Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time with a professional career that spans 40 years. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and is noted for his lengthy and highly decorated tenures with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (now known as WWE). Flair is officially recognized by WWE, TNA and PWI as a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion (seven-time NWA Champion, seven-time WCW Champion and two-time WWF Champion) although his actual tally of World Championship reigns varies by source—Flair considers himself a 21-time world champion.
In World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he also had two stints as a booker—in 1989–1990 and 1994. Flair also became the first and only man to have won the WWF Championship in a Royal Rumble match, when he accomplished this in the 1992 edition of the event. In 2012, Flair became the first ever double inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame, first inducted in 2008 for his individual career, and for a second time in 2012 as a member of the Four Horsemen. He is also an NWA Hall of Famer (class of 2008). Flair's hair styles and mannerisms are based on those of Buddy Rogers, who previously and famously used the "Nature Boy" gimmick in the 1950s and '60s. Coincidentally, Flair also followed Rogers in becoming the second man to win both the WWF and the NWA World Heavyweight Championships.
Chief Wahoo is a trademarked logo for the Cleveland Indians baseball team. The illustration is a Native American cartoon caricature. The logo has drawn protests from some members of Native American tribes and the NAACP and is opposed by the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. However, the logo remains popular among fans of the Cleveland Indians.
Although the club had adopted the name "Indians" starting with the 1915 season, there was no acknowledgment of this nickname on their uniforms until 1928. In the years between the team's 1901 formation and the 1927 season, uniforms contained variations on a stylized "C" or the word "Cleveland" (excepting the 1921 season, when the front of the club's uniform shirts read "Worlds [sic] Champions"). According to baseball historians, the 1928 season saw modified club uniforms whose left breast bore a patch depicting the profile of a headdress-wearing American Indian. In 1929, a smaller version of that same patch migrated to the home uniform sleeve, where similar incarnations of the early design remained through 1938. For 1939 the club wore the Baseball Centennial patch on the sleeve. Various other patches were worn for the next few years, none of them featuring Indians.
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. (born November 7, 1918) is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status with national media backing of William Randolph Hearst and Henry Luce in 1949. His sermons were broadcast on radio and television, with some still re-broadcast today.
Graham is notable for having been a spiritual adviser to several United States Presidents; he was particularly close to Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon. During the civil rights movement, he began to support integrated seating for his revivals and crusades; in 1957 he invited Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to jointly preach at a huge revival in New York City, where they appeared together at Madison Square Garden, and bailed the minister out of jail in the 1960s when he was arrested in demonstrations.
Having built an evangelical empire and organized huge events worldwide, Graham has personally preached the Gospel to more people than any other person in history. His institutions include a variety of media and publishing outlets. According to his staff, more than 3.2 million people have responded to the invitation at Billy Graham Crusades to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. As of 2008, Graham's estimated lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion.
Plot
NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff, NWA Tag Team Titles (Steel Cage Match): The Rock n' Roll Express vs. The Andersons, NWA Television Title (First Blood Match): Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard, United States Tag Team Title Match (No DQ Match): Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff vs. The Kansas Jayhawks, Scaffold Match: The Road Warriors vs. The Midnight Express, Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rick Rude, Central States Title: Sam Houston vs. Bill Dundee, Louisville Street Fight: Big Bubba Rogers vs. Ronnie Garvin, Hair vs. Hair: Jimmy Valiant vs. Paul Jones, Hector Guerrero and Baron Von Raschke vs. Shaska Whatley and The Barbarian, Brad Armstrong vs. Jimmy Garvin, Tim Horner and Nelson Royal vs. Don and Rocky Kernodle
Keywords: wrestling
Night of the Skywalkers
Plot
WCW Title: Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes, Pole Match: Abdullah the Butcher vs. Manny Fernandez, Street Fight: The Midnight Express vs. Miss Atlanta Lively & Jimmy Valiant, Arm Wrestling: Superstar Billy Graham vs. The Barbarian, The Anderson Brothers vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Jack Haynes, Mike Graham vs. Pez Whatley, The Italian Stallion vs. Thunderfoot
Keywords: wrestling
The Gathering
Plot
NWA World Title: Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes, NWA United States Title: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Billy Graham, NWA Televison Title: Tully Blanchard vs. Ricky Steamboat, NWA Junior Heavyweight Title: Mike Davis vs. Denny Brown, Florida Heavyweight Title: Jesse Barr vs. Mike Graham, Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title: Ron Bass vs. Dick Slater, Loser Leaves Toen Tuxedo Match: Paul Jones vs. Jimmy Valiant, The Koloffs vs. Ole Anderson & Keith Larson, Manny Fernandez vs. Black Bart The Zambuie Express vs. Buzz Tyler & The Assassin
Keywords: african-american, american-dream, assassin, avalanche, blood, boxer, chain, champion, communist, crutches
The Million-Dollar Challenge
Plot
The first true "supercard" in pro wrestling history, this show, held on Thanksgiving Night 1983 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, featured Harley Race defending the NWA World heavyweight championship against "Nature Boy" Ric Flair inside a steel cage (with former champ "Big Thunder" Gene Kiniski as special guest referee). Also that night, Jack & Jerry Brisco defended the 'NWA' World tag team championship (JCP version) against former titleholders Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, then-U.S. champ Greg Valentine met Rowdy Roddy Piper in a non-title dog collar match, Charlie Brown From Outta Town (Jimmy Valiant in a mask) challenged The Great Kabuki for the 'NWA' television championship, Dick Slater & Cowboy Bob Orton met Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood (replacing Hulk Hogan), Carlos Colon collided with Abdullah the Butcher, Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin faced Johnny Weaver & Scott McGhee, and The Assassins tangled with Bugsy McGraw & Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones.
Keywords: starrcade, wrestling
A Flair For The Gold