Post by AWA on Jun 17, 2016 2:07:44 GMT
Gordon Solie: welcome everyone to the Omni here in Atlanta, Georgia. Tonight, we have a meeting months and probably even years on the making. The NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Harley Race will defend his championship against the challenge of the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. I will be doing the color commentary as well as ring announcing duties here tonight. The buzz amongst this crowd is electric tonight. I can’t wait myself to get this contest under way.
Gordon Solie: making his way to the ring at this time, the challenger for the title, the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair!
Ric Flair: Woooo! Atlanta, Georgia, the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion is here! Harley Race, I have a special surprise up my sleeve tonight, but you’ll have to wait and see.
Gordon Solie: And making his way to the ring at this time, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Harley Race!
Gordon Solie: It is now time to make the introductions.
Gordon Solie: And in the corner to my right, the challenger, weighing in tonight at 242 pounds, hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the number one contender to the title, he is the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair!
Gordon Solie: And in the corner to my left, he is the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He weighs in tonight at 245 pounds hailing from Kansas City, Missouri. I present to you a true living legend in the sport of professional wrestling, Harley Race!
Gordon Solie: Referee Marty Miller gives both men last minute instructions as he presents the NWA title belt for all of the crowd here in the jam packed Omni to see.
Gordon Solie: And even before Marty Miller has a chance to ring the bell, Harley Race pounces on the opportunity to strike first and connects with a hard knee to the midsection on Ric Flair. Flair is already reeling in pain and we’re only seconds into this match.
Gordon Solie: Harley Race scoops Ric Flair up and drops him down with a hard body slam to the mat here in the Omni as the crowd seems to be split between Flair and Race in this contest.
Gordon Solie: Quickly, Race grabs the leg and begins to work over Flair. This is a move very reminiscent of something that we would see Flair do. Very surprising to see Race ripping pages out of Flair’s playbook.
Gordon Solie: And as we have progressed to nearly the 15 minute mark of this match, it has been all Harley Race to this point. I really believed that Flair would mount more of a challenge than this in his attempt to gain the world championship. Race has him up and this is it, the famous Harley Race piledriver.
Gordon Solie: He connects with the Race piledriver and that should do it. Harley Race will regain his championship over Ric Flair….
Gordon Solie: A kick out? A kick out? I’m not sure I have ever seen anyone kick out of the Race piledriver! Referee Marty Miller is admonishing Race and letting him know that it was only a two count. Flair is stirring in the corner, but I am not sure he will be able to recover from this.
Gordon Solie: Whoops, spoke to soon! Ric Flair is on the back of Harley Race and may still have a little bit of fight left in him.
Gordon Solie: Flair counters with a big neck breaker. It’s been well documented that Harley Race has had neck problems in the past, perhaps Flair has exposed Race’s Achilles Heel.
Gordon Solie: And here’s Flair going to town on the head and neck region of Race. The champ has been sent reeling.
Gordon Solie: And this is it, Ric Flair is about to win the title. Flair is climbing to the top and this should be it!
Gordon Solie: Oh…and Flair has been caught by Flair and is about to take the long and hard ride to the mat.
Gordon Solie: And Race is using the Flair mistake to his advantage as he goes to apply the famous Spinning Toe Hold to Flair, a move made famous by the Funk brothers.
Gordon Solie: And Flair pushes off with his feet and that has caused Race to fall backwards onto the referee! This match has taken a sudden and dramatic turn as we have lost the official in charge of this match.
Gordon Solie: Hey, hold on a minute, Bobby Heenan, what are you doing?
Bobby Heenan: Shut up Solie, this is none of your business!
Gordon Solie: With the referee rendered unconscious at the moment, Bobby Heenan has grabbed the NWA title belt and it looks as though he is handing the title over to Flair to use as a foreign object!
Gordon Solie: And Flair has used the title belt as a weapon and cracked Race right on top of the skull with it!
Gordon Solie: Oh not this way, count of one, count of two, count of three, and we have a NEW NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair…but let me mention with an assist from Bobby Heenan.
Ric Flair: Harley Race. Gordon Solie. The NWA. The fans. They all didn’t think I was going to do it. Well I proved you all wrong. And I am about to prove you all wrong once again. This title is the WORLD title. And I am going to defend this title all over the world. United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, everywhere in between, I am calling you out. You want the title, just sign your name on the dotted line and I will defend my title against the top challengers. With my new business advisor, Bobby Heenan, I will become not only the greatest wrestler who ever lived, but also the biggest celebrity the world has ever seen.
Gordon Solie: And there is Flair and Heenan exiting with the title. I hope they are proud of themselves. What a couple of thieves taking the title from Race the way they did. Folks, this is Gordon Solie signing off from the Omni in Atlanta as we have a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion in the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair.