Wow....the Nature Boy is finally hanging 'em up. I just YouTube'd the retirement ceremony. Emotional stuff. Man....lots of memories, Ric. Thanks for all of them! Edit: I haven't watched wrestling in years, but I loved it as a kid and I loved it again in college. One constant of my 32 years of existence is Ric Flair wrestling. I wiki'd him: Jesus....he was born in February of 1949....same year as my mom. He wrestled in high school (like, the for-real, Greco-Roman wrestling) and made his professional debut in 1972. 1972. That's 36 friggin' YEARS of continuous pounding in the ring, to finally retire at 59 years of age. Despite the opinions of some in regard to professional wrestling: my GOD that's a ton to put yourself through, not to mention the constant traveling and everything else that goes along with being a professional wrestler. That's one hell of a career. Props to you, Ric.
Let's go whoop these people's ass in a steel cage. Remember, they talked **** about your compuder skills.
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I bought a vintage 80's never been used Ricky "the dragon" steamboat t-shirt that I'm sporting for my 28th birthday. Just thought I'd share.
I actually thought the Hammer looked pretty damn good, all things considering. Wrestlers tend to age pretty poorly. Barry Windham, for example. Although in this industry, I suppose it's no minor accomplishment to age in general, no matter how you end up looking. With that group out there, I couldn't help but think that the whole event was missing Curt Hennig. And yeah, who knows if Flair is actually done. That's one thing I hate about wrestling -- there's never any closure with characters. I want to remember these guys at their peak, not as a shell of their former selves, or at worst, repackaged into something else entirely. It's fun seeing a nostalgia kick every once in a while, but guys like Austin and Foley are coming back way too often. Anyway, I don't really watch anymore either. I feel the current product is generally lifeless and bland; there's some talent on the roster but seems to be just frittered away. Every time there's a character I feel like I might be able to get into (Carlito, Kennedy) they screw it all up.
