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[Tradewynd]

I can understand Ric Flair's comments. When you look at the matches he's most famous for, there is very little wrestling involved, and can certainly give the impression that he specializes in getting the crap beat out of him. This holds for all of his most famous matches in the WWF, like the match HBK at Mind Games, I Quit vs. Rock, Hell in a Cell vs. Taker, etc. No one talks about his matches with Eddie Gilbert, which while violent, also told a story in the ring and really showed how good he was. Then again, he wasn't good enough to drag a decent match out of Mil Mascaras. But who is, really?

[darktowerchilde]

Yeah, his two out of three stips changing matches with Gilbert where really good. I don't necessarily want to start a Foley vs. Flair debate cause we'd be here all day, but I think Foley has it in him still in a way Flair doesn't. When was the last time Flair had a really good match? That one he had with Trips perhaps, maybe the one with Benoit where Benoit actually sold everything Flair gave him? Either way, it was a while ago, on a small stage, and mostly as the result of the efforts of a very good worker. Foley's last good match? How about the hardcore match with Orton, the one that made Orton's career? Everyone remembers that one, everyone remembers the image of Orton being covered in thumbtacks, and Foley crashing through the barbed wire boards. Foley has a litany of injuries and yet he was able to have a good match, his way, and one where he got another worker over. I don't think Flair can say the same thing. The thing with Foley is that he's wrestled, like Flair, a style that hasn't changed much through the years. His just doesn't happen to be that wrestling intensive. He still is a legendary promo guy, he's an excellent seller, he'll take risks others won't, he's developed some very strong personas, and he's gotten many people over. He doens't make many mistakes wrestling his style and other considerations that are applicable to over styles, i.e. targetting body parts, selling accumulated damage, sequencing moves properly, just aren't that important in his style. He's a legend in American wrestling, not the greatest legend by a huge margin, but a legend nonetheless. non