I thought That Gilbert was a great babyface here. He starts off controlling with a headlock and working spots around them. He could have done more with the headlock. Flair is good working underneath making the headlock work. Flair beats down Gilbert and Gilbert is here with his fight. We build to a finish and we have a great t.v match.

Best of NWA TV 1989 Disc 1

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert (1/2/89)

Gilbert really works the headlock early on keeping Flair grounded which was interesting since most Flair matches start off with a faster pace. It picks up when Flair starts making it a fight and Gilbert comes firing back both in and out of the ring and the crowd goes nuts. Flair would get the win on a reverse rollup when Dillon shoved Gilbert back. This was fun but we only got 11 minutes out of a 25 minute match so I'm going to go no on a nomination.