Kwinkqubo yamva nje ye-podcast ethi “Grilling JR”, iWWE Hall of Famer kunye nomhlalutyi we-AEW uJim Ross baphawule ngolwalamano lukaRic Flair noJim Crockett Promotions ngo-1988. Ungajonga amanqaku abalulekileyo kudliwanondlebe apha ngezantsi:
Ngenxa yentlekele kaFlair, waphantse wabonakala kwiWWE kwiSummerSlam ngo-1988: “Imvakalelo kaRic ebambelele emkhonweni wakhe, uza kuva novelwano. Ndathetha naye ngelo xesha-”Ayilunganga, iyila kakhulu, thina Akukho zimvo kwaye akukho nto intsha. “Kodwa oku ngokwenene yiloo nto wayeyithetha-imali yam isengozini. URick akahlukanga kwabanye, ingakumbi abo benza imali eninzi-uRick uza kwabelana ngeemvakalelo zakhe. URick (uRic akayi kucinga ngaloo ngcinga yokuhamba. Uza kuya phi? Uya kwinja enkulu ebaleni, leyo yinkampani kaVince McMahon. Ayinakuba yimfihlo okanye isimanga. URic Bekukho amaxesha amaninzi angathandekiyo ebomini bakhe, waza wadideka. Ukuba wayeyihluba kancinci itswele, wayeza kukhathazeka malunga nendlela aza kuziphilisa ngayo aze agcine indlela yokuphila awayeyimisele. Akukho zimfihlo. Ngethamsanqa Ewe, wayengekathathi nxaxheba okwangoku.”
Ngokuphathelele isizathu sokuba acinge ukuba uFlair wagqiba ekubeni ahlale: “Ndicinga ukuba yingxaki yendawo yokuthuthuzela. Wakhulela eMid-Atlantic waza wasebenza eCrocketts. Wazakhela iingcambu zakhe nodumo lwakhe eMid-Atlantic. Usekhaya. , Conrad. Ndakufika ekhaya, abantu babecinga ukuba “uTom Brady uya kuhlala engumntu othanda ilizwe.” Akunjalo. Walinda de kwaba yi-42 yeminyaka ubudala yokutsiba phezulu. Wazama ukuhlala apho, kodwa wathi kufuneka ndizame ezinye izinto. Yayilinyathelo elinesibindi. Ndicinga ukuba uRic ukwindawo yakhe yokuthuthuzela. Ndikholelwa ukuba uthembekile kakhulu kuJim Crockett nakusapho lakwaCrockett. Sobabini siyazi ukuba uJim unike uRick uncedo ngaphezu kwesinye.”
Ngokuphathelele uluvo lukaTed Turner ngoRic Flair ngaphambi kokuba athenge iJCP ngo-1988: “UTed wayengumoya wenkululeko yokunxibelelana ebomini bakhe. Wadibana noNaitch. Bathanda ukuba kunye. URick uhlekisa uTed. UTed unobomi obukhethekileyo kwiinkqubo zikaRic zeTV, iWomen and Marriott, kunye neminye imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo. UTed naye uthanda ukuzonwabisa. .Kodwa uTed wafunda nakwipati yecocktail eAtlanta ukuba uRick ungumntu ofanelekileyo. Uthanda ukuba naye. Kwaye unobuntu bendalo kakhulu kwinkampani ngegama. Makhe ndiyibeke ngolu hlobo-andazi. UTed angakuqesha nina balwi abahlanu kwisivumelwano asithengileyo, kodwa uyazi ukuba ngubani uRic Flair, yi-quarterback yakhe leyo. Ndifuna lo mfo. NguDominique Wilkins wakhe lowo (uDominique Wilkins), kuba uTed naye ungumnini weeEagles. UDominique yindoda yakhe. Ngoko ke uRic ngumdlalo webhasikithi kaDominique Wilkins. Yisivumelwano eso. UJimmy kufuneka abe noRick, kwaye ukuze uRick asayine kwaye ahlaziye Wenza yonke into ukuze enze isivumelwano.
UJim Ross ungumhlalutyi wemilo yokulwa ochwephesha waseMelika, umpempe, umnini wevenkile yokutyela, kunye nomphathi wenkampani yeWWE wangaphambili, apho asebenza khona njengomhlalutyi kunye nomcebisi.