Posted February 17, 200817 yr comment_5428206 Ric Flair vs. Harley Race (NWA Title in Atlanta, GA on 02/28/82) (20:39) - Another Flair-Race match I enjoy much more than the Starrcade match. Big bump early on as Race tries a falling headbutt on Flair on the concrete but Flair moves and SPLAT. After that, Flair pounds on the head, rams Race into the ringpost, gives some vicious elbows and punches the cut. To counter, Race stops Flair’s momentum with a headbutt that knocks both guys out. Great sequence! Even with the earlier headbutt damaging him, Race relies on it for the rest of the match punishing Flair. Still, Harley’s selling after every one of them is great. Both guys end up bleeding buckets. The ending is great and shitty at the same time. It is a screwjob double DQ but it worked out great. Flair swings, Harley ducks and he pops the ref. They go outside and Harley tries to grab Flair to ram him intothe ringpost but grabs the ref and rams him instead. Another great sequence. I really have to watch all the Flair-Race matches back-to-back on the set but this is a definite nomination. (AJC 68)
July 4, 201015 yr comment_5452694 This needs to be moved to Georgia Match Discussion. NWA World Heavyweight Title: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair © vs. Harley Race (2/28/82) Interesting match here at The Omni as both men were heels on TBS so the fans have no clear favorite. Race was aggressive to start hitting a piledriver very early that transitioned into a side headlock. That's nice. Race blocked a Flair kneedrop and went to the INDIAN DEATH LOCK!!!!!!!!!!! which was so awesome. Race would send Flair to the floor where he tried a diving headbutt but missed hitting all concrete then Flair rammed his head into the steel railing, ringsteps, & ringpost with Race juicing. Race said fuck that though and hit a running cross body headbutt to take Flair down then continued to use his bloody head to pound on Flair causing him to juice as well. This then turned into a slugfest with both men teeing off on each other and Nick Patrick who took punches and got posted on the floor. Scrappy McGowan would get punched as well with the bell ringing for a DDQ. This was great hard hitting action and is a definite nomination even with the screwy finish.
