The Horror Returns - The Wrestling Returns: Ric Flair’s Last Match (2022)

Episode Date: August 17, 2022

This TWR Bonus episode Brian gives is take on The Nature Boy Ric Flair's Last Match that took place on July 31, 2022 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.    Join The Wrestling Returns on Facebook Group -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/614555330016037 Instagram - @the_wrestling_returns Twitter - @the_w_returns   Check out everything Horror Returns at: https://thehorrorreturns.com   Join The Horror Returns Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1056143707851246 THR Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thehorrorreturns   Join The Action Returns Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/841619946357776   Follow The Action Returns on IG and Twitter: Instagram: @theactionreturns Twitter: @action_returns    Join the THR Presents: Stream Fiends Facebook Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3860579827402429 Follow THR Stream Fiends on IG: @thrstreamfiends

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, welcome to another episode of the wrestling returns. Welcome back, everybody, to another bonus episode of the wrestling returns. I'm your host Brian. And I'm going to do these bonus episodes a little bit different. I'm not going to do entire pay-per-view cards. I'm going to basically do the match or matches that really stuck out to me. and I just got done watching Rick Flair's last match. It was a bittersweet affair.

What I mean by that was it was good to see Rick in the ring. You know, he's somebody I grew up watching ever since I was a little kid. You know, getting into wrestling. He was one of the earliest wrestlers I remember watching. But bittersweet. The bitter part was he really was showing his age. And at times, I was really worried for his health in there. But let's get into some statistics here.

This was at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. This was through, I believe, Jim Crockham. promotions and Starcast events. The match was a, it went, I say, probably 30 minutes or more, a tag team match. He teamed with his son-in-law, Andrade L. Edelow, and they went up against a former, I guess, protege and training partner Jay Lethal and Jeff Jared. And I have to say, Jeff, he still looks in good shape. And he's been in the business for over 30 years, whether it be promoting or wrestling. He still looks like he can go.

And Jay, Jay's still doing it. You know, he's one of the best Ring of Honor champs there are. He's still doing Ring of Honor. He's in AEW doing his thing. You know, Jay, Jay, Jay is a main eventer. And I like to build up for this match. It was, I believe essentially, Jeff wasn't feeling he was getting his respect. And then Jay wanted to be in the main event.

And Rick wouldn't allow him, which kind of rubbed him the wrong way, which set up this match. And, you know, to start to match out, it was kind of a feeling out of fair, very slow. it didn't really kick in for about a good five to ten minutes and then when it got going it was mostly Andrade doing the heavy lifting If you'd say with the match A lot of mind games with Jeff and Jay Rick was definitely

Showing why he's always been the dirtiest player in the game He had some good moments in there He got busted up You know Jeff's wife was there with him karen uh handed him the high hill shoe got hit with it split open happened right there in front of all his granddaughters except he said all his all his grandkids and kids were there uh i didn't see charlotte anywhere i did not see charlotte uh the undertaker was there

brett hart was there mcfully was there a lot of people were there but uh michel mccul a lot of people But I didn't see Charlotte. It was kind of strange. I don't know what this has to do with her being a WWE superstar. And maybe they didn't want her to show up there on screen. Maybe she was there, but she couldn't be on camera. I don't know. But decent back and forth for fair, good storytelling.

But I still just felt uncomfortable at times watching him in there. His age is really caught up with him. in a big way and his health didn't look the best and him and Andrade pulled out to win and he gave an emotional speech but one thing that really stuck out to me is he said in his near the end of his speech that he hoped he gave a or he put on a good show for everybody but he can't remember half of what happened and that that just that just really scares me I'm sad to see it come to an end, but I'm also glad to see it come to an end because I think he just, he just, he's earned the right in respect that he deserves and he just needs to kick back. Enjoy the, enjoy the family, enjoy the granddaughters, you know, and I don't know if he has any grandsons, but, you know, just enjoy life, man.

You, you deserve it. And pass on that wrestling knowledge to Andrade. Andrade's going to be a, I believe he's going to be a big superstar. If he's not already, you know, it depends on whose opinion it is. But I think he's going to be a big, big main inventor in the future. And yeah, if you enjoyed listening to these, please subscribe to any where the horror returns. streams its podcast, Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify,

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and yeah I don't know what the next thing I'm going to do as far as these wrestling returns bonus episodes but I think they're going to be short and sweet to the point I'm not going to review entire cards I'm just going to pick the matches that I want to review and I'm going to give it to you

short and sweet I don't want to take up all your time with listening to me babble as I'm doing right now. So until next time, everybody be good to each other.