Thread: Who Should Flair Job To At Mania?
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Old 02-25-2008, 03:59 AM   #37
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Malenko or Anderson would be absolutely useless. I'm not saying they couldn't churn out a good match (but maybe I am kind of saying that too), but they would have absolutely nothing to gain from that win. That's the same reason I don't want HBK to do it. Michaels doesn't need any more accolades than those that he already has, and he's to the point now where losses won't damage him at all.

If they are going to go with Michaels/Flair at Wrestlemania, as weird as it feels for me to say, I think I'd want Flair to go over there. Whoever picks up the final win against Flair will be forever solidified as the man who ended Ric Flair's career.

I really, REALLY wish it would be Mr. Kennedy, but it's becoming more than painfully apparent that this will not be the case. MVP would be great too, but again, it's just not looking that way from a guy who has been jobbing to Batista just for fun as of late.

Who should it be? I can't say for sure. But I do know that it shouldn't be Michaels, or Triple H for that matter.
My thoughts exactly mirror this. Putting Ric Flair over at WrestleMania accomplishes many things:

1. Ric Flair defeats Shawn Michaels, and looks more credible in the process. Whoever then goes on to retire Ric Flair doesn't look like they're just beating an old man.

2. It's unexpected. Surprises come along very rare these days, so Ric Flair winning when everyone expects him to lose would be a very sentimental "Holy shit, it's not over for him!" moment.

3. There is still money in the story. The WWE has not mined it nearly as effectively as they should have. Flair is getting inducted into the Hall of Fame the night before. He will become the first active wrestler to get that honour. So you retire him the next night? Flair going over would keep the "Active Hall of Famer" thing going, and might allow the angle to make some money.

4. Shawn Michaels does not need to be ending the career of Ric Flair. I get that Flair wants someone he likes to do it, but come on now. Beating Ric Flair with his career on the line is the perfect rub to give someone. For people who say "Who cares? Not everything needs to be about giving someone the rub," I plainly say that something like this can make money, and it should be allowed to make as much money as possible.

Ric Flair should be happy to wrestle Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania, and go over.

5. I do not want to see Ric Flair win another World Title, but that 17th reign has not even been mentioned yet. When Stone Cold Steve Austin had the idea in his head, I'm sure a run towards a 17th title was in it.

6. We still have not seen Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon. I'm not a big fan of Vince wrestling, or Flair wrestling these days, but the seeds for this were laid down when Vince threw the stipulation at Ric. Flair vs. McMahon is a logical extension of this.
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