Did You Know Ric Flair...

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Did You Know Ric Flair...

Post by yourcrapsweak » Mar 30th, '11, 21:16

Did you know Ric Flair's moveset was heavily influenced by his plane crash?

Even though his back was fully healed, Flair was afraid to take a proper back bump. This is why to this day, he will not take a backbody drop flat on his back, be thrown off the top rope and land flat on his back, and this is also why he began to flip into the turnbuckle and over the ropes instead of just going into it back-first.
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Re: Did You Know Ric Flair...

Post by Rabid619 » Mar 30th, '11, 22:27

Wow, i honestly never knew that.....
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Post by Big Red Machine » Mar 31st, '11, 10:36

yourcrapsweak wrote:Did you know Ric Flair's moveset was heavily influenced by his plane crash?

Even though his back was fully healed, Flair was afraid to take a proper back bump. This is why to this day, he will not take a backbody drop flat on his back, be thrown off the top rope and land flat on his back, and this is also why he began to flip into the turnbuckle and over the ropes instead of just going into it back-first.
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Re: Did You Know Ric Flair...

Post by yourcrapsweak » Mar 31st, '11, 12:59

Big Red Machine wrote:Yup. Read it on Wikipedia!
Haha, I read it in his book.
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Post by Sassafras » Apr 8th, '11, 11:46

I read it in his book and heard it in an interview. He stated that there were only a few people he'd trust to drop him flat on his back.
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Post by Cactus Jack Manson » Apr 8th, '11, 12:06

I could defiantly tell when he sells moves in the ring, but I didn't know that his move set was influenced by the plane crash.
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Post by 757XTra-TesT » May 19th, '11, 05:30

I Noticed This a lot in his matches! He almost always tried to land on his side
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Re: Did You Know Ric Flair...

Post by Earth Child » Jun 22nd, '11, 21:04

That bump he took at wrestlemania 22 in the MITB match must have almost killed him. He was suplexed from the top of the ladder. I think by Matt Hardy

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