Review of the Ric Flair Definitive Collection
So I stayed up until about 3am watching the new Ric Flair DVD and let me tell you it was well worth it. It made you laugh; it made you cry and gave you a whole new meaning to what passion for pro wrestling is all about. I liked a lot of the stories he told about his times in WCW and WWE. I liked his thoughts on Sting, Hogan, Bischoff, Jim Herd and Ricky Steamboat. He talks candidly about them and doesn’t hold anything back.
After watching the DVD, there is a lot I found about WCW and the politics that went into it. One story I heard was when Flair came back to WCW after losing to Mr. Perfect on Raw, Ole Anderson told him that he was no value to him because he lost to Perfect on national TV. All I can say wow. My first impression was that there is no shame in losing to Curt Hennig on national TV. Then he spoke of how he made the introductions to Savage and Hogan that allowed Bischoff to sign them. Interesting stuff that make me love pro wrestling even more then I already did.
The matches on this DVD are great. My two favorites are Flair vs. Steamboat in 94, one of Steamboats last matches and Flair vs. Sting from the first Clash of the Champions. I still think Sting should come to WWE, and Ric even said his biggest mistake was not signing with WWE, because he was better then Warrior or Hogan ever thought about being. I also liked in one of the extras that his current wife talks about the relationship he has with Batista, Randy Orton, Triple H and Shawn Michaels during the Evolution run. Apparently Shawn rode with them and hung out with them. But she described it as they were a family. The one final thing that captured my attention is how Ric said the Wrestlemania 24 was the greatest weekend of his life. The Hall of Fame, his match with Shawn and the farewell on Raw were special to him. It’s a stylin’ and profilin’ DVD.
Anyone who is anyone in this business needs to buy this DVD. I don’t care if you’re fan, wrestler, wrestler, promoter or whatever you need to buy this DVD. Ric embodies passion in pro wrestling and what it takes to be a champion. To me he is the greatest pro wrestler of all time. Guys like Hogan, Hart, HBK, HHH and others are awesome and no one will ever replace them but Ric Flair stands out more then they do. Like I said before, if you love this wacky crazy world of pro wrestling you need to own this DVD, even it’s the only wrestling DVD you ever buy, this needs to be the one that you buy. Watch it, enjoy it and love it, because to Be the man, you have to beat the man….WHOOOO
