Graham. Hogan came along later after Flair and Ventura. This is where the wrestling lineage jumped the tracks. Superstar came back but they couldn't bear the costs of his surgeries. So after WWF let him go, Superstar went on TV to attack pro wrestling's steroid usage. Hogan was getting tired of being the WWF's main draw but couldn't give up the spotlight. Still can't. Flair shifted balance all to himself.
Of course they needed to have fake boos.... The dream match of the century, Flair/Hogan... the crowd would have cheered so damned loud for Flair that the roof would have blown off.
@notta3d It wasn't Hogan's world, he first shared the world with Andre, Snuka etc. It wasn't until Cyndi Lauper and Mr. T that people gave Hogan the world because he was in Rocky III as "Thunderlips" and associated WWF with Hollywood. There's a whole line of Hogan types peppering the history of pro wrestling: "Gorgeous" George, "Superstar" Billy Graham, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, etc.
Seeing Flair on WWE TV was shocking. I thought it was a dream, but this video proves it. He in the WWE, was like seeing Ronald McDonald working for Burger King.
It seems the studio where WWF produced this show had an "Applause/Boo" sign. Really lame, the crowd seems like a bunch of tools. Ric Flair's debut could of been much better.
@mariodevincenzi At that time it was the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Jim Crockett Promotions had the belt made for Ric in 1985. When he signed with the WWF in 1991 he was fired from WCW and was stripped of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship but he took the big gold belt to the WWF with him. Flair stopped using the belt on WWF TV after WCW filed a lawsuit.
fans today really can't understand how HUGE a moment it was to have the Big Gold belt on WWF TV and Ric Flair....fans had been clamoring for Flair/Hogan in the same federation for almost a decade
Surprising that after this we didn't see a WWF title change between Hogan and Flair at some point. Flair never won it from Hogan, and Hogan never won it from Flair. Ever. Maybe the WCW title, I'm not sure. But WWF title? No.
Back in the day WCW and the WWF world champions were somebody kids could look up to. These days John Cena is good but I feel his persona is the wrong image wrestling these days is full shit.
@444Sidney I agree, Cena is good but his act for some reason is getting tired, theres just no substance to it, Sorry to say if "Raw" could stand up on its own feet , it wouldnt need all these guest stars hosting it, TNA is going head to head this Monday against Raw so the WWE NEEDS to step up its game big time
@theboombody Hogan beat Flair in his WCW debut at Bash at the Beach '94 to win the world title. But you're right it should have happened back in WWF. There was way too much politics going on as everybody knows. Hogan was on his way out and didn't wanna go out a loser and Vince didn't want his world champion losing the belt to a guy that was about to retire. That's why they switched the program up and had Hogan-Sid, and Flair-Savage.
Hogan and Flair had lots of one on one matches back in 1991, but they were all on house shows. I believe the first one on one match they had on WWF/E PPV/tv wasn't until 2002/2003.
@nintendojuggalo Actually I kinda sided with Vince on that particular situation. As a promoter, you don't want to have your "world champ" lose to a guy on his way to another organization. It makes your company look weak. It was same deal with the Montreal Screwjob. If Bret beats Shawn clean and then goes to WCW, that makes WWF look weak. Bottom line, Hogan should have dropped the WM match to Flair, or at the very least won via DQ. But to go over clean on Flair and then retire would make no sense
@nintendojuggalo I'm not talking about the match itself, I'm talking about the after effects of the match. If Hogan goes over Flair at WM, and "retires" as the champ, then later on goes to WCW which he did, it makes the WWF look like weak jackasses. Why do you think Vince was so paranoid about Bret leaving? It's the same thing.
@MoonKeepa Yes, he did. It became part of a gimmick, as Flair called himself the real World Champion.
The reason Flair took the title to the WWF was because he had paid a deposit to possess the physical title belt whilst champion. When asking for his deposit money back to return the title belt, he was told to go screw himself, so he didn't hand the belt back (as he technically owned it due to the aforementioned deposit).
