There is an excellent article on WWE Monday Night Raw Diva
Melina in the
PASADENA STAR-NEWS, which you can read in its
entirety here:
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_8641934.
The story, entitled
MELINA JUST WANTS A LITTLE R-E-S-P-E-C-T,
is a really good read.
THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER interviewed
Ric Flair about this Tuesday Night's Smackdown/ECW taping in Fayetteville, which
will feature what is probably Flair's match in North Carolina before his
retirement. "Ric Flair hopes his Tuesday night appearance at the
Crown Coliseum won’t be the last in his home state,"
Weekender: Point blank: do you think this will
be your last stop in North Carolina?
Flair: I don’t think so. I hope it
won’t be my last time in the ring in Fayetteville; I’ve been wrestling there
since 1974.
Weekender: Do you feel a deep
connection with the people here?
Flair: Oh yeah. I used to wrestle
twice a month for like 15 years in Fayetteville. There’s a lot of history for me
there. Coming up, those were some wild days. We wrestled 365 days a year and
twice on Saturday and Sunday. But it was my job, not a hardship.
Weekender: If you lose, will you have
a farewell tour of North Carolina?
Flair: There are no plans as of yet,
but I might be able to go to a few arenas. But there won’t be a comeback
tour.
Weekender: Have you left it all in
the ring? Do you have any regrets?
Flair: I’ve had some things I didn’t
like that happened in the ’90s, but I look at that from a different perspective
now. I’ve let all that go.
Weekender: Who are some of your
favorite matches?
Flair: Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
was my favorite opponent, and one of the greatest that ever lived. He’ll get
recognized as that when the time comes. He and Shawn (Michaels) are two of the
best good guys of all time. The Undertaker and Triple H are two of the best bad
guys.
Weekender: What are some of your
thoughts on the next generation of wrestlers?
Flair: They’re not that different;
the guys with the work ethic and the ability are where they want to be. I just
want them to look around at the friendships they’re making now. It’s very
important to make an effort to stay close to the guys around you. Some of the
guys I came up with are gone. It’s important for me to stay close to my friends
— people like Jack Mulligan, Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes; Ricky
Steamboat.
Weekender: What are you most proud of
in your career?
Flair: There are so many great
things. But the biggest thing that will happen is being inducted into the WWE
Hall of Fame. To be honored by my peers is a huge thing. We work for the
audience, but we perform for each other. I didn’t ever think I’d get to this
point.
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