Ric Flair 1970 something

[youpeoplecantspell]

This brother has soul. Wow.

[Krazyeman2]

Oh my God...

[xCeRTiFiieDx]

This promo was in July of 1974, You can also view this promo in video by typing in "Ric Flair and Rip Hawk promo"

This promo is also infamous because this was the first time Ric Flair used his famous "WHOOO"

[rdorwa]

Wow he really did look up to Dusty Rhodes early in his career, he sounded just like him.

[JoBo6772]

LOL Flair said I'm gonna leave you beggin for your "MAMMY" TO A BLACK DUDE

NOT VERY "PC" LMAO

[danteras23]

Flair used to be fat and have short brown hair. he remade himself later in his career.

[mkl62]

I wonder how that would go over today. Flair saying "Mammy" to a black wrestler. One time, he even called Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones Kunta Kinte (Roots).

[at1212b]

@mkl62

You should see the promo when Hogan confronts Tony Atlas and calls him a Brown Clown, and constantly 'Boy'.

There's even another one where Valentine is doing a promo against Tito, and makes references to dirty Mexicans. You could never do it today!

[mkl62]

@at1212b Ole Anderson called Tony Atlas a Super Spider Monkey one time. Calling a black wrestler Nappy Hair or a Big Ol' Bear was about as racial as they got. If you read Flair's book, the real racists were The Missouri Mauler and Brute Bernard.

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

Ric Flair came to Lynchburg Virginia many times to wrestle. He wrestled in the Lynchburg Armory many, many times. Rustburg is pretty close to Lynchburg where Long Mountain is. I remember hearing about Flair eating a hot dog at a local country store at Mt. Athos with Mighty Igor after the shows. The chili was hot and he would yell WOOOOO!! while eating it. This was in the 70's and when I was a kid at home.

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

Late 70's music.  NWA.

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

Hey, I have been to that store in Rustburg Virginia and it is still there today I think. It is at the intersection of Route 24 and Red House Road at the stoplights. I remember this song on the wrestling show too. It used to come on channel 10 WSLS on Saturday at 12:30 to 1:30 in the afternoon with this music in the late 70's.

[willnchicago]

A compilation clip....the audio was from early 70's...World Championship Wrestling was the new name of Georgia Championship Wrestling...which Jim Crockett eventually took over

[aj31313]

the video is early 8os audio older

There is footage of this promo with rip hawk. its like 73 or 74

definitely before the plane crash

By 77 he was definately the Nature boy.

[rsinghny]

I always loved the Mid-Atlantic wrestling disco theme music

[lemon8productions]

Anyone out here that knows the disco tune? Starts from 0:53...

[RanterParExcellence]

The theme is from a disco song called Got To Have Loving by Don Ray. It was the mid-atlantic wrestling theme for about five years or so I believe.

[lemon8productions]

Thank you! Wow, would 4/4 beats ever come back to Wrestling? ;-)

[johnsmdm]

got to have loving came out in 1978 by Don Ray...at 50 se3conds...

[Greenandscaly]

Flair's been listening over and over to tapes of Superstar Graham at this time in his career, I see. . .

[ufdb]

You are way off on the date.

Near the end of this clip, Flair is standing in front of a "World Championship Wrestling" banner.

WCW was not started until 1985 or so.

[mplaza]

Just so there's no confusion, it should be noted that the "World Championship Wrestling" banner Flair stood in front of was the name of the television show. The wrestling promotion WCW started in 1988 after Jim Crockett sold Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner.

[ryantina]

That was flair. there is footage of a promo with Rip Hawk on youtube. He sounded just like that in the late seventies. But he didn't win the world belt until 81

[Dswaned]

Gotta love that music

[Lovelygal71]

So were was this really? Just curious.