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 haʻi 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 o ka pā, ʻo ia ka hui a Vince McMahon. ʻO nā manawa pōʻino i loko o kona ola, a ua lilo ʻo ia i puʻupuʻu inā e ʻili iki ʻo ia i ka aniani, e hopohopo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke ola a me ka mālama ʻana i ka nohona i hoʻokumu ʻia 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 hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kau ma laila, akā 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 ikaika 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 ka 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.