Ma ka paʻi hou loa o ka podcast "Grilling JR", WWE Hall of Famer a me AEW mea hoʻopuka ʻo Jim Ross i ʻōlelo i ka pilina o Ric Flair me Jim Crockett Promotions i ka makahiki 1988. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i kekahi mau kumu nui mai ka nīnauele ma lalo nei:
Ma muli o ka pōʻino o Flair, ua aneane ʻo ia e hoʻomaka no WWE ma SummerSlam ma 1988: "ʻO ka manaʻo o Ric e kau ana ma kona lima, e aloha ʻo ia.Ua kamaʻilio wau iā ia i kēlā manawa-”He ʻeha, he mea hana, mākou ʻAʻohe manaʻo a ʻaʻohe mea hou."Akā ʻo ia ka mea āna i manaʻo ai-ua pilikia kaʻu kālā.ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ʻo Rick mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka poʻe e loaʻa kālā nui-E kaʻana like ʻo Rick i kona mau manaʻo.Rick ( ʻAʻole e hoʻokipa ʻo Ric i kēlā mau manaʻo no ka haʻalele ʻana. Ma hea ʻo ia e hele ai? E hele ana ʻo ia i ka ʻīlio nui ma ka pā, ʻo ia ka hui a Vince McMahon. poino i kona ola ana, a ua lilo ia i mea pohihihi, ina e ihi iki aku oia i ka onioni, e hopohopo ana oia no kona ola ana a malama i kona noho ana i kukulu ai, aohe mea huna. ua komo nae."
E pili ana i ke kumu o kona manaʻo ua hoʻoholo ʻo Flair e noho: “Manaʻo wau he pilikia wahi hōʻoluʻolu.Ua ulu ʻo ia ma Mid-Atlantic a hana ma Crocketts.Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kona aʻa a me kona kaulana i ka Mid-Atlantic.Aia ʻo ia i ka home., Konarad.I koʻu hoʻi ʻana i ka home, manaʻo ka poʻe "E lilo mau ʻo Tom Brady i aloha ʻāina."hewa.Ua kali ʻo ia a hiki i ka lele kiʻekiʻe o 42 makahiki.Ua ho'āʻo ʻo ia e kau ma laila, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo wau i nā mea ʻē aʻe.He neʻe wiwo ʻole.Manaʻo wau aia ʻo Ric i kāna wahi hōʻoluʻolu.Manaʻo wau he kūpaʻa koʻikoʻi ʻo ia iā Jim Crockett a me ka ʻohana Crockett.Ua ʻike mākou ʻelua ua hāʻawi ʻo Jim iā Rick ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa.
E pili ana i ka manaʻo o Ted Turner iā Ric Flair ma mua o kona kūʻai ʻana iā JCP i ka makahiki 1988: “ʻO Ted ka ʻuhane o ke kūʻokoʻa kamaʻilio i kona ola.Ua hui ʻo ia me Naitch.Makemake lākou i ka hui o kekahi.ʻakaʻaka ʻo Rick iā Ted.He ola kūikawā ko Ted ma nā hōʻike TV a Ric, Women and Marriott, a me nā hana ʻē aʻe.Makemake ʻo Ted i ka ʻoliʻoli..Akā, ua aʻo ʻo Ted mai ka pāʻina cocktail ma Atlanta ʻo Rick ka hana maoli.Makemake ʻo ia e noho pū me ia.A loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike maoli i ka hui ma ka inoa.E ʻae mai iaʻu e ʻōlelo penei-ʻaʻole wau ʻike.Hiki iā Ted ke koho iā ʻoe i ʻelima mau mokomoko no ka ʻaelike āna i kūʻai ai, akā ʻike ʻo ia ʻo wai ʻo Ric Flair, ʻo ia kāna quarterback.Makemake au i kēia kanaka.ʻO ia kāna Dominique Wilkins (Dominique Wilkins), no ka mea, iā Ted nō hoʻi nā ʻEle.ʻO Dominique kāna kāne.No laila ʻo Ric ka mana basketball o Dominique Wilkins.He kuʻikahi kēlā.Pono ʻo Jimmy iā Rick, a no Rick e kau inoa a hoʻohou Ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea āpau e hana i kahi kuʻikahi.
ʻO Jim Ross he mea haʻi haʻi moʻokalaleo ʻAmelika, ka mea hoʻoponopono, ka mea nona ka hale ʻaina, a me ka luna o ka hui WWE mua, kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopuka a kūkākūkā.