@yourfightsite hey thanx i didnt know the stars had to put a deposit on the gold ric flair was only in the wwe/f for one n half years then goes back to wcw is that right
Actually the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Later on it became the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He brought it to the WWF as the NWA hadn't returned his $25,000 which he had kept as deposit
@ILuvMcCool wasn't the Big Gold Belt a championship belt that Flair made strictly for himself back in 1990? if so, he could have done whatever he wished with the belt, perhaps Ted Turner wanted to keep the magestic belt for his newly formed WCW organization as a World title once it broke free from the NWA, but since WCW already had a "World" title belt, they renamed Flair's belt as a "International" title
Mmm,I dunno abt that man. All I know is that Flair wanted to leave but they didn't give him his 25 grand back. Hence he left WITH the title. As far as the nomenclature is concerned I have never read anythingof that sort. I'll try n look it up...thankz
@MoonKeepa Yup! Well it was the NWA title. The WCW title was changed and this one phazed out when Luger, Sting and Ron Simmons were the main draws but you can damn well bet it came right back when Flair took it to WWF! Haha!
@MoonKeepa Yep, champions had to put a deposit down when they won the title so until they paid Flair's money back he actually had a claim on the belt.
Ric flair looks like the gaurd from night at the musuem
badoorcena 1 week ago
Hainvg Flair debut in his robe on a show where he wouldn't wrestle seems silly.
craig600 2 weeks ago
@craig600 They did this alot on Primetime. Wrestlers appeared all the time in their ring gear even though they didn't wrestle on it.
TheStriker316 1 week ago
Actual clip starts at 0:41
MSUHitman 2 weeks ago
ric flair didnt make his debut in no 1991 dumbass
word4nerd 3 weeks ago
If u notice Flair was only a few of the legends who was able to stay charachter intact and not change image 4 sum cornball ass gimmick to get over one of the greats truly along with a host of others who came to the fedration of the later yrz ov their careers Kerry Dusty JYD Taylor Duggan Race Atlas Petera etc,,,
forteezblok 1 month ago
Being world champion meant so much more back then.
ihatemagicians 1 month ago 7
The world belt looks ten times better than that shitty spinner belt.
MaximumSpiderMvC 1 month ago
they really should have cleared the studio so as to not have The Real World Champion disrespected by the audience as he made his debut.
FishlegsJones 1 month ago
@FishlegsJones I'm pretty sure it was planned that way... wrestling promotions used audiences that generally did'nt watch so they could film months of shows at a time...
hundoe100 1 month ago
The only thing that I didn't like about Flair's early WWF stuff is that they constrained his character too much. He's pretty subdued and says "The RREEAL...World Champion" every 8 seconds. Did they even refer to him as Nature Boy the first few weeks?
peterp21 2 months ago
I remember watching this. Greatest angle ever was flair going to the wwf. Way better than that nwo crap.
howardinlasvegas 2 months ago
What a lousy way for Ric Flair to make his debut in front of a small booing audience.
360whiplash 2 months ago
damn the intro is 40 seconds long !!!
MadTox7 2 months ago
"You got a problem with that? I'll show you what I'm about later on!" You gotta love when Space Mountain is getting his game face on.
DJCandyManMike 2 months ago
2:00 - guy in the red shirt is "FAP-FAP-FAPPIN!"
BlingToYoRing 2 months ago
WHAM! RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE!!
250mav 3 months ago
$75,000 worth of pure gold? its like every time flair talks about that belt its worth another 10k then the last time lol
250mav 3 months ago
How dare these ham and eggers boo a real man like Flair.
SebKnowlton 3 months ago
OMG! Does'nt the audience look "planted"?
mickdundee1973 3 months ago
The world is not supposed to hold the sheer amount of awesomness that is Ric Flair AND Bobby Heenan in the same place...
