Flair and Lawler
Flair and Lawler
From the "Thoughts That Kept Me Out of the Really Good Schools Dept":
On last night's Monday Night Raw, Jerry "the King" Lawler was defeated by The Nature Boy Ric Flair in a match put together, ostensibly, by that night's acting general manager Randy Orton.
The two were paired in a match in celebration of The King's birthday. Mr. Lawler was celebrating #55. Likewise, Mr. Flair celebrated his fifty-fifth earlier this year. Now, I've had quite a few years between now and the last time I studied a math, but that tells me that between Flair and Lawler, there were about 110 combined years in that ring last night.
That sum does not include the referee. I can't remember who the ref was...was it Mike Keote? The Filthy Hippy and I agreed, however, that the youngest man in the wrestling ring during a match should probably not be the referee. Earl Hebner (who is 139 years old) should have been out there for that one.
Compare Lawler and Flair's combined age, though, to either the combined ages of the the women's tag match from last night, where the combined ages of the four competitors (Victoria, Lita, Molly Holly and Trish Stratus) add up to 116 years, or the men's Tag Team Championship match, where ages sources disagree, but the combined ages of those competitors are somewhere between 116 and 120.
Beyond that, Lawler began his career in 1970, according to the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, and Flair began his in 1972. That adds up to 68 years worth of wrestling experience whupping on each other last night.
Whereas the combined years experience (again, according to PWI's 2004 Almanac) of the women adds up to somewhere close to 18 years, though that's not the best comparison, since Trish and Victoria began their wrestling careers later in life, after fitness modelling).
An even more striking sum, to me, comes in the Tag Team Championship match, where the combined career experience of the four competitors in the match (William Regal, Eugene Dinsmore, Sylvan Grenier and Rob Conway) adds up to a paltery 32 years, with William Regal bringing the bulk of that number, with 18 years in the squared circle himself.
It's not terribly important, I guess, except when you realize that, more and more, reaching the age of 40 in the pro wrestling industry is something to pat yourself on the back about--drug and alcohol abuse, tough travel schedule and hard livin' in general taking its toll on the wrestlers.
It's just something I noticed, and had been thinking about through the day.
Flair won, as I said, via submission, using the old standard Figure Four leglock...but he did it as the Dirtiest Player in the Game should, by getting a little added leverage from the ropes, while the ref's back was turned.....
One last thought. You've gotta think that the Nature Boy's closing in on laying the robe down for the last time, right? I mean, you gotta think he's gonna retire at some point. Is there a possibility for the man to grab that World Title one more time, in a believable fashion? I don't know. Royal Rumble win, or something? Surprise victory? I'd like to see it, if only because I'm a sentimental fool sometimes.
From the "Thoughts That Kept Me Out of the Really Good Schools Dept":
On last night's Monday Night Raw, Jerry "the King" Lawler was defeated by The Nature Boy Ric Flair in a match put together, ostensibly, by that night's acting general manager Randy Orton.
The two were paired in a match in celebration of The King's birthday. Mr. Lawler was celebrating #55. Likewise, Mr. Flair celebrated his fifty-fifth earlier this year. Now, I've had quite a few years between now and the last time I studied a math, but that tells me that between Flair and Lawler, there were about 110 combined years in that ring last night.
That sum does not include the referee. I can't remember who the ref was...was it Mike Keote? The Filthy Hippy and I agreed, however, that the youngest man in the wrestling ring during a match should probably not be the referee. Earl Hebner (who is 139 years old) should have been out there for that one.
Compare Lawler and Flair's combined age, though, to either the combined ages of the the women's tag match from last night, where the combined ages of the four competitors (Victoria, Lita, Molly Holly and Trish Stratus) add up to 116 years, or the men's Tag Team Championship match, where ages sources disagree, but the combined ages of those competitors are somewhere between 116 and 120.
Beyond that, Lawler began his career in 1970, according to the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, and Flair began his in 1972. That adds up to 68 years worth of wrestling experience whupping on each other last night.
Whereas the combined years experience (again, according to PWI's 2004 Almanac) of the women adds up to somewhere close to 18 years, though that's not the best comparison, since Trish and Victoria began their wrestling careers later in life, after fitness modelling).
An even more striking sum, to me, comes in the Tag Team Championship match, where the combined career experience of the four competitors in the match (William Regal, Eugene Dinsmore, Sylvan Grenier and Rob Conway) adds up to a paltery 32 years, with William Regal bringing the bulk of that number, with 18 years in the squared circle himself.
It's not terribly important, I guess, except when you realize that, more and more, reaching the age of 40 in the pro wrestling industry is something to pat yourself on the back about--drug and alcohol abuse, tough travel schedule and hard livin' in general taking its toll on the wrestlers.
It's just something I noticed, and had been thinking about through the day.
Flair won, as I said, via submission, using the old standard Figure Four leglock...but he did it as the Dirtiest Player in the Game should, by getting a little added leverage from the ropes, while the ref's back was turned.....
One last thought. You've gotta think that the Nature Boy's closing in on laying the robe down for the last time, right? I mean, you gotta think he's gonna retire at some point. Is there a possibility for the man to grab that World Title one more time, in a believable fashion? I don't know. Royal Rumble win, or something? Surprise victory? I'd like to see it, if only because I'm a sentimental fool sometimes.
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