You really are clueless and a complete mark to think that the reason Vince would take the belt off of Flair is because he couldn't draw. Around that time is when the belts, especially the WWF belts, were nothing more than a prop. It wasn't based off of gates or attendance. And to compare Steamboat to Flair shows you are some goof who started watching wrestling in the late 80's and is now an "expert." Flair MADE Steamboat in the mid-atlantic territory. I was there and saw it on weekly basis. Do a little research before you make a fool of yourself.
HBK, HHH, Austin, Hogan, Benoit, etc... have all said that Ric Flair is the greatest wrestler of all-time, but hey Mr. 1derful knows better than any of those guys.
And to knock Flair's promo's? He is by far, the best of all time and nobody else is even close. Ask the guys in the business, and they will all say the same thing, but again Mr. 1derful knows more than they do cause he read somebodys opinion on Flair who had an axe to grind. I would accuse you of being Scott Steiner, but you sound slightly more intelligent.
It's so obvious, like I pointed out before, that your nose is so buried in McMahon's ass that you can't see out.
I never knocked Flair's promos, in fact I generally tend to find them pretty entertaining. Keep in mind that for a time in WCW, Flair was also a head booker. In 1991, Flair refused to do the honors and drop the title to Barry Windham. Eventually, Flair showed up in the WWF with the WCW belt and in the process, shamelessly crapped all over the history of the territory that made him. I've always wondered why he has been given such a free pass on this act.
Ric has never been able to do anything but his one routine match, which consists of cartoon high spots borrowed from Jackie Fargo, along with an assortment of tired old ripped off Buddy Rogers spots. At a Saturday Night’s Main Event TV taped match in 1992, Flair worked a match with Randy Savage, where he did nothing that he was supposed to in the ring. Vince ordered the match to be completely re-shot, yet still Ric could not impress. Ask Randy Savage about Ric Flair's ability as a worker. Austin has said that Steamboat, not Flair, was the greatest worker he was in the ring with. Everyone knows that most of the time back in the 80's and early 90's, WCW wrestlers worked in front of empty chairs in empty arenas. Watch Flair's DVD and you'll see exactly that, with Flair having the same match with every opponent.
Prior to Flair arriving in the WWF, everyone thought he and Hogan would set the world on fire at Wrestlemania VIII . That clash didn't happen. They ran a house show with the two main-eventing against each other in Madison Square Garden which didn’t sell out, causing the WWF to abort the feud at that time. Hogan then went to try his hand at a failed career as an actor, with Flair getting the WWE Championship at the 1992 Royal Rumble. To suggest that the title belt didn't hold significance in the late 80's and early 90's is false. Are you suggesting that the company poured money into marketing a champion, without the intent to experience a financial benefit? Not only do you not have a clue about wrestling, but you are devoid of any business sense. Flair himself stated that he felt good that the WWF trusted him to
carry the company. Yet, his run was cut short and he was asked to drop the belt after six weeks.
He wasn't drawing, which is a historical fact. Not long after, he left to return to WCW.