DarkPascual 3 months ago
The intro is unnecessary.
dudeitsjoe 3 months ago
sean mooney
renepcomeaux 4 months ago
Who is the guy interviewing? Not Heenan, the other guy.
rescobar1997 4 months ago
@rescobar1997
That's Shawn Mooney. He was pretty prominently featured back then, and has since dropped off the face of the earth.
DJCandyManMike 2 months ago
Ric Flair SUCKS!, a classic example of a performer who believes his own hype/bullshit, I mean even in real life he thinks he's greatest thing since sliced bread, wrestling's a work a Flair, you never beat anybody legitamately and you never won a real competitive title, and you always had the same match every night
666Horns 4 months ago
Flair's promos deserve a live crowd, not this fake group.
arana001 4 months ago
why is the wcw chapionship in wwf back then?
Zarkon619 4 months ago
@Zarkon619 Because Flair left WCW while he was still the champion. In those days you had to put a deposit of money down while you were champ. They didn't give him his money back so he left with the belt.
rescobar1997 4 months ago
I love how fake even the fans are. Who says boo and gives thumbs down ... omg so funny
cowscrazy 4 months ago
god i love that wwf logo...
officialvangcreative 4 months ago
@officialvangcreative the REAL... WWF logo, lol
josephD32 4 months ago
@josephD32 yeah, the original.
officialvangcreative 4 months ago
Every time I watch these Prime Time bits with an in-studio audience, I have to say that the audience members are just pitiful. The producer of these segments should be shot if they think that their ridiculously poor acting and forced cheering and booing constitutes good television. Ironic that they mocked WCW for doing the same thing with their Disney studio tapings, as well.
MystikWizard 4 months ago
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@respond2cowards "THATS HOW A NIGGA BLOW SHIT UP. BELIEVE WHOEVER I HIT UP WILL NEVER GET UP!!!"
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TheLizardKing1967 5 months ago
@respond2cowards My shoes cost more than your house !! Woooooooooooooooooooooo
Ric Flair
TheLizardKing1967 5 months ago
just the video i was lookin for
Ajjosan 5 months ago
@Legendbuckwild Howard Finkel claimed in the History of WM doc that Hogan and Flair headlined house shows but "the response wasn't what we had hoped for". Some have suggested that the typical WWF fan had no idea who Ric Flair was. Personally, I find both explanations hard to believe. With the former, I'd be willing to bet that Flair got pops that were just as big as Hogan's. Flair at the Royal Rumble in '92 after that match got a huge pop. Me thinks that might not have sat well with Mssrs. Bol
walruswasrob 7 months ago
What the hell happened to Mooney?????
iumontuen 7 months ago
@iumontuen
If I remember right Mooney is now a news anchor.
Dmann4Christ 5 months ago
@iumontuen
Evidently he's been running his own production company. He apparently had a try-out about a year ago, but Vince opted not to hire him. Bad move, in my opinion. Can't expect anything less from Vince, though.
MystikWizard 4 months ago
I was probably part of this demographic but a large proportion of WWF's audience, especially the kids did not know much about the NWA/WCW. I only knew a little bit about it at the time, and that the wrestling of TBS seemed more realistic then the WWF.
sofapapa 7 months ago
Talk about a historic WWF debut!
WWEChampion16 7 months ago
Ric! Flair! BOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOO! ))) lol
lead4blade 8 months ago
Oh, that Flair is just so arrogant. I hate him, I hate him, I hate him.
TheoHuxtable07 8 months ago
@TheoHuxtable07 Good puppet, good puppet.
kolz4ever1980 6 months ago
Interesting that they played his real music before later making their own version for him.
ViscaBarcaInter 8 months ago
@MrWrestlingEra THATS WHAT HE WANTED lol
thndrct218 8 months ago
man those fans HAVE to be getting paid. lol
erik4727 8 months ago
:40 to skip the intro
JMaxwell85 8 months ago
did flair always have white hair? LOL
this was in 1991...
xMandalorex 8 months ago
@xMandalorex He has always bleached his hair as far as I know.
