Ric Flair:
Ric thanks the fans. Ric says that the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony is his favorite place. Ric pays homage to the late great Roddy Piper & Dusty Rhodes. Ric gives a shoutout to his beautiful daughter Charlotte. If Snoop can recognize Sasha, then he can recognize his daughter. Ric calls Charlotte genetically superior. Ric points out the company forces guidelines for his speech. In 1988, Dusty Rhodes told Ric that they are going to start the Clash of the Champions. Ric notice that Sting was the man even during his earlier years. Ric pokes fun at Stan Hansen. Ric said that he had to fight Brody for a hour and it wasn’t a fair fight. For 55 minutes Flair fought Sting and he never wavered. Ric said that Sting had the perfect look and charisma. Ric always told Sting to WWE, but he was always loyal to NWA and WCW.
Ric went over his match strategy’s with Sting which was pretty funny. Ric told Sting that they were past the headlock takeover. Ric says that he always like being the bad guy because he never had any offense. It was a chop, a Wooo and Strut. Ric knew eventually the WCW wasn’t going to last long. Ric calls Triple H his best friend and Shawn Michaels carried him at WrestleMania 24 for 30 minutes. Ric spent three decades feuding against Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Sting. Ric said that Sting knew about the sacrifices that you have to make back in the day especially time away from the family. Holidays were pay days. Ric told a story about fighting against Ricky Steamboat twice on Christmas and New Year’s which almost forced Ricky Steamboat to quit. Ric gave him a call and told him that wasn’t going to happen. Ric called Sting the franchise. Ric introduces Sting by calling him one of the greatest of all-time. Ric closes his portion by saying WWE is the place to me. Ric says Sting had the same intensity in his match with Triple H at last year’s WrestleMania as he did 30 years ago. Ric says that he own’s 10 Gold Gym’s.
Sting:
Sting says that Ric wings everything. Sting says that it was a about a year ago he made his Monday Night Raw debut in the American Airlines Center. Sting said that he didn’t watch a wrestling until he went to one house show that was at the LA Sports Arena. Sting talks about the time he met the Ultimate Warrior. Sting shares a memory when Warrior expressed his love for the Waffle House. Sting said that he and Warrior slept in cars driving the roads. Sting pointed out the fact that he didn’t have any family members that could’ve helped him break into the business. Within 12 months he payed all his debts. Sting remembers when he defeated Ric Flair for the World Heavyweight Championship at Great American Bash. Sting pokes fun at the fact that 400 companies made products with his likeness on it. Sting remembers when Vince talked about squashing competition. Sting remembers Seth Rollins saying that he was one of the reason why he got into the business. Sting knew that alot of people dressed up like him at Halloween. Sting remember when he teamed with Robo Cop.
Sting laughs about all the crazy things that pops up on the WWE Network. Sting remembers when he was stone faced Sting and Kevin Nash asked him if he can spoon with him. Sting says that the ratings are behind the scenes. Sting remembers his various gimmicks. Sting that during his personal life he was a chameleon during the prime of his career. Sting said that he got pinned by God on August of 1998. Behind the scenes, Sting put all his pieces back together. His life has been put back in order. Sting says it’s a awesome thing to be here. Sting can brag about the fact that he got to compete at WrestleMania. Sting can remembers all his great moments from the past and now he’s a WWE Hall of Famer. Sting thanks the following, The Ultimate Warrior. The fans chant for The Undertaker and calling for one more match. Sting thanks his trainer’s, Jim Ross, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts, Road Dogg, Ric Flair, His Mom & Dad, His Brothers, Sisters, His Kids, His Wife Sabina, The Fans. The only thing about Sting is that nothing is for sure. Sting announces his retirement. Sting grabs his sun glasses and a bat. Sting says that this is not goodbye it’s see you later.
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