Ric Flair Interview

WCW Monday Nitro (December 29, 1997)

Transcript

00:00Off the Inner Harbor here in Baltimore, this is Nitro on TNT Live Coast to Coast.

00:05You know, there were a few champagne corks poppin' last night after the huge night for World Championship Wrestling.

00:12New Year's right around the corner, there's gonna be a few more.

00:15And who can pop them any better than the former 13-time WCW heavyweight champ of the world,

00:24Ladies and gentlemen, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair!

00:35Always an ovation for this man in this venue.

00:40Think about the great wrestling matches, great cards that he's headlined here in the Baltimore Arena.

00:48Mr. Starcade, it's great to see him back with World Championship Wrestling and here on Nitro.

00:53Nature Boy, we have a virtual myriad of subjects to cover tonight,

01:02but the first thing I want to say is welcome back to Baltimore, Maryland.

01:07Mean! Woo! Gene! We are live and we are red hot in Baltimore tonight!

01:25Woo! Let me start out by saying, Diamond Dallas Page, you're my kind of man!

01:38You walked that aisle! You beat Kurt Henning! You took the U.S. title!

01:44And now, buddy, you can style and profile!

01:49But Henning, you and I still got a date with destiny.

01:56Now, me and Gene, I've got to address the biggest night in the history of our sport last night!

02:05Sting saved! Woo! WCW! Sting did what he said he was gonna do!

02:17He beat Hogan! You saw it! I saw it! The world saw it!

02:23And you know what? I've even got to give Bret Hart, brother, as hard as it is to do,

02:31I've got to give Bret Hart his due for coming down because, pal, you're right!

02:41You're in the big leagues now, buddy, and you got to walk a tight line! Woo!

02:46Because you can be out as fast as you got in!

02:50In the past, he said a few things about you, Ric Flair. You're aware of that.

02:53Oh, am I aware of it? You know, Hart, and I just can't get off you because, pal,

03:00you're a big-time wrestler! You're a big-time columnist! Part-time referee!

03:07But out here, you're talking about wrestling! This guy and that guy! This guy and that guy!

03:13My name wasn't mentioned! Well, Bret Hart, let me take this opportunity to introduce you

03:23to the Baltimore Sun! It's a local publication here, very well thought of,

03:30not only here, but all over the world. A man of my age, Gene, I've got to look at this

03:34with my glasses on. I know! But, here's to Bret Hart, the columnist of the Calgary Sun!

03:42Ha! It says, let me see, and they're big-name wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, how about foot-over-shoulder,

03:50no, no, wait a minute, it says, there's never been a guy, night after night, what a guy,

03:59to put on the performances he has! And this is Bret Hart's main man. Says editor Dave Melcher

04:11of the Wrestling Observer, when you factor that in, he is the greatest in the history

04:19of the sport, without question, the big shiva! Alright, Bret Hart, perhaps back in the locker

04:30room, listening to all of that, committing to Boy Ric Flair, Tony, all of a sudden, we

04:35have got a ton to talk about. Wow, does it feel good?