DAPDave 7 months ago
@xMandalorex For most of his career yes. For the first few years though, back in the early 70s he had natural brown hair. He was also 260 - 270 lbs back then.
FerretJohn 6 months ago
ITs crazy that, that belt ended up on WWF. Kind of surprised WCW never bothered to change theirs. Now I kind of see why Alundra Blaze threw the womens championship in the trash...and what Vince was so afraid of with Bret Hart.
skedardestroyer 9 months ago
ITs crazy that, that belt ended up on WWF. Kind of surprised WCW never bothered to change theirs. Now I kind of see why Alundra Blaze threw the womens championship in the trash
skedardestroyer 9 months ago
i thought having a "Live" audience for PTW at that time was a good idea. I liked it personally
TheMashwatcher585 9 months ago
that belt is why Vince screwed Bret in Montreal. He knew Bret was headed to WCW and even through bret said he would drop the belt on Raw it was to much of a risk because he thought Bret would do with the WWF belt , what Vince and Flair did with the WCW belt
AyumiSerendipity 9 months ago 9
@AyumiSerendipity also because madusa threw the wwf women's championship in the trash when she made her wcw debut. he couldn't risk that happening with their main world championship.
manintherewwf 1 week ago
Watching this again, hard to belive this occured 20 years ago. I still remembered how I felt, when I watched it; at 18 years old. I thought, "this is like Burger King, buying out Ronald McDonald and becoming the BK mascot". Thanks for the memories, of the classic WWF.
14DaveHunter 9 months ago
Wrestling at its best,those days competition was at its best
8605698633 9 months ago
My Character on Raw Vs. Smackdown beat all these guys and owned every belt, trophy, WM. His name is the Bruiser. If I ever get to meet Vince, I'm gonna tell him to find a bald man with snake Tattoos on his arms and have him walk out in Jeans . I'd like to see my character brought to life.
I have another one called Riptide. He's and idiot and probably hated as much as Mike Cole. He has a worse record then Santino. He dresses up in a Wet Suit. Pefect for the post attitude era.
Tom6093 10 months ago
The Original Big Gold Belt is a masterpiece! It has intricate details that's unmatched even till today. The new version of the WWE Big Gold Belt is lacking the detail, curves and colors that the original carried from over 20 years ago.
RedneckBart 10 months ago 17
@RedneckBart agreed. Everything "WCW" that WWE touches turns lackluster.
BlingToYoRing 2 months ago
@RedneckBart the real world title
texasholdemholden 3 weeks ago
I remember this...Even back then I was thinking why didnt he debut on Superstars in front of a big crowd...
julioholderbusiness 10 months ago
Does anyone know why WWF didn't pull the trigger on Hogan vs Flair for Wrestlemania 8? I always wondered why that wasn't the main event.
legendbucwild 10 months ago
@legendbucwild From what I've read, Hogan and Flair had matches at house shows and the reactions weren't at the level they were looking for. So, they put in Savage.
halblow448 10 months ago 2
@legendbucwild Hogan was getting ready to leave and start filming "Mr. Nanny" and "Thunder in Paradise". He was part-owner of the "Thunder" production company and wanted to focus on that. He came back to WM 9, to support Ed Leslie's (Brutus Beefcake) return, after his parasailing accident. He talked Vinnie Mac into another title run; though it was short. Ironically, that started Bret Hart's anger, to the WWE.
14DaveHunter 9 months ago
lmao you mispelled your own username on your video lmao
MaxBearguy1 10 months ago
LOL @ 1:27....you got it clean? K, move it, off the set!
Santurro99 11 months ago
Stupid crowd! RIC IS THE BEST! not BOO thats WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
KevinThornDarkFan 11 months ago
@KevinThornDarkFan Belive it or not, some of that crowd were WWE employees, used as plants.
