Posted December 10, 200717 yr comment_5425014 Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair (Pro 8/23/86)- Dusty stays on offense for about the first ten minutes of this match allowing Flair to stooge and bump and keeps the amtch interesting as Dusty is playing it up. It also helps that the crowd is fucking HOT for this. The backstory is that Dusty's leg is hurt but as long as he was on offense, he wasn't in trouble but once Flair gains advantage, he attacks the leg. This also has the infamous Baby Doll turn and eventually ends in a DQ as Dusty attacks Flair with a chair. Shit, this has been my favorite Dusty-Flair match so far. The crowd was hot, you have the Baby Doll turn and these guys kept everyting exciting. I am nominating this.(NWA TV August 1986 Disc 3)
July 5, 201411 yr comment_5611209 This seems like a solid nomination. They told a good story. Dusty comes in with a bad wheel that he hurt in St. Louis when he lost the title. Dusty does his schtick and really shines. Flair is great at putting over the Bionic elbow. The crowd is so hot here. Flair transitions to just working over the leg. We get the Baby Doll turn to boot. This match really played to both guys strengths and if it happened at Starcade people would reference it a lot more.
March 23, 20169 yr comment_5735039 NWA World Heavyweight Title: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair © vs. "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (8/17/86)Baby Doll is dressed in a tux at ringside which was interesting for sure. This crowd in Charlotte was apeshit for Dusty and everything going on here as Dusty had Flair pinballing all over the ring forcing him to run away to the floor a few times to regroup. Dusty would get the Figure-Four on Flair and had him in serious trouble but Flair would break free by punching at Dusty's knee. Flair then started working over Dusty's knee which was an equalizer for him as Dusty was still having issues. Dusty though would fight back sending Flair to the floor where he posted him and brings out the juice. Dusty has Flair reeling and hits a big clothesline but Baby Doll puts Flair's foot on the bottom rope with Dusty looking shocked. Flair then clipped Dusty's knee again and locked on his own Figure-Four but Dusty reversed it almost until Baby Doll threw Flair back over. Dusty gets free and starts yelling at Baby Doll before he gets clipped again. Dusty then kicks Flair into Tommy Young sending him to the floor and now we have a slugfest until Baby Doll grabs a steel chair then comes in the ring where she tries to hit Dusty and missed. Dusty then grabbed the chair and used it on Flair's leg as the crowd is losing their mind. Tommy Young calls for the bell for a DQ as he sees Dusty with the chair. Tully then runs out and he uses the chair on Dusty until Magnum and RnR make the save. Baby Doll then leaves with Tully & Flair celebrating. This was an insane spectacle and this is a definite nomination.
