Ric Flair Returns to WWE After Survivor Series 2001

[svaughan41]

That entrance theme just did not fit Austin

[mobstakon1]

3:13 kurt angle ''i dont care'' lmfao

[mmscott9]

Flair was last in the WWE in 1993. Just 8 years later, WWE was so completely different, it was almost unrecognisable.

Compare 2012 with 2004. Apart from the talent, nothing has changed at all. No wonder PPV buys and ratings are plummeting.

[youjustfoundnemo]

4:09 Vince's face=Priceless LMAO

[johnissoevil]

And there's Austin, beating the hell out of Vince, wondering "Why the hell did I sell my soul to you at WrestleMania? I could've done just fine without you! And now you're sharing ownership with Ric Flair, the dirtiest player in the game, the one man who will allow me to open up a can of whoop ass on you and anyone who kisses your ass!"

[johnissoevil]

How ironic, someone who actually was one of the big names of the real WCW returns the day after the watered down Alliance version is dismantled.

[chrisgangsta]

austin turned face just as inexplicably as the first time

[therealjosephlandry]

Awesome 2 greatest maybe 3 ever!

[93srivats]

@1:22 King lawler where is securty? LMAO

DAMN i miss jerry lawler as heel he was awesome

[smithersdonnell4]

Its called byonics redneck theme it was a cool theme

[spykr2121]

I love it when Ric gets hysterical and starts struttin and bouncing off the ropes!! .....on an unrelated note, whose terrible idea was it to change Austin's entrance music to some generic heavy metal hook?

[CHETxxxLEMON]

JR: "Ric Flair, one of the greatest of the game, and the game is history".

RIP WcW.... damn I miss it.

[sdc3536]

@CHETxxxLEMON

he said "in the game's history"

[eromitlabhitw]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOO

[TheIntrinsic]

4:06 text book "Whaaat!?!!" From Lawler

[gtafanboy32]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[ComdeyProductions]

When was flair ever young?

[clemmertime23]

@ComdeyProductions about the same time morgan freeman was young

[EnglishSmoker2]

Flair still has that gleam in his eye here. he lost that at some point in the WWE

[Conservative1992]

@EnglishSmoker2 100% agreed, couldn't have put it better myself. I think he did some good stuff but I don't think Vince liked having a bigger personality in the business than himself.

[puffykilled2pac]

Probably the only time an Austin entrance ruined a great segment

[TheUnreaI]

Also 6:03 fail fist xD

[TheUnreaI]

He looks young O_O

[WrastlemaniaXV]

now a days watching wrestling you actually DO have mirages about all the old greats like Flair in there primes beating the shit out of guys like cena and punk

[slums666]

is this a mirage, BRILLIANT

[limetheleamer]

did austin change his music for a bit

[DominoRyder]

God what happened to Flair? He was an above average looking middle aged man just 10 years ago and now is mostly bald and looks even older than he is.

[theshow2k8]

@DominoRyder

I was just watching a video of him in TNA and thought ''damn he looks old now'' and i thought i'd come here to see how young he looked a mere 10 years ago.

He has aged horribly.

[Conservative1992]

@theshow2k8 I was thinking the EXACT same thing. He seriously needs to loose some weight too.

[JoeWildthing]

this was a debut, not a return

[guardo369]

@JoeWildthing It's kind of both..I mean, the guy was in WWE 10 years prior to this. So, it was kind of a return.

[thedarkmodem]

"WOOOOOOOOOO"

[SpanishFly120]

I love how literally in a 24 hour period Angle goes from heel to turning face. And then he goes from face to heel literally without doing anything, while Austin goes from heel to face by doing the same, lol.

[snoop12345ful]

I was taking a pee when I heard this music so excited pissed my pants.

[dpk209210]

McMahon's face @ 4:10

[totallykyle111]

J.R's commentary used to intensify the situation, make it more exciting, but he never marks out to anything anymore lol =/

[totallykyle111]

I can't believe how much he's aged in the last 10 years.

[TheRaletalk]

@totallykyle111 lol@ sarcasm

[thedarkmodem]

LMAO Ric Flair is a funny son of a bitch. WOOOOOOOO.

[JaYNiiNETwO]

The night after SS '01 is probably the craziest for me because in one night Austin became a Face while Angle and Vince became Heels again. I never understood that.