14DaveHunter 9 months ago
@14DaveHunter I can believe it. The crowd looked as though they were prompted to boo at given intervals, lol. This certainly wasn't Flair's best promo but Heenan expertly hyped him up. Don't worry Flair, you'll have better ones to come in the WWF/E.
BobbyUK1979 6 months ago
That belt is awsome looks much better than the wwf belt at that time look at all that gold.
mr2fnkool 11 months ago 2
I wish he still had this hair, lol.
NeverwinterKnight77 11 months ago 2
This was earth shattering when Flair jumped to the WWE. Never thought it would happen.
jays71276 11 months ago
That was the custom made NWA Belt for Flair. He gave it to Triple H.
14DaveHunter 11 months ago
i believe all those people in the background are WWE employees
apark02 11 months ago
@apark02 Some were, the rest were WWE fans, that had tickets to get into the studio audience. Vinnie Mac had "plants", to get the audience to cheer or boo; for the appropriate wrestler.
14DaveHunter 11 months ago
Flair and Piper go WAY back.
Rlotpir1972 1 year ago
Ric looks like he did a line or two in the back before this interview.....
redsoxfan0428 1 year ago
i am gonna hit you so hard piper your skirt will fall down to your ankles lol!!!
rick flair is the man and always will be the real worlds heavyweight champion
WOOOOOOOooooooo
keepinthe80salive 1 year ago
ric flair the REAL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!!
cavalierfan1995 1 year ago
why all these fucking intros in your videos man its annoying as hell
itsdinger 1 year ago 46
@itsdinger to bypass the automatic copyright infringement finder.
iscrulz 6 months ago
I take that back mate lol
Mrpakkkk1 1 year ago
This is defitnately WCW mate because WWF didnt get that title until the WCW WWE merge
Mrpakkkk1 1 year ago
@Mrpakkkk1 um wrong, flair brought his wcw title to wwf with him
hanktoni 1 year ago
A 40-second intro? No one clicked on this video to see your video editing skills, ass.
frrrrrunkis 1 year ago
I didn't know the WWF had that title first.
ForestKid408 1 year ago
@ForestKid408 Flair paid for it. He put down both the deposit and paid for it. Not to mention he was holding it when he jumped/
Cyantist2 1 year ago
@ForestKid408 they didnt. flair took the wcw belt with him
ravelicon 1 year ago
The reason Ric Flair has the WCW title on the WWF is that the belt he has on the video was specially made for him. All champions back then put a deposit on all titles that they hold. When they loose the belt, the deposit is returned. When Flair left WCW, the deposit was not returned and he left with the belt. Thats why WCW had to create a new belt, the one that you see Ron Simmons hold after he beat Vader.
nightwolf312 1 year ago 2
Thumps up if that is the IMPACT! Zone
Steelerz50 1 year ago
@Steelerz50 This is better than the IMPACT! Zone haha
MrRandleini01 1 year ago
This was the hey day of wrestling...CLASSIC!
TuffLuck777 1 year ago
Look at the young-fella in the road warrior costume... i wonder where he got that, what a hero
RicNatureboyFlair 1 year ago
can someone please remind me , how Ric Flair got to have the WCW title on WWF, I remember they blurred it out eventually, but i can't remember how he was allowed to take it.
lewisfraser21 1 year ago
@lewisfraser21 He quite literally owned the belt itself
ckac730 1 year ago
edge of chairs instead of seats wdf
JOHNNYCFC18 1 year ago
Groundbreaking.
silvercream69 1 year ago
Look, it's Lance Storm in the back at 2:29 with the pink shirt! Guess the Rock found him the job he was looking for.
krazygreen 1 year ago
What strikes me is the AUDIENCE!!! Look at them...over 50 some with shirts and ties. Ladies dressed nicely like they are going to church! Oh how wrestling has changed!!!
holidayrap 1 year ago 2
@holidayrap lol, I think they were all WWF employees.
