Tuesday Theatre #3: WOOOOOO!
I hate it when people say that wrestling is fake. Big DUH. It’s like saying your favorite TV drama is fake. They call it “sports entertainment” for a reason, assholes. They’re telling sensational stories in the context of oily scantily clad men hitting each other with a steel chair. But my point doesn’t concern the pageantry and the drama of sports entertainment. I’m here to pay my respects to the greatest sports entertainer of all time who has finally retired after 36 years in the wrestling business. The limousine-ridin’, jet-flyin’, kiss-stealin’, wheelin’ dealin’ son of a gun, the stylin’ and profilin’ 16-time world heavyweight champion, the dirtiest player in the game, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair! WOOOOO!
I didn’t become a fan of the Nature Boy until the formation of Evolution, but I’ve been a fan long enough to admire the passion and the genuine love for the wrestling business of the 16-time champ. I got teary eyed (shut up) when I saw his farewell address last Monday on WWE Raw. Nothing fake about that, especially when you see the Undertaker making a rare emotional appearance (albeit off-air) to pay tribute to the hall-of-famer.
I’ve seen his old matches, and I’ve delighted in all his old promos. He’s seriously one of a kind. I rarely get emotionally attached to professional wrestling, and most of those rare moments involve the Naytch. Thank you, Ric. WOOOOOO!
08 Apr 08 10:29 am
IKNORITE? Undertaker’s off air appearance was the clincher!
You cried? Faggot! Atleast I just got something in my eyes while watching the clip.
10 Apr 08 2:47 pm
I watched it and although I am not the biggest Flair fan I loved the show. I thought the best moment was the Big Show short speech! You could really see the love.
I think he deserves the respect he has… But is he the best? I think not. He also did a lot to damage WWE and some of its wrestlers.
You should read Mick Foley’s first book… it has some of Flairs not so great events in it… And is also a great book
Great show though! Its moments like this that I love WWE! And I also hate it when people say its fake!!! I could rip peoples heads off for saying it!
Its the soap opera for people like me! Now leave me alone!