[totallykyle111]

@JaYNiiNETwO Wasn't Angle already heel anyway by joining the alliance that summer?

[JaYNiiNETwO]

@totallykyle111 He had a huge pop after turning on the Alliance at SS so I thought it would stay that way.

[commerce39]

I remember watching this! This was one of WWE's greatest moments!

[BIGOHIONUTS2]

the end of heel stone cold!

[09vendeta09]

Thumbs up for this ric flair!!!!!! and not for the ridicoulus ric flair on tna

[DMERRITT7]

What kind of business is this?

[09vendeta09]

i love it when stone cold punches mr mcmahon XD

[Rossco64]

lol "cheap pop"

[mmscott9]

Flair's not aged well at all

[tonshaad1230]

@TellthaTruth

EXACTLY! But hey Attitude era had some of the "best" booking and best moments in the history of sports right?

[tonshaad1230]

@aaaaaaargg2a

WWF Attitude era took place after Austin won the title from Michaels at Wrestlemania 14 and it died once Austin WON the title from Rock and turned HEEL with Vince.

[tonshaad1230]

@m3andchip5

But yet people knack on TNA for their inconsistency. When it was Angle that was supposedly to be the main guy after the Survivor Series, Austin goes and uses his creative control and just puts him down even more. Yeah thanks alot Attitude era.

[tonshaad1230]

Ric Flair debuted in the same year, just ten years earlier. And he went up against some of the greatest legends of all time in the WWF like Hogan, Piper, Macho Man, Warrior, Mr.Perfect. Now he came back 10 years later and this is what he gets? Not only was he brought back AFTER the fact WCW was bought and the Invasion angle was done for, he pretty much DEMANTLES the whole thing.

[tonshaad1230]

The last time Ric Flair was in the WWF was on Monday Night Raw during the first month against Mr.Perfect in an I quit match. That WWF title was crap looking. Should've just brought back Hogan's Belt.

[SuperCsmith21]

i hated that austin song

[Flossingame]

That the consordium........WOOOOOOOOOOO­!!!!

[t3chn013]

Why did Ric Flair talked as if he's drunk in this segment ?

[peterj10880]

I Could not agree more on the look of the wwe title belt the stupid spining thing in the middle i mean what was wrong with old fashoned wing eagled belt the last person i beleve to hold that belt was steve austin and that was not for long, when he replaced with the much larger eagled belt and the scull belt that i liked but the old has been the best

[UltraTalented]

The Nature Boy!

[kixmgc]

he was too old here idk why the fuck hes still here

[GiantNiner4life]

i miss that WWD/WWE title belt, that was the best belt

[IR305]

@GiantNiner4life Hell yeah. Cena's spinner belt is a freaking disgrace to the title's history.

[gradel888]

@IR305 it doesn't spin anymore

[GiantNiner4life]

haha 1:06-1:14 King is classic

[piefish1000]

It's almost obvious that there would be another owner. "As the sole owner of the World Wrestling Federation..."

[Llamakingmaster7]

Ric Flair shares a birthday with me and we both were born in N.C WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[CrashHollyFan]

lmfao @ 3:41 - 3:51. ric flair is amazing in the ring and on the mic!

[tony2tones777]

I love how steve drinks his beer, by throwing it all over the place, he must be thirsty.

[newlytrollin]

The Texas Rattlesnake, & the Nature Boy, Wooo!!!!

[Theoneandonlygooner]

LOVE JR at the end! "OH MY GAWWWWWWWD"

[bballbeast16]

lmfaooo 4:11

[VeXuSZomBiieZ]

funny at 5:07 wooooooooooo

[lsvtecb18c1]

whats up with stone colds music?

[ChazmaniacTV]

@lsvtecb18c1 That was his heel Alliance theme, he switched back to his classic theme a few weeks later after he was confirmed as a babyface again.

[smilerboyboy]

I was the only one disappointed that Austin immediately turned face? And Vince heel?

Took me a while to forgive Austin.

[michealangelo12865]

@smilerboyboy I know what you mean. But the gimmick never gets old. Austin Vs. McMahon

[smilerboyboy]

@michealangelo12865 True, but it still angered me a little. At first anyways.