StGeorgesNL 1 year ago
@holidayrap They were WWF employees, Vince made them stay after work [no pay of course] for this- they were allowed to bring their kids though if they wanted to.
Germany1111 1 year ago
@Germany1111
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that. Typical of Vinnie Mac! lol.
holidayrap 1 year ago
WWF/E could've buried WCW if they played the Hogan-Flair angle right. But nope. Hogan's ego wouldn't allow.
kylerlng 1 year ago
@kylerlng I think it was partially Vince's fault too. Originally WrestleMania VIII was supposed to be Hogan vs Flair and Sid vs Savage, but they changed it to Hogan vs Sid and Flair vs Savage.
arridian 1 year ago
Whooooo!!!!
thanhbites 1 year ago
I don't care who won before or who will win in the next 1000 years. Flair always was and always will be the "Real Worlds Champion".
parabolakiller 1 year ago 2
"you got a problem with that sweetheart? i'll show you what i'm about later on!"
all that was missing was a 'shut up fat boy' and it would've been vintage Ric Flair
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
why the hell is there a 40 second intro
jbfarley 1 year ago 52
Summerslam 1991 was on August 26 of that year , it wouldve been more better had Ric debuted at that PPV then on primetime 2 weeks later on the 9th.
donna1175 1 year ago
wrestling is not very good today, Ric Flair was the man
natureboyjoed4 1 year ago
I like the wwf theme
727Superstar 1 year ago
Did they have 'BOO' and 'APPLAUSE' signs on this show? Never thought about stuff like this when I was watching this as a 10 year old. lol.
Wooooooooooo!
DAPDave 1 year ago
What does thishave to ric flair & the wwf?
moose030406 1 year ago
@moose030406 Rc Flair is on a WWE show.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago
This was 12 days before I was born.
tjmack010 1 year ago
@tjmack010 Irwin R. Sheister.
krazygreen 1 year ago
lol @ the fake boos! They could've at least tried to make it sound real!
matt4lyfe 1 year ago
I was a big a mark as there was for Flair at this time. You can take all the great promos he did in this time (and they were everywhere) and I honestly think this may have been his greatest. He was flawless.
gabrieldaigle 1 year ago
@gabrieldaigle Well Flair was at the start of his career a protegee of "Superstar" Billy Graham. Hogan came along later after Flair and Ventura. This is where the wrestling lineage jumped the tracks. Superstar came back but they couldn't bear the costs of his surgeries. So after WWF let him go, Superstar went on TV to attack pro wrestling's steroid usage. Hogan was getting tired of being the WWF's main draw but couldn't give up the spotlight. Still can't. Flair shifted balance all to himself.
Mysterwright 1 year ago
Of course they needed to have fake boos.... The dream match of the century, Flair/Hogan... the crowd would have cheered so damned loud for Flair that the roof would have blown off.
squeezetoy1984 1 year ago
Such a faggy crowd
ILuvMcCool 1 year ago 3
WWE/WWF was Hogan's world. Flair never really fit in WWF. In all of wrestling combined nobody even came close to WCW Ric Flair.
notta3d 1 year ago
@notta3d It wasn't Hogan's world, he first shared the world with Andre, Snuka etc. It wasn't until Cyndi Lauper and Mr. T that people gave Hogan the world because he was in Rocky III as "Thunderlips" and associated WWF with Hollywood. There's a whole line of Hogan types peppering the history of pro wrestling: "Gorgeous" George, "Superstar" Billy Graham, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, etc.
Mysterwright 1 year ago
Seeing Flair on WWE TV was shocking. I thought it was a dream, but this video proves it. He in the WWE, was like seeing Ronald McDonald working for Burger King.
14DaveHunter 1 year ago
those boos sound SO piped in!!!
jdanteb 1 year ago
You saw the NWA championship on Superstars that saturday morning before primtime. I new Flair was coming before this even at 10 yrs old.
wndebu 1 year ago
Flair always was Vinces bitch.
