flair vs steamboat 6 star match

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It was topped by Terry Funk trying to suffocate Flair with a plastic bag, but while it lasted, it was a tremendous tag battle. I also remember reading Meltzer said that Michael's performance in his wm x ladder match was either the greatest or one of the single greatest match performances by a wrestler in history. Those in the know were amazed at how good this match was, particularly when they realized they had another match later that night in Philadelphia (which wasn't as good, but was still a fantastic match)", 3/27/89 Observer: 3/18 Philadelphia, PA - Civic Center "Steamboat pinned Flair in just over 30 minutes with the same finish they are doing everywhere--Flair gets the pin using the ropes, Luger tells the ref what happens, Windham comes out, they start brawling and Steamboat gets a quick pin ****¾". - September 19, 2020 10:05 pm EDT. I loved that they attempted multiple pins without doing anything in between. But the video feed gives me an actual headache. It's crazy how he's seen tens of thousands of matches of virtually every style and can recall them spot by spot decades later. Flair and Steamboat's rivalry would become infamous in 1989 when they wrestled a trilogy of matches for the NWA World Title that peers and fans alike call the greatest matches of all time. "The other piece of trivia I want to share is that Ricky Steamboat's real name is Dick Blood. That pop when Steamboat gets the figure four on, whew. The Fantastics - Clash 1, The Midnight Express vs. Ric Flair & Barry Windham - Clash 4, Ric Flair & Sting vs. Dick Slater & Great Muta - Clash 8, Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton - Clash 19, Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas - Clash 21, Steve Austin & Brian Pillman vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson – Clash 23, Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko - Clash 34. Austin and Steamboat had great chemistry together and a wonderful series of matches. Go ahead and look it up.".

Clash 7 was presented from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, essentially a Tribute to the Troops before they existed. I think he's usually referring to matches in the late-'70s/early-'80s. This goes from 1983 all the way to the present day.

4/3/89 Observer: 3/18 Landover, MD - Capital Centre "Steamboat pinned Flair in 32 minutes of a match which blew the top off the five star scale. But one didn't. Cheap-ass Corporately Created John Cena bootleg. All information about cookies and data security can be … The match ended in a double disqualification.
And three of them got a five star rating from Meltzer. Take Our Quiz To Find Out, – Which Current Female WWE Superstar Are You?

Dooley created a newsletter called Weasel’s World, which was the first to use star ratings.

Meltzer awarded six stars for the first time in 1989 for a Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat house show match, long before he doled it out again for Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada’s groundbreaking collision at Wrestle Kingdom 11.
Event: NJPW G1 Climax – Day 3 – 1991 | Rating: 5 Stars. Toyota's performance in this match, and for 1992 in general, can't even be given words to describe it although she is the outstanding wrestler of 1992, male or female.

Though he doesn't specifically mention the Maryland match, Meltzer did state that he thought Tsuruta/Misawa in 1990 was *****+ and better than two other Flair/Steamboat matches, “I can't describe just how awesome this was as both a match and a spectacle.

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This match was significantly better than their Chicago match and deserved something like 5½ to 6 stars as a fair grade.

At Clash 9, he and Terry Funk wrestled an iconic "I Quit Match" that was set-up by a memorable angle at the end of the Flair/Steamboat match at WrestleWar earlier in the year. Most of his 5 star matches in Japan weren't even in the dome, most were in the budokan hall for all those AJPW shows. The whole series, followed immediately by Funk & Flair, was the best wrestling of my lifetime. 16. vs. Mr. This match was significantly better than their Chicago match and deserved something like 5½ to 6 stars as a fair grade.

I was highly invested in the product, and a total rasslin' nerd. It was a tough time to be a fan. Event: AJPW Budokan Hall Show 1989 | Rating: 5 Stars.

Vader faced off against Keiji Mutoh (better known as The Great Muta) on day 3 of the 1991 G1 Climax. Main event was easy *****. This match was set up from Spring Stampede, where Steamboat and Flair had a double-pin, and the WCW title was held up.

Stay tuned at the end for a list of great bouts that just missed the cut. Misawa was doing an interview in the dressing room after and cried.