Flex admitted that he felt lucky to place ahead of him in 1993 , Flex was worn out from the spring shows his body had enough , Shawn was much sharper
Yeah, but we know Flex says many things (some really crazy) and then changes his mind

Seriously, I don't think Shawn being sharper was enough. Flex was still good enough to beat him. Do you happen to know what the scores were at this O?
Flex structure was too good for Shawn imo and he had to be way off (as in 95 or 96) for him to get beat by Ray.