MrGlasspider 1 year ago
@MrGlasspider Aren't you Vince's bitch?
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago
hogan doesnt rulz.
1EPowerUp 1 year ago
I love the early WWF 90s. It seemed during that time it was impossible to see a Flair vs Hogan match.
renereyes100772 1 year ago
Bobby The Brain was funny as shiit yo
Mizz22Joseph 1 year ago
Jim Herd most being shitting bricks when he saw this enterview ! LOL ! Idiot ! Vince Mcmahon showed once more that he was a promotional genius.
Mortagne 1 year ago
Yes that is true that when Ric Flair came to WWF he came with the WCW belt
LovinRupert 1 year ago
It seems the studio where WWF produced this show had an "Applause/Boo" sign. Really lame, the crowd seems like a bunch of tools. Ric Flair's debut could of been much better.
SebastianSlasherMP 1 year ago
wheres the ring
TheHardyzfan87 1 year ago
The NWA board still recognized Ric Flair as their champion at this time!!!!
jshkendra 1 year ago
fuck ric flair
hellb0yzzzz 1 year ago
@hellb0yzzzz Fuck you.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago
Why do people feel the need to waste time with these stupid intro videos
Paisnaiter 1 year ago 2
is this the NWA or the WCW title?
because the WWF Title belonged to Hogan in that time
mariodevincenzi 1 year ago
@mariodevincenzi At that time it was the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Jim Crockett Promotions had the belt made for Ric in 1985. When he signed with the WWF in 1991 he was fired from WCW and was stripped of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship but he took the big gold belt to the WWF with him. Flair stopped using the belt on WWF TV after WCW filed a lawsuit.
GreenDeathFlavor 1 year ago 2
@GreenDeathFlavor thanks, my friend
mariodevincenzi 1 year ago
So what did the WCW title look like right before and right after this point?
eviliu 1 year ago
Now that belt is the official world heavyweight title in WWE.
ShaolinDynasty 1 year ago
fans today really can't understand how HUGE a moment it was to have the Big Gold belt on WWF TV and Ric Flair....fans had been clamoring for Flair/Hogan in the same federation for almost a decade
Flair + Heenan = absolutely PERFECT
miggy25 1 year ago 8
Too bad Vince did not capitalize it for Wrestlemania VIII.
OtorresFitness 1 year ago
He's amazing. So much better than what's going on today.
thewolfmanchu 1 year ago 19
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
ideniseb 1 year ago 3
Flair is the best in Promos ! He is soooo Entertaining that i can watch 100 promos in a day from him it never gets boring for me :D
FrozenGex 1 year ago 5
Classic Heenan
Djteedoe420 1 year ago 4
Surprising that after this we didn't see a WWF title change between Hogan and Flair at some point. Flair never won it from Hogan, and Hogan never won it from Flair. Ever. Maybe the WCW title, I'm not sure. But WWF title? No.
theboombody 2 years ago
Hogan did win the WCW title from Flair in 94, and Flair won it from Hogan in 99.
johnissoevil 1 year ago 2
@johnissoevil
I said WWF title. The WCW title wasn't jack.
theboombody 1 year ago
@johnissoevil
Oh sorry, you were just telling me something I wasn't sure of. I just hate the WCW title is all.
theboombody 1 year ago
Back in the day WCW and the WWF world champions were somebody kids could look up to. These days John Cena is good but I feel his persona is the wrong image wrestling these days is full shit.
444Sidney 1 year ago
@444Sidney I agree, Cena is good but his act for some reason is getting tired, theres just no substance to it, Sorry to say if "Raw" could stand up on its own feet , it wouldnt need all these guest stars hosting it, TNA is going head to head this Monday against Raw so the WWE NEEDS to step up its game big time
jukedar 1 year ago
@theboombody Hogan beat Flair in his WCW debut at Bash at the Beach '94 to win the world title. But you're right it should have happened back in WWF. There was way too much politics going on as everybody knows. Hogan was on his way out and didn't wanna go out a loser and Vince didn't want his world champion losing the belt to a guy that was about to retire. That's why they switched the program up and had Hogan-Sid, and Flair-Savage.
