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shawn
May 20th, 2003, 9:37:18 AM
What You Didn't See On RAW - Locker Room Honors Ric Flair

http://www.backstagewrestling.com/newsline/55413874.shtml

Thanks to reader Scott Q. for sending in the following notes:

After Nash gets done staring down HHH, he goes over to check on Flair. While he's over there Shawn Michaels' music hits and here comes HBK with a ton of wrestlers (face and heel) in street clothes from the back. The crowd doesn't know what's going on until they all arrive and start hugging Flair. Austin's music hits. He slides in one side of the ring and out the other to get a cooler of beer. He takes one to Flair. Then goes to get more for the other wrestlers in the ring.

Now Stephanie McMahon's music hits and she comes down to hug Flair. Now Shane McMahon's music hits! Shane O'Mac! He comes dancing down the ramp to come congratulate Flair. Next it's Vince. He comes down walking hurriedly and intensely gets in the ring and stares down Flair before cracking a bit of a smile and hugging Flair.

HHH comes back out next. When he gets in the ring, everybody goes to each side of Flair. While HHH stares down Flair his cheers turn to boos. But the boos went to cheers (biggest pop of the night) when he took the belt and placed it on Flair's shoulder and raised his arm. All the guys then took Flair up on their shoulders and carried him around the ring.

The crowd is yelling "speech, speech, speech," and a teary-eyed Flair obliges. He says he's made a lot of memories here in Greenville (he wrestled here virtually every Monday night back in the day). He thanks the fans and his fellow wrestlers and says they've been the greatest to work with and he's never been happier than his time spent with them the past couple of years.

MiamiMasterpiece
May 20th, 2003, 2:49:42 PM
WOW, Fantastic, i wish i could have been live to see it.

RaidersFan
May 20th, 2003, 4:09:10 PM
Flair has been a great wreslter. He had a great match way better than when hhh wrestled hogan at wrestlemania. That match sucked. Shows flair can still do it.

that is a really cool thing they did there for flair. I highly dought he knew that all the wrestlers were going to come out and congrajulate him.

shawn
May 20th, 2003, 4:54:38 PM
That was a nice performace for some who is 54.

HHH also did a nice job selling the match.

shawn
May 20th, 2003, 4:57:32 PM
http://www.backstagewrestling.com/newsline/55452892.shtml

Thanks to Michael Craver for this report:

After the show ended, I believe with Nash... everyone knows the deal by now- HBK hit and then Austin with a run down. People stayed for a sec like hey it ain't over, and then the lockerroom came down, lets see if I can get this right--Storm, Rico, Richards, Dreamer, Dudleys, Hurricane (plain clothes-no gimmick), Christian, Ivory, Molly, JR and King stood at their position, Jericho, Booker, Rosey, Jamal,

[There was no David Flair? - (He wrestled in a dark match earlier in the night), also no: Maven, Goldberg, Bischoff (who they probably told to leave after Mae Young-haha), no Goldie, RVD, Kane... no old broads]

After the stars hit, Stephanie came down with her production stuff still clipped on the waist, and then Shane O' Mac does his stuff, and Vince was so funny. He gets through the curtain like he didn't get ready for the strut, and he takes a kinda hop and into a really obscene CEO strut like he was inflated. Then HHH with the strap and he came down, the stars parted and the crowd knows it is going to be special... HHH takes the belt like he is going to hit him, and then spins it and shoves it on his shoulder and hugs Flair.

HHH-Bubba carry Flair around with the strap for a bit.

(Shawn did a lot of taking care of Flair, kept asking if he was alright, and lots of kind words.)

Speech by Flair:: "I am as honored to walk down that aisle at 54 as I was at 24, Thank you."