There's a rumor Conrad will face Ric Flair

Oh God. I don’t know how to feel about that. Lol

That sounds like a bullshit rumor intentionally put out there probably by Conrad himself to also draw more viewers to their podcast.

Conrad would have a heart attack.

the Conrad thing is a meme. for real though theyve got 10kish seats and theyll all sell. they can get a good number of guys with those presales

plus the number of guys who would genuinely want to work the match

It’s actually a potentially good leaping off point for a promotion or whatever. I can understand why an AEW or WWE would stay completely clear from it. But this is a “Jay Leno gets to interview Hugh Grant moment.” I’d actually interested in what sort of decisions they make with the rest of the card.

ideally Billy Corbin could get on board and his final match could be under the NWA banner. the symbolism would be nice

I’m not sure how interested he would be, but I was thinking earlier that Nick Aldis is probably the ideal opponent for Flair.

Nick Aldis would have been an option for The Fairgrounds but for them now to move to The Municipal Auditorium I'm expecting something bigger. It's hard to say what exactly, especially if they stick with the 6-Man Tag. I have no idea who fits with the Rock 'n Roll Express to make this make sense.

James Storm is another name that comes to mind.

I think you want someone with a big enough name but also be able to heel it up on Flair as a style, but sell for him and not look ridiculous either. Those would be my two leading names, unless there is someone really obvious I am forgetting.

Unless Batista really wants to do it and isn’t under some sort of WWE merchandising deal. I can see Flair vs. Batista being more appropriate in the sense that fans know they are linked.

It would be cool if MJF "quits" AEW and ends up taking this match with Flair. IDK how you lead back to AEW with that but it would be a great way to get me to buy that PPV.

I looked through a long list of unsigned talent and there isn't anyone connected to Flair that would really make sense. AJ Styles would've made sense, Kurt Angle... but Angle just had knee surgery and WWE likely won't let AJ do a PPV for FITE.

Now that the show is moved to a proper arena I think the match has to be huge. I think Steamboat would be a great choice but I don't think he's on board. MJF would be another great choice because he would bring more interest than anyone else.

MJF would be…dynamic. I don’t think TK is going to let a contracted AEW guy do it though. Lol if that’s MJF’s ticket to Pillman out though.

He did just let Danielson and Paul Wight appear on Raw via video message.

This PPV is actually turning out with a must see card for hardcore fans (IE most of us here, even Noid).

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MCMG vs The Wolves should be a killer match.

This show is really looking good, easy buy for me even without the main event announced. Briscoes vs Von Erich's could be awesome, MCMG vs Wovles, Alexandere/Fatu and the AAA 4 way all could be great.

Interesting that WWE included Ric Flair back in their intro lately. He also posted on Twitter how much that meant to him. I am thinking that we will get a WWE star to wrestle Flair in his final match. We've seen WWE loan out talents before and I think this is the type of situation they would possibly lend a hand.

Who are the options?

I keep thinking AJ Styles because I know that Flair would love to wrestle him, and of course he can carry a lot of the match.

If I am totally off base and it's actually AEW that lends a hand, it really needs to be MJF. That would just be pure insanity. They could even promote it that MJF really left AEW and is out working with Flair. I don't know how you make money on it but it seems like something could happen there.

They were talking about a 6-Man with FTR and Rock and Roll Express but I do feel like this event has exceeded that kind of a match. Can the Express really pull that off? I don't think so. Plus there is no natural partner for them to work with that makes sense.

If it's not a loan out talent for the match then we are talking free agents. Who would Flair want? I can't really see him giving a shit for Gresham and we've heard that there was a blow up with Jay Lethal when he didn't make the match.

Flair did recently work for NWA but come on, really? None of those guys really deserve this match. Not even Nick Aldis really would fit the bill. Maybe, sure at the Fairgrounds that match makes "some" sense, but it's not a draw for me, and likely not for many. You'd want his last match against someone that everyone would know.

I wonder if they even have someone booked yet.

Flair said the only concerns health-wise in training and returning was his inner ear issues, blood thinners, and his pacemaker.

Good to know that outside of the most important organ keeping him alive, he's basically at full strength.

If he dies in the ring so be it. He's old enough to assess the risks for himself

Had to stop myself from doing the obvious and posting the Ivan Drago gif.

Pretty hot card.

I see WAY too much of Paul Ellering in Rachael Ellering's face in that picture lol kind of off putting...

Still not advertising Flair's opponent...hmmm...could be a good thing

I’d seriously watch this promotion if it were on the air.

It looks like Impact and MLW are working closely together. I think that is to the advantage of both companies.

There’s lots of guys I’d like to see Cross the Line.

I can’t say I’ve been following MLW at all. Is EJ Nduka any good? I’d be surprised if WWE released him if he was. Unless there’s like…a background thing? It would explain why AEW didn’t pick him up too.

EDIT: There’s nothing on his Wikipedia page. Might be a stand up guy. Does he just suck or has MLW just somehow really lucked into him?

For those who don’t know, he’s a 6’8, 285lbs former football player and bodybuilder whose parents were born in Nigeria. How do WWE not bring him back?

I remember seeing him last year at MLW Battle Riot and couldn't believe the WWE let him go.

Let him go?

Let him go?


I thought all firings were… frozen.

Yeah.











Yeah.

He’s not as big as Omos or Babatunde, but I’d say he’s got a better overall look. I guess he’s a tag champ over there, so they feel like there’s something they can get out of him. Maybe he signed really quickly after being let go before WWE could snatch him up, with the idea that he’ll have a body of work behind him in a few years or so.

Flair’s opponent will be announced tomorrow at 6:05.

Jerry Lawler vs Ric Flair

I think you might be right.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On July 31, I’m Coming After One Of Your Own. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a><br><br>And Tonight At 6:05, The Entire World Will Find Out. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RicFlairsLastMatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RicFlairsLastMatch</a> <a href="https://t.co/5mc4N8cc5r">pic.twitter.com/5mc4N8cc5r</a></p>&mdash; Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/RicFlairNatrBoy/status/1549017103256231936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ric Flair vs. Charlotte Flair

That would be hilarious

I'm thinking either Dolph or AJ though.

Ric Flair vs. Triple H in a fight to the literal death

Hmmm.....I like that idea, would be a classic last match