From: cm775@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rick Scaia)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: WWF Rantings
Date: 11 Jan 1993 06:37:14 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Am I the only person here who isn't disappointed with Ric Flair's
decision to leave the WWF?  First of all, I hold the WWF in much 
higher regard than WCW, and I'm always disappointed to see the 
best talent in the business waste away in the inferior WCW. 
Secondly, Flair's situation seems to ensure that he will basically
rot away upon his WCW return.  Face it, Flair did it all in the 
NWA/WCW:  heel, face, and holder of multiple titles.  And the
WCW has changed very little since Flair's departure, which means
all there is for Flair to do is repeat past angles.  He may 
remain fresh for a while as a face, maybe as long as a year...
But eventually we'll be fed Flair-Sting, Flair-Steamboat, or 
perhaps even the return of the Horsemen.

Flair may be aging, but he's still one of the most fun guys to
watch in the ring and out...  when he
has got the right supporting staff;  which doesn't mean the same
old roster of WCW wrestlers not able to make the step up to the
WWF (Of course, Sting's the WCW franchise and is being payed
enough not to jump ship.)

I'd much rather be seeing Flair-Hennig in the upcoming months...
In fact this is one feud I've really been waiting for since
Thanksgiving 1991, when Flair first announced Henning as his
"executive consultant."  I knew then and there that my two
favorite wrestlers would inevitably have to break up and feud.
And now I'll never really get to see it, at least not a 
one-on-one match.  And I would have loved to see more of the
Flair-Undertaker matches that took place late last year; perhaps
booked into a full-fledged feud.  And of course, yet another run
as WWF Champ would have been in the cards.  After that, a Flair
face turn (against Razor Ramon) would have offered up a whole
new batch of new and exciting angles for Flair.

But it's not meant to be, as for whatever reason Flair has decided
to return to the federation that starred Sting, Barry Windham, 
Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, and the Steiners when he left, and now
stars Sting, Barry Windham, and Arn Anderson, and has lost Luger
and the Steiners to the WWF, while adding only Rick Rude and Big
Van Vader to the list of stars.  

While the point of this post was to discuss my reasons for believing
that Ric Flair's decision to leave the WWF for WCW is wrong, I also
touched on something else I feel very strongly about:  that the 
WWF is, despite its flashiness, the most exciting wrestling
available; they have the best talent roster, the best production
values, and, usually, the best bookings.  In addition to this, I
don't think any of you out there give Vince the credit he deserves
for reviving pro wrestling in America.  Without his efforts, I
doubt seriously that r.s.p-w would even exist.  

But all that's for another post... For now, my rantings about
Ric Flair has probably generated enough anger out there to
produce some truly inspired flames.  So bring it on...
that's what r.s.p-w is for.

-- 
Rick Scaia                               "If I die before I wake,
University of Dayton                      Hope I don't
scaiarij@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu           Come back a steak."
"Future WWF World Champion"                    - Kurt Cobain