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Guest Editorial: Steve Austin is right about how Ric Flair's send-off should be handled Feb 22, 2008 - 3:14:55 PM
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GUEST EDITORIAL
By Neil Ragone of Titusville Fla., PWTorch.com reader
I agree with Steve Austin that Ric Flair should win one of the two heavyweight titles and then lose it at Wrestlemania. The one he should win is the World Title currently held by Edge.
Here is my reasoning for this. The title that is currently the World Title was originally the NWA World Title. Ric Flair held it then. Some time after WCW split from the NWA, the NWA World Title became the WCW World Title. Ric Flair held it then too. Ric Flair needs and should hold the now WWE World Title to complete the trifecta and become the only person to hold this belt in all three of its incarnations. With Rey Mysterio injured, this would be the perfect opportunity to do this.
It could play out like this. No Way Out starts and after the first match, they go to the back where Rey Mysterio is shown beaten to a pulp favoring his injured pec. The announcers wonder what will become of the World Title Match. Ric Flair still has his match with Mr. Kennedy and wins, but comes out injured himself (Mr. Kennedy continued to work on Ric's knee). After another match they go to the back where we see Mr. McMahon talking to Ric Flair, who is icing his knee, and telling him that he was damn lucky to win his match against Mr. Kennedy and that Mr. McMahon feels that it won't be much longer before the nature boy looses and is retired. At this point Vickie Guerrero is pushed up to Mr. McMahon by Teddy Long. Vickie proceeds to tell Vince her idea for a World Title Match since Rey Mysterio is unable to compete. She suggest one of the former Major brothers which Mr. McMahon is about to agree on, but then he says that he has a better idea. It will be Edge vs. Ric Flair, Title vs. Retirement, no DQ.
During the match, the former Major brothers try to interfere, but are stopped by Batista and the Undertaker, who take them to the back. Vickie tries to interfere, but is stopped by Teddy Long, who then wheels her to the back. Edge tries to leave and get counted out, but Triple H appears on the entrance ramp and grabs Edge and throws him back in the ring, where the Nature Boy continues to work on Edges knee and applies the Figure four in the middle of the ring. Edge tries to get to the ropes, but just as he gets with in an inch and attempts to grab the ropes, C.M. Punk shows up and grabs the rope and pulls it just out of reach and Edge taps out.
Can any one think of a better way to properly send Ric Flair off, than with one last title run? At WrestleMania, Ric Flair could defend the title against Batista or maybe even Matt Hardy and lose in a hard fought battle. Matt Hardy would probably be the better of the two simply because no one would expect him to win. After this match, Matt Hardy would embrace Ric Flair, and put the World Title at his feet in a show of respect and wrestlers would pour out of the back to both congratulate Matt Hardy and pay homage to Ric Flair.
What do you think?
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