Antrizzle2009 1 year ago
@Antrizzle2009
Hogan and Flair had lots of one on one matches back in 1991, but they were all on house shows. I believe the first one on one match they had on WWF/E PPV/tv wasn't until 2002/2003.
theraptorfan100 1 year ago
@Antrizzle2009 ANother one of the things that proves Vince isn't as great as people make him out to be.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago
@nintendojuggalo Actually I kinda sided with Vince on that particular situation. As a promoter, you don't want to have your "world champ" lose to a guy on his way to another organization. It makes your company look weak. It was same deal with the Montreal Screwjob. If Bret beats Shawn clean and then goes to WCW, that makes WWF look weak. Bottom line, Hogan should have dropped the WM match to Flair, or at the very least won via DQ. But to go over clean on Flair and then retire would make no sense
Antrizzle2009 1 year ago
@Antrizzle2009 You're an idiot. Whether Hogan lost or not it would've drew.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago
@nintendojuggalo I'm not talking about the match itself, I'm talking about the after effects of the match. If Hogan goes over Flair at WM, and "retires" as the champ, then later on goes to WCW which he did, it makes the WWF look like weak jackasses. Why do you think Vince was so paranoid about Bret leaving? It's the same thing.
Antrizzle2009 1 year ago
@Antrizzle2009
Exactly
tonshaad1230 1 year ago
is it true ric flair came with the wcw world title to wwf
MoonKeepa 2 years ago 28
Yes
KawadaFan 2 years ago 3
@MoonKeepa Yes, he did. It became part of a gimmick, as Flair called himself the real World Champion.
The reason Flair took the title to the WWF was because he had paid a deposit to possess the physical title belt whilst champion. When asking for his deposit money back to return the title belt, he was told to go screw himself, so he didn't hand the belt back (as he technically owned it due to the aforementioned deposit).
yourfightsite 1 year ago
who did not know that!
ptowncandyman 1 year ago
@yourfightsite hey thanx i didnt know the stars had to put a deposit on the gold ric flair was only in the wwe/f for one n half years then goes back to wcw is that right
MoonKeepa 1 year ago
@MoonKeepa do u NOT see the footage????? hmmm??? lol
jumar05 1 year ago
@MoonKeepa yep he sure did and kept it till he won the royal rumble in 1992
RUNTRACERTB 1 year ago
@MoonKeepa
Actually the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Later on it became the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He brought it to the WWF as the NWA hadn't returned his $25,000 which he had kept as deposit
ILuvMcCool 1 year ago
@ILuvMcCool wasn't the Big Gold Belt a championship belt that Flair made strictly for himself back in 1990? if so, he could have done whatever he wished with the belt, perhaps Ted Turner wanted to keep the magestic belt for his newly formed WCW organization as a World title once it broke free from the NWA, but since WCW already had a "World" title belt, they renamed Flair's belt as a "International" title
tmbttes 1 year ago
@tmbttes
Mmm,I dunno abt that man. All I know is that Flair wanted to leave but they didn't give him his 25 grand back. Hence he left WITH the title. As far as the nomenclature is concerned I have never read anythingof that sort. I'll try n look it up...thankz
ILuvMcCool 1 year ago
@MoonKeepa Yup! Well it was the NWA title. The WCW title was changed and this one phazed out when Luger, Sting and Ron Simmons were the main draws but you can damn well bet it came right back when Flair took it to WWF! Haha!
Mysterwright 1 year ago
@MoonKeepa Yep, champions had to put a deposit down when they won the title so until they paid Flair's money back he actually had a claim on the belt.
cra0422 1 year ago