Ohlelweni lwakamuva lwe-podcast ye-“Grilling JR”, i-WWE Hall of Famer kanye nomhlaziyi we-AEW uJim Ross baphawule ngobudlelwano buka-Ric Flair noJim Crockett Promotions ngo-1988. Ungabheka amaphuzu athile abalulekile kungxoxo ngezansi:
Ngenxa yeshwa likaFlair, ucishe wenza i-debut yakhe ye-WWE ku-SummerSlam ngo-1988: "Umuzwa kaRic ulenga emkhonweni wakhe, uzozwela. Ngakhuluma naye ngaleso sikhathi-”Kuyadabukisa, kunokudala kakhulu, thina Ayikho imibono futhi akukho okusha. “Kodwa yilokhu abekusho-imali yami isengozini. U-Rick akahlukile kwabanye, ikakhulukazi labo abenza imali eningi-u-Rick uzokwabelana ngemizwa yakhe. U-Rick ( uRic ngeke ayijabulele leyo micabango yokuhamba. Uzophinde aye kuphi? Uya enja enkulu egcekeni, okuyinkampani kaVince McMahon. Akukwazi ukuba yimfihlo noma isimanga. izikhathi ezineshwa empilweni yakhe, futhi waxakeka Uma ehluba u-anyanisi kakhudlwana, wayezokhathazeka ngokuthi wayezoziphilisa kanjani futhi alondoloze indlela yokuphila ayeyisungule ubambe iqhaza okwamanje.”
Mayelana nesizathu esenza acabange ukuthi uFlair wanquma ukuhlala: “Ngicabanga ukuthi indaba yokunethezeka. Ukhulele eMid-Atlantic futhi wasebenza eCrocketts. Wasungula izimpande nedumela lakhe eMid-Atlantic. Usekhaya. , Conrad. Lapho ngifika ekhaya, abantu bacabanga ukuthi "UTom Brady uzohlala ethanda izwe." Akulungile. Walinda kwaze kwaba yilapho i-high jump eneminyaka engu-42 ubudala. Wazama ukulenga lapho, kodwa wathi kufanele ngizame ezinye izinto. Kwakuyisinyathelo esinesibindi. Ngicabanga ukuthi uRic usendaweni yakhe yokunethezeka. Ngikholwa ukuthi unokwethembeka okuqinile kuJim Crockett nomndeni wakwaCrockett. Sobabili siyazi ukuthi uJim usenikeze u-Rick usizo Olunikeziwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa.”
Mayelana nombono kaTed Turner ngoRic Flair ngaphambi kokuba athenge i-JCP ngo-1988: “UTed wayewumoya wenkululeko yokuxhumana ekuphileni kwakhe. Wahlangana noNaitch. Bathanda inkampani yomunye nomunye. U-Rick wenza u-Ted ahleke. U-Ted unempilo ekhethekile ezinhlelweni ze-TV zika-Ric, i-Women and Marriott, neminye imisebenzi eyahlukene. U-Ted naye uthanda ukuzijabulisa. .Kodwa u-Ted uphinde wafunda ephathini ye-cocktail e-Atlanta ukuthi u-Rick uyena owangempela. Uthanda ukuba naye. Futhi unobunikazi obungokwemvelo kakhulu enkampanini ngegama. Ake ngikubeke kanje-angazi. U-Ted angakuqoka ama-wrestlers amahlanu ngenkontileka ayithengile, kodwa uyazi ukuthi uRic Flair ungubani, lokho kuyi-quarterback yakhe. Ngiyamfuna lo mfana. Lowo nguDominique Wilkins (Dominique Wilkins), ngoba uTed naye ungumnikazi we-Eagles. UDominique ungumfana wakhe. Ngakho-ke uRic inguqulo ye-basketball ka-Dominique Wilkins. Lokho kuyisivumelwano. UJimmy kumele abe noRick, futhi ukuze uRick asayine futhi avuselele Wenza konke ukuze enze isivumelwano. "
UJim Ross ungumhlaziyi we-wrestling ochwepheshe waseMelika, unompempe, umnikazi wendawo yokudlela, kanye nalowo owayeyisikhulu senