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Post by RowdyRoddy on Mar 17, 2006 13:23:45 GMT -5
I was watching the October 1983 Mid Atlantic TV Taping from Shelby, NC when I saw Ric Flair coming from the dressing room weilding a metal baseball bat. It is on the Ric Flair DVD that WWE put out. He tried to take out Bob Orton's legs and Dick Slater's head with it. What is priceless is that this fan gets a little too excited and starts following Bob Orton back to the dressing room. This security guard comes out of nowhere and pulls him back into the crowd. The guy grabs his shirt as though the guard tore it! Priceless!!
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Post by bluedevil71 on Mar 17, 2006 14:02:49 GMT -5
Yes, indeed. I saw Flair and Orton wrestle about two, three weeks after that at a house show. Tore the place down. Man was it hot. Orton had a ton of heat on him, and everybody wanted to see Natch rip him a new ... you know what.
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Mar 18, 2006 9:41:47 GMT -5
Which house show?
October 15th
Culpepper, VA
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton
October 16th
Greensboro, NC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton
October 30th
Charlotte, NC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton
November 6th
Columbia, SC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton by DQ
November 12th
Hampton, VA
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton
November 14th
Greenville, SC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton in a steel cage match
November 15th
Columbia, SC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton in a steel cage match
November 17th
Sumter, SC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton in a lumberjack match
November 18th
Charleston, SC
Ric Flair beat Bob Orton in a steel cage match
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Post by bluedevil71 on Mar 18, 2006 9:50:01 GMT -5
It was the Culpeper show. Flair bled heavily. Orton walked out and got counted out after about 20 minutes. Tommy Young told me that he has photos from this match that my brother sent him of Tommy holding Flair back from going after Orton following the match.
Flair's face was a crimson mask.
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Post by LarrySC on Mar 21, 2006 20:11:41 GMT -5
November 6th Columbia, SC Ric Flair beat Bob Orton by DQ November 15th Columbia, SC Ric Flair beat Bob Orton in a steel cage match November 17th Sumter, SC Ric Flair beat Bob Orton in a lumberjack match I saw those three matches. Wonderful action back then! |
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Post by flairfanwes on Mar 22, 2006 1:16:31 GMT -5
Dang, it seems I saw the same match in Fayettville about this time. Maybe it was Slater and Flair. Not sure. Slater and Valentine seemed to draw big heat in this time period.
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Post by RowdyRoddy on Mar 22, 2006 11:37:06 GMT -5
It is interesting that Valentine lost the US Title to Slater in December 1983 but both men drew great heat in the summer and fall of 1983 (Valentine injured Piper and Slater injured Flair that spring/summer).
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