Ricky Steamboat Documentary Part 1

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat is one of the most legendary performers in the history of sports entertainment. The popular superstar made his name in the Carolina territory and went on to become a fan favorite in WCW and WWE. His battles with Ric Flair for the NWA Championship kept fans on the edge of their seats and his Intercontinental Championship match with "Macho Man" Randy Savage is considered by many the greatest match in WrestleMania annals.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• WWE
• RICKY
• THE
• DRAGON
• STEAMBOAT
• PRO
• WRESTLING
• RIC
• FLAIR
• MACHO
• MAN
• RANDY
• SAVAGE
• WCW
• NWAHALL
• OF
• FAME
• CHRIS
• JERICHO

[bhpproductions]

yessssss, I have been looking for this one, do you have Mr Perfect also?

[CURTCANDIDO4EVER]

@bhpproductions yeah part 3 will be blocked on this one though wtf

[TeslaDRay]

@NevrSilent

same with sting. sting teased a heel turn in wcw in late 99' but fans weren't buying it. he turend heel in tna (which i rarely watch unless he's on it) and fans still cheered him.

and compared to most older wrestlers today, steamboat is actually in competing shape. i heard he toured japan in 09' after his jericho fued, i could be wrong though.

[NevrSilent]

Rick Steamboat is one of the quintessential class acts ever, both inside and outside the ring. He was probably my favourite guy from '78 on (although I was a little non-plussed when they were pushing the whole 'ninja' thing too hard in the mid-80s). One of my few mark-outs was when he won the NWA world title in '89.

[NevrSilent]

@TeslaDRay yep, never went heel. Problem was, he was such a complete gentleman, and everyone knew it, both in the audience and behind the scenes, that bookers thought no one would ever buy it (they were right). I think it was Pat Patterson who told him "You could go out there and cut a guy's head off with a chainsaw, and we still couldn't get you over as a heel."

[TeslaDRay]

@mrbluto3

yeah i heard in a radio shoot interview when steamboat actually quizzed the interviewer as to whether or not steamboat ever turned heel. the guy guessed right and steamboat jokingly said that just one time he would havve gotten a kick out of just saying "oh shut up!" to the fans to get a kick out of it but he never went heel, you're right.

[mrbluto3]

One of the few wrestlers never to do a heel turn.

[MegaSha786]

wow his still as good looking as he was back then

[JoBo6772]

I forgot that Flair had "Man Boobs" even back the LOL

[bladestormviking]

@lucky44124 because this is a rare thing; shieky-baby out of character

[bladestormviking]

it's amazing to me that somebody who's interviews SUCKED was able to be so over with the fans.

[lucky44124]

ive never seen iron sheik so mellow