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8. Flair Talks Savage

Ric Flair is back with a new podcast and Wooooo Nation Uncensored is already ruffling feathers and getting people talking.

During the debut episode, Flair touched on everything from current stars and ratings trends to the injuries he has sustained throughout his career and the 1985 Chicago Bears. 

A large portion of that first show was focused on the Nature Boy leaving WCW and going to WWE in 1991, specifically his matches with Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage.

Regarding his relationship with the Macho Man and their WrestleMania VIII match (which took place instead of the much-rumoured Flair/Hogan bout), Slick Ric said: 

"I was at WrestleMania. I wrestled Savage. We had a decent match. It could have been a lot better, but Randy obviously, for very well known reasons, was so distracted. That was the last time he and Liz ever saw each other or worked together. It was a very strenuous week of preparation. Aside from that, I thought we had a decent match. They went their separate ways. 

I've always had a lot of time for Randy. I helped break Randy into the business. He came into Charlotte. He had been playing minor league baseball. He came in and he was a 170 pound kid. To this day, I have a lot of respect for Randy. I don't think he's a great worker. I can give examples why, but I thought he was really good, and he had a great gimmick. He and Liz were just delightful. In my mind and always will be, two of the biggest stars that I've ever had the opportunity to work with".

After losing the title to Savage at 'Mania, Flair regained it five months later at a Prime Time Wrestling TV taping in a match that was infamously stopped as it was in progress and later restarted after Vince had had a word with the participants.

Here are Flair's thoughts on the situation: 

"People didn't want to see the match. They weren't reacting. I think Vince saw that and right away, he sent Razor (Ramon) down, or Bobby (Heenan), or somebody, to stop the match. I don't know what the deal was. I know that Randy didn't want to lose it. It's one of those situations. You have to remember that I came in out of nowhere. I don't think I was held in the same esteem in Randy's eyes as a guy that had been there a long time. Who knows? It's one of those things that just didn’t go well. 

The match was horrible. It's nothing I could ever say I'm proud of, but I can't remember all the mechanics of it. I just know Vince wasn't happy with it. Randy didn't want to lose, and it's pretty hard when someone doesn't want to do business. I didn't take it personally, but I just think that they thought that without Liz, Randy didn't have as much drawing power as he did with her. That would be my take on it".

The title switch happened as planned on the second go around and aired as scheduled almost two weeks later. 

I've seen the match that aired, but I'm way more curious to see this supposedly horrible bout that they had prior to getting their act together.