I just watched the most beautiful documentary I have ever seen, and you should too if you can find it (it's not easy.)
We should keep in mind that I was an extremely dedicated wrestling fan in my youth (I try to get into what is going on today but i just cant) and I was growing up in Ric Flair's heyday. Therefore, I am not even ashamed to say that I cried twice during this doco. woooooooo!
Just incredible
I normally wouldn't make 4 posts in a day but I literally just finished watching this doco 4 minutes ago about the greatest wrestler of all time. It was beautifully filmed, the information is all there about the start, the middle, and even the dark times of this incredible wrestler.
back in the 80's... Ric giving a promo with Tony Shiavoni
When i was a kid I loved wrestling. We didn't have internet and we had to stay on top of the TV guide in order to see what time NWA (which later became WCW) would be coming on the TBS network. It was frustrating to be a fan of wrestling back in those times because sometimes (and I am certain they did this deliberately) the amount of time that the network had allotted for the broadcast would not be able to show the entire match and you would conveniently have to go to buy the magazine to find out the result (again, there was no internet in the 80's.)
Ric's robes, the real ones, sell for 10's of thousands of dollars online as collector's items
There was a time and i think i was like 12 years old or something and NWA came to my hometown, it was advertised in the newspaper and it was something like $14 to go see it and i didn't have enough money. I searched around the house for change, i offered to do chores for anything, tried to take out loans with my sisters, and cried until my Dad agreed to take me. He later told me (years later) that he was always going to take me, but just wanted to see me squirm and I laugh about that to this day.
Anyway, Ric Flair is the G.O.A.T. in professional wrestling (GOAT means "greatest of all time") and even if you don't like this sport you really aught to try to see this because dude went through a lot for the sport and is largely considered to be one of the main reasons (Hulk Hogan being the other) as to why this industry is worth billions today.
This was the first "30 for 30" episode that I had ever seen, and I will definitely be watching more of them because they are very well done. Way to go ESPN, that was magic!