so, Ric Flair was in Big Stone today

[steer]

I used to love wrestling, when it was actually good and interesting. It's died off a lot. Still very enjoyable from time to time.

No reason to knock all those people, it's like that at every Ric Flair signing. The man is a wrestling god. It's like a small Comic Con but with hillbillies and speedos. Outside of Wise County, it's normal for people to have those signings or events and see everyone costumed out and having fun.

[centennialdawg]

Saw Flair wrestle Dusty Rhodes a long, long time ago. This was when I was probably 16-16 years old in the early to mid 70's. He supposedly is the nephew of the famous Anderson Brothers wrestling duo (Gene and Olie) in the 70's.

[starbuck]

when they use to have those show over kingsport at dobbins bennet I thought that was big time. seen a lot of good stuff over there in the late 70's early 80's, somewhere in that time frame.

[Gotch]

Flair was no actual relation to The Andersons, in fact the Andersons weren't related Gene's real name is Anderson but Ole's was Rogowski. Arn was also no actual reation. His real name is Lunde.

Flair was trained for the pro ranks by a tough old-time 'Shooter" by the name of Verne Gagne . The story around the oldschool wrestling circles is that Gagne made you actually wrestle (shoot) during your training days, not just learn the tricks of the trade. This probably explains why Flair has a cauliflower ear. You don't get cauliflower ear by doing purely fake stuff (works). He was also helped in his training by the legendary catch-as-catch-can wrestler Billy Robinson. Robinson, who is now around 80 has made a name for himself in the modern MMA world by teaching some amazing grappling seminars focusing on submission holds. He is also noted for having trained MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba who defeated four members of the Gracie family including Royce. He is also the trainer and mentor of MMA heavyweight Josh Barnette.