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Its interesting to look at this due to the fact that Flair doesn't go into his usual routine of going for the ropes for leverage. They pretty much booked this to be a very clean match and it definitely was a wrestling clinic. Young wrestlers should watch this video over and over in order to learn.

I think Flair wrestles primarily as a tutor. Go out with a young guy, and show him how to wow a crowd, time comebacks, and polish up. It's why his feuds and partnerships are usually with up and comers, rather than established legends.

I think that Flair is in need of money cause he was spending it so much when he made it or just doesn't want to leave the spotlight. I thought he should have become an announcer a long time ago.

Great match wasn't keen on the finish. It's difficult differentiating between the Flair of the 80's and 90's when he was a great wrestler. With the Flair of today where he is a complete shadow of his former self and looks terrible. What does everyone else think?

I would have loved to see Flair vs. Misawa with both men in their prime. Hey, a mark can dream, right? lol

and what do u think ur F**king sorry ass will look like at his age? THE MAN worked better than any wrestler in the past as well as today though u probably like that old sob hogan HE S**kS !! or crow magnum head cena NOT!!! FLAIR IS THE MAN THEN AND STILL IS THE MAN PAY HOMAGE YOU PUNK!!!!

thats flair in the early 80's. I remember the article about the match in a wrestling magazine.

whats so bad about being in good shape in your early 40's? I didnt realize that was a weird thing!

flair actually looked better from 89-94 when he was in his early 40s. weird i know.

great match

Then bockwinkel Lost it to Hennig and Hennig lost it too lawler and sortof lost it to kerry von erich but retains :)

will rarely see a match like this anymore. WAY too slow for the "ADD Generation" Now its all highspots, catch phrases and fireworks and a bunch of musclemen that dont know an armdrag from an armpit (talking mostly about WWE)

gotta be kidding man! I mean MAYBE he isnt in the best shape for this match, but NOWADAYS he literally looks like a 90 year old flopping around. looks terrible. makes me cringe when i see him on TV these days.

Thank you for sharing this match. We can see two legends in their best moment. Young people doesn't know Jumbo Tsuruta former AWA World Champion and Ric Flair when was young.

Thats Right. Jumbo beat Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World title and lost it to Rick Martel. Rick he lost it to Stan Hansen & he lost it to Bockwinkel. The cycle of life.

Thats Right. Jumbo beat Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World title and lost it to Rick Martel. Rick lost it to Stan Hansen & he lost it to Bockwinkel. The cycle of life.

Great fight! Wrestling peaked at the 80´s. By the way, does anyone know if there is some real old school (60-70´s) DVD´s available?

Thanks a lot! Great clip

Ok, I was wrong about the belt, but Flair still looks physically like he did when he lost to Von Erich.

I think the date on the video may be wrong - note Flair doesn't have the title belt, and he's a little paunchy around the mid-section - this is probably May 1984, when Von Erich had just won the belt. Flair won the title back in Japan. Must have fought Jumbo before he got the belt back. Back in '82, Flair would have been wearing the tights with the butterfly, as opposed to the RF in the video.

Flair looks better today than he did then. What a flabby tub of goo he was!

This was indeed a GREAT match. I haven't seen such a wrestling clinic in a long long time. It's too bad Jumbo isn't here with us today (he died in May 2000). I originally was looking for rare Flair matches on here, now i'm gonna be looking for more Jumbo Tsuruta.

This is a true classic wrestling match between 2 of the great LEGENDS OF WRESTLING RIC FLAIR,JUMBO TSURUTA
in a 33min match for the WORLD TITLE.I miss the days
when the traveling WORLD CHAMPION was defending the
title all over the globe.And yes! TSURUTA was the AWA
champion in the early 80's.

was jumbo tsuruta the AWA champ at the time?

since wwe has rights to most of ric flairs matches bar some companies like all japan we need more of these rare classics

Superb match. Nothing better than Slic Ric and Jumbo going all out for over 30 minutes.