Posted February 9, 200817 yr comment_5427995 Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair (Cage match) (Detroit) - This match SMOKES the Starrcade match. It has all of your Garvin-Flair goodness. Hard chops, stiff punches, and it really helps that the crowd is hot. When Flair gains contorl, he goes to work on Garvin's arm instead of his leg. although he does slap on the Figure 4 later on in the match . I guess it makes sense if Flair's goal is to neutralize Garvin's hands of stone. Later on, Garvin counters a knee drop, slaps Flair down and applies his own Figure-4. I think that is a spot that never gets old in Flair matches... the opponent putting Flair in his own hold. Unless it is Russo or something. Awesome spot as Flair tries for a pin in the corner with his leg on the ropes only to have Garvin breaking the pin by grabbing Flair's nose. the one negative is that they didn't really utilize the cage for most of the amtch., However, when Garvin is scraping Flair against the cage late in the game, the crowd goes batshit. The end stetch is super hot as Garvin hits all the big moves in a desparate attempt to pin Flair. We have seen it all before so you reall ythink Flair wins in the end. He escaped the Garvin stomp, a body press, the Garvin punch. When Garvin hits the flying sunset flip at the end, it was a great fucking moment. Too bad they fucked up his World Title run. Slam dunk nomination. (NWA TV 9/87 - 10/87 Disc 3)
February 22, 200817 yr comment_5428418 People don't talk about what an amazing match this is nearly enough. I remember posting about what a great match this was, and said it was at the level of Savage/Steamboat at Wrestlemania that same year. People just shit all over my opinion like I said the sky was pink.
April 10, 200817 yr comment_5430584 Flair/Garvin is one of my favorite matchups ever. This may be the best one they've ever had, although I like them all. Definitely a top-level nomination. How long was this? I want to say I remember it being like 40 minutes long and feeling like 20 minutes.
April 10, 200817 yr Author comment_5430586 I think it went around 40 but it won't take that much space on the set.
March 8, 20178 yr comment_5790970 Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Title: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair © vs. "Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin (9/25/87)This is from Detroit and takes up the whole hour of World Wide. What a fantastic match this is and yes it is better than the Starrcade match and probably should've happened at Starrcade. Both men brought everything they had here and it was one of the best matches both men ever had. The fans went totally nuts for the finish as the pop in Joe Louis Arena was amazing then you had everyone celebrating in the cage afterwards which was awesome. This is a surefire slam dunk nomination.
