5:52 PM EST

Kevin Eck of THE BALTIMORE SUN has picked up on our WORLD EXCLUSIVE story about Ric Flair wrestling Shawn Michaels in Flair's last match, scheduled for Wrestlemania XXIV in Orlando, Florida.
Eck, in a column entitled FLAIR VS MICHAELS AT WRESTLEMANIA? wrote the following:
 
The current booking plan is for Ric Flair to face Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania and for it to be Flair’s final match, according to wrestlingnewsdesk.com.

Flair-Michaels makes a lot of sense to me, especially if the idea is for Flair to participate in a classic match. No disrespect to the “Nature Boy,” but at this point in his career, he needs to be in the ring with a great worker such as Michaels to have a shot at pulling that off.

This would be a matchup of two of the greatest all-around performers in wrestling history on the biggest stage. It also would represent something of a passing of the torch, as Michaels idolized Flair growing up and wanted to be like him.

I have little doubt that Flair-Michaels would be a great match filled with genuine emotion — both in the wrestlers and the fans — and would go down as another memorable WrestleMania moment. The key for this to work is for WWE to come up with a story line explaining why Michaels would want to defeat Flair and end his career.

As I have stated in the past, I would prefer that Flair was chasing the world title in his final run, culminating in a match against Edge at WrestleMania. But with that scenario obviously not under consideration, I can’t think of a better final opponent for Flair than Michaels.

Another school of thought is that an up-and-coming wrestler such as Mr. Kennedy or MVP should be the one to retire Flair. I understand the thinking behind it, but I just think — out of respect for Flair’s legendary status — that the loss that ends his career should be to a proven superstar, not a potential one.

TO READ WRESTLING NEWS DESK'S WORLD EXCLUSIVE REPORT THAT BROKE THE NEWS OF FLAIR VS HBK AT WRESTLEMANIA, CLICK HERE