[goHEELS98765]

@smilerboyboy

Its better than Angle turning heel a couple weeks earlier, turning face the night before, and then turning heel again.

[louisblack97]

ric flair sounds like dustin hoffman

[deathedge2000]

I remember going nuts when I watched this live. This was back when WWE really knew how to do a comeback!

[tmwa123]

I was there live and I was shocked to see Flair. At first I thought he was a guest and when he said "You and I are partners" to VInce I almost fainted like Flair.

[WrastlemaniaXV]

EPIC!!!

[MDE1045]

when i first clicked on the video i thought it said he returned in 2011, i was like "WHAAAATTT!?!?!?"

[pedrobobpeter]

Ric Flair has one unusual voice.

[flentrop2009]

Anytime Flair got riled up it was worth watching. "The consortium......... WAS ME!!!"

[redsoxdominance]

@flentrop2009 amen to that

[CHETxxxLEMON]

When I saw this... I was never so proud to have been a wcw fan ! .

[vaderbomb93]

I don't know what's better: Flair skipping off the ropes towards Vince, or Vince's face (and ear tug) after Flair tells him they're partners...

[theaterattendee]

Ten years after his original WWF debut!

[123MLewis]

In five years were gonna basiclly see this after the death of TNA and AJ coming to wwe oh and the guy drinking the beers not austin but reliey YAY!!!! uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhg

[mdhotstuff]

I'll drink to that......... WOOOOOOOOOOOO

[301SO]

Awesome face turn!

[snoop12345ful]

So cool!!



[pkpro]

I miss these days. WWF > WWE

[pounanni3100]

The stare down between Flair and Austin at the end is still one of my favorites. Flair looked good with that belt on his shoulder.

[ecwchampion956]

this aint wwe this WWF WWE sux...

[themrduragss]

@ecwchampion956

you got that right

[antsman88]

so u bring in ric flair the day after you kill wcw? riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

[orster2076]

I LOVE THIS

[Chonvay]

Austin was better as a heel IMO!

[meragan12487]

It is amazing that they were able to turn Angle heel even after he single-handily saved the WWF the night before. And thankfully that made Austin face again.

[Delvontehmage]

YOU SHUT IT, FAT BOY!

[fattycheeks]

and in one night austin goes from major heel to baby face!!!

[codeman494]

a flai n austin staredown awesome

[justinhighest]

JR at the end was great...so was Lawler yo...

[kanecub9]

1:44 Yes Scotland Flag

[Delvontehmage]

''This is his hometown, hes getting a cheap pop from his local fans.''

Haha Jerry Lawler is the best ''heel/sort off'' commentator in the business, Jonathan Coachman couldn't shine his shoes.

[Drjklv2]

The night I saw this I was in 5th grade, and I couldn't believe my eyes.

[PinstripeShirt]

Scotland flag??? - 1:44?

[cpatterable]

@PinstripeShirt

alot of Scots migrated around to western north carolina

[PinstripeShirt]

@cpatterable Kick ass!

[stargirlrachel]

What a difference 10 years make, eh Ric Flair?

[megatron818]

Mcmahon "Nice to see you, now GOODBYE!" I can never get over that, lol

[barryboy06]

@megatron818 i cant get enough of mcmahons voice and attitude , hes such a funny guy !

[skeletorphd]

It must be great when you have ric flairs legendary status. When you do an entrance after all those years and the crowd knows and appreciates.

I don't think the latest crop of wwf fans know what they missed.

[col06]

haha funny as fuck ric flairs off the ropes celebration

[vanhalen0710]

why the crowd is with austin if he was still the bad guy back the???

[deathedge2000]

@vanhalen0710 The heel turn was an epic fail, to put it in short words...

[vanhalen0710]

@deathedge2000 he was a real bad bad guy and everyone hated him for 5 long months, people might not liked that but everyone ended up hated him, so i dont think it was too much of a epic fail.

[supreme199999]

LMAO @ 3:38 the-the-the custoridiummmm WOOOOOOO!

[puffykilled2pac]

Not very often Austin ruins a segment. Holy shit his theme was horrible then

[Romulus123]

I miss the old Raw stage set up.

