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Tony Schiavone interviews Bob Orton Jr. (right) and Dick
Slater (left) about NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley
Race's upcoming title defense against "Nature Boy" Ric
Flair. Orton and Slater had been paid $25,000 by Race
for what was thought to be a career-ending injury. |
However Flair (right) came back with the help of his good
friends Jay Youngblood, Ricky Steamboat, and Wahoo McDaniel. |
The fans in Greensboro, North Carolina witness a
spectacular entrance for hometown hero Ric Flair,
challenging Race for the coveted ten pounds of gold. |
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Flair is challenging Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight
Championship for the second time in his career. |
The champion is introduced. Race has expressed his
contempt with the NWA Board of Directors' decision to make
him defend the belt in what he calls a fence (steel cage). |
Special referee Gene Kiniski (a former NWA World Champion
himself) checks Ric Flair for foreign objects.
Kiniski has been brought in to guarantee a fair match. |
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Kiniski lays down the low before the match begins.
He wants a clean match.
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When the champion does not give Ric Flair a clean break,
Kiniski admonishes him. Although this is a cage match,
Kiniski is treating it as a normal wrestling match. |
Race works over Flair's neck with a piledriver. There
is some question as to whether or not Flair's neck has
healed completely from the attack he sustained at the hands
of Orton and Slater. |
 An
overhead camera catches the action as Race bodyslams Flair
to the mat. |
 Flair
delivers a beautiful vertical suplex to Race. Flair
holds Race up in the air, allowing the blood to rush to his
head.
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 Flair
fights back and drops a devastating elbow to the champion.
Flair is giving as much as he is getting. |
 With
referee Kiniski stunned, Flair climbs the top rope. |
 Flair
crashes into the champion with a high cross bodyblock.
This is proof that Flair has successfully hit this
move in his career. |
Kiniski counts Race down with a 1-2-3!!! |
Flair's friends gather to congratulate him on his hard
fought victory. The referee shakes Flair's hand and
congratulates him on his victory. |
 This
is the beginning of Flair's second reign as NWA World
Heavyweight Champion. Just the beginning of a
fantastic run as NWA Champion. |
 Flair
thanks his friends for helping him train for the match and
thanks the fans for their support. |
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