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Flair performed a shin breaker, and applied the figure four leglock, but Sting reached the ropes. Flair then targeted Sting's left leg. Flair performed a shin breaker and a seated senton onto the leg. Flair then attempted the figure four leglock, but Sting countered it into an inside cradle, and pinned Flair to win the match and the Iron Man ...
The Clash of the Champions I event in 1988, which aired opposite the WWF's WrestleMania IV and was headlined by Sting vs. Flair, generated a record-setting 5.6 rating on TBS. [245] The pair also main-evented The Great American Bash 1990, which was the NWA's biggest pay-per-view success up to that point. [246]
Sting and Flair, former enemies, would later join forces against Hart's J-Tex Corporation (Muta, Funk, Buzz Sawyer and the Dragonmaster), Sting and Flair were later bolstered by the returning Arn Anderson and Ole Anderson in December. Steamboat would leave WCW and bounce around the indies before returning to the WWF in 1991 as "The Dragon".
Ric Flair (c) vs. Sting in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [3] Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem: June 8, 1988 Miami, Florida: James L. Knight Center: Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (c) vs. Sting and Dusty Rhodes in a tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship [4] Clash of the Champions III: Fall ...
The Great American Bash is a professional wrestling event established in 1985. It was first produced by the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and aired on closed-circuit television before becoming a pay-per-view event in 1988; JCP was rebranded as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) later that same year.
Flair accepted, and fought Sting for 45 minutes to a time-limit draw. The match made Sting a huge star. [8] [9] Sting continued to wrestle in many matches against Flair, as well as the other members of the Four Horsemen, and their rivalry continued for over ten years. [10] The Road Warriors continued to feud with the Four Horsemen through most ...
Ric Flair's feud with Terry Funk ended at Clash of Champions IX when Flair made Funk submit to the figure-four leglock in an "I Quit" match, then Gary Hart's J-Tex corporation began a full-scale feud with Fiair and Sting, but in early December Arn Anderson returned from the WWF and joined Flair, Sting, and Ole Anderson to reform the Four Horsemen.
The main event was a steel cage match between Sting and The Black Scorpion for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Their feud began when The Black Scorpion debuted and began taunting Sting. Ric Flair was revealed to be The Black Scorpion at the end of the match, and Flair continued to feud with Sting after Starrcade.