Ma ka paʻi hou loa o ka podcast "Grilling JR", ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jim Ross, ka mea hoʻolaha o ka WWE Hall of Fame a me ka mea hoʻopuka AEW, e pili ana i ka pilina o Ric Flair me Jim Crockett Promotions i ka makahiki 1988. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i kekahi mau kumu koʻikoʻi mai ka hālāwai ninaninau ma lalo nei:
Ma muli o ka pōʻino o Flair, ua aneane ʻo ia i kāna hoʻomaka mua ʻana no WWE ma SummerSlam i ka makahiki 1988: "ʻO ka manaʻo o Ric e kau ana ma kona lima lima, e aloha ʻo ia. Ua kamaʻilio au me ia i kēlā manawa-"He mea ʻino, he mea hana nui ia, ʻaʻohe manaʻo a ʻaʻohe mea hou. "Akā ʻo kēia kāna i manaʻo ai-ua pilikia kaʻu kālā. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ʻo Rick mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ka poʻe e loaʻa kālā nui-e kaʻana like ʻo Rick i kona mau manaʻo. ʻAʻole ʻo Rick e hoʻokipa i kēlā mau manaʻo o ka haʻalele ʻana. Ma hea ʻē aʻe ʻo ia e hele ai? Ke hele nei ʻo ia i ka ʻīlio nui ma ka pā, ʻo ia ka hui a Vince McMahon. ʻAʻole hiki ke lilo i mea huna a he mea kupanaha paha. Ua nui nā manawa pōʻino i kona ola, a ua lilo ʻo ia i mea kānalua. Inā ʻili ʻo ia i ka ʻakaʻakai i kahi manawa hou aʻe, e hopohopo ʻo ia pehea e loaʻa ai iā ia kahi ola a mālama i ke ʻano o ka nohona āna i hoʻokumu ai. ʻAʻohe mea huna. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi ʻAe, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i komo."
E pili ana i ke kumu i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ua hoʻoholo ʻo Flair e noho: "Manaʻo wau he pilikia ia no ka wahi hōʻoluʻolu. Ua ulu ʻo ia ma Mid-Atlantic a hana ma Crocketts. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kona aʻa a me kona kaulana ma Mid-Atlantic. Aia ʻo ia ma ka home. , Conrad. I koʻu hōʻea ʻana i ka home, ua manaʻo ka poʻe "E lilo mau ana ʻo Tom Brady i patriot." Hewa. Ua kali ʻo ia a hiki i ka lele kiʻekiʻe o 42 makahiki. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kau ma laila, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pono iaʻu e hoʻāʻo i nā mea ʻē aʻe. He neʻe wiwo ʻole ia. Manaʻo wau aia ʻo Ric i loko o kona wahi hōʻoluʻolu. Manaʻo wau he kūpaʻa ikaika kona iā Jim Crockett a me ka ʻohana Crockett. Ua ʻike māua ua hāʻawi ʻo Jim iā Rick ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa i ke kōkua."
E pili ana i ka manaʻo o Ted Turner no 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 hālāwai ʻo ia me Naitch. Makemake lāua i ka hui pū ʻana o kekahi me kekahi. Hoʻohenehene ʻo Rick iā Ted. He ola kūikawā ko Ted ma nā hōʻike TV a Ric, Women and Marriott, a me nā hana like ʻole. Makemake pū ʻo Ted i ka hoʻokipa. .Akā ua aʻo pū ʻo Ted mai ka pāʻina cocktail ma Atlanta ʻo Rick ka mea maoli. Makemake ʻo ia e noho pū me ia. A loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike maoli loa i ka hui ma ka inoa. E ʻae mai iaʻu e kau i kēia ala-ʻaʻole au i ʻike. Hiki iā Ted ke koho iā ʻoe i ʻelima mau mea hakakā no ka ʻaelike āna i kūʻai ai, akā ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo Ric Flair, ʻo ia kāna quarterback. Makemake au i kēia kanaka. ʻO ia kāna Dominique Wilkins (Dominique Wilkins), no ka mea, nona pū ʻo Ted i ka Eagles. ʻO Dominique kāna kanaka. No laila ʻo Ric ka mana basketball o Dominique Wilkins. He ʻaelike kēlā. Pono iā Jimmy ʻo Rick, a no Rick e kau inoa a hoʻohou. Ua hana ʻo ia nā mea a pau e hana ai i kahi ʻaelike."
He mea kākau ʻōlelo hakakā ʻoihana ʻo Jim Ross, luna kānāwai, mea nona ka hale ʻaina, a he luna hoʻomalu mua o ka hui WWE, kahi āna e hana ai ma ke ʻano he mea kākau ʻōlelo a me ke kākāʻōlelo.