[Nidav3]

he needs to die and never come back fuck his baby eatting wooooo old basterd looks like he is going to die in every match i wish he did but the world could only be so lucky ps he sounds like he got a dick in his mouth

[antbanks415]

wow,he looks different

[13ax7]

looks like 4 people arent limousin riding, jet flying, kiss stealing, wheeling dealing sons of guns

[AZ09astrophysicist]

@13ax7 that could kiss any woman and make her cry!

[stevelxa476]

I wish Flair didn't lose all his money buying half the E. Now he has to lower himself to work for TNA.

[m3andchip5]

From Heel to Face overnight... great stuff back then...

[superflycos123]

@m3andchip5 i honestly don't know if your being sarcastic lol! the alliance angle was a pretty big mess

[mmscott9]

wow, flair's aged a lot

[EGarrett01]

Whoever used to throw those beers to Stone Cold was accurate as hell.

[noneedforpants2]

@EGarrett01 He's got a "Beer Guy". Its pretty insane.

[WildCard207]

@EGarrett01 I like to think he keeps that guy around his house. Stone Cold Steve Austin doesn't have to go to the fridge. He raises his hand, and that guy throws him a beer.

[DMaddox2010]

@EGarrett01 Time keeper

[Aabalol]

@EGarrett01 USED TO are the key words, now they miss ALL THE TIME

[merricko]

@EGarrett01 i always used to wonder if they had someone specifically employed to throw beers to stonecold

[snoopyeko27]

Last and Best segment in WWF History!

[snoopyeko27]

Austin kicks Vince's ass like crazy!

[Eddiebhoy1888]

0:52

Vince : Am I seeing this shit?

[sanisidro125]

2:42 :D

[lilkinney2q]

MR MCMAHON FACE LOL WE ARE PARTNERS

[TheMR043]

Vince McMahon scratching his ear. . . LMFAO

[Deathwolf170]

Heel Jerry Lawler > Heel Micheal Cole.

[cra0422]

Who'd like to be partners with the Nature Boy? ME!

[badmuthur]

lmfao at vinces face @ 4:07

[mattnimp14]

WOW when stone cold was attacking vince mcmahon it looked way to fake

[marcsman229]

flair just arrived and he was already holding the championship belt.

[RedlineR24]

JR makes these kind of moments so much better

[JUSTWATCHWRESTLING]

the night where everything returned to normal...atleast until wrestlemania 20...

[GlasgowGuy2702]

One word. Woooooooooooo!

[DTA316]

Wow Ric has aged a lot since 2001. And Austin still looks the same as he did back then, he hasn't aged since '96 I think lol.

[BukHih]

He came back the Royal Rumble

[ColeNibbe]

One of the only things wwf gained from anything after survivor series 2001...

[grindcore4]

this is after wwf not wwe defeated the alliance.

[sonicthekid249]

I still hate SCSA Vince always put him over the rock. I've Hated Him for atleast 10 years now.

[sonicthekid249]

flair has brain damage

[bigdaddycool28716]

me and my dad was there that night and when flairs music hit i went crazy that was one night i will never forget

[jonnyboysuper]

you say shit

[McGovP]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrAntiFarLeft]

back when WWE was greatness

[snoops1990]

When i fist saw this it was live i jumped up onto my feet wooooooooo

[ncastle4]

Press 3:39 over and over and over. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!­!!! LOL

[mkl62]

Ric Flair was the NWA World's Heavyweight Champion on March 11, 1983.

[archnemesis111]

expression on vince's face 4:12

[italstallion06]

@archnemesis111 that's classic loll

[rocky2100ooo]

johncena can make the rock tap out... stfu rock lol rocky suckssssss

[marty34156]

i remember this like it were yesterday! back when the wwf was as unpredictable as could be. i mean seriously who the hell could've seen this comin i sure didnt!

[Kevjill14]

Ric Flair will always be the man!!! Wooooo!!!

[Meeriio]

2000 - 2004 Attitude Era

2004 - 2007 Entertainment Era

2007 - 2010 John Cena Over-The-Top Cheesey Superman Era.

[aaaaaagg2a]

@Meeriio

WTF are you talking about?

1997 - 2002 ATTITUDE ERA

2003 - 2007 SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT ERA

2008 TO NOW PG CRAP ERA

[sonicthekid249]

@aaaaaagg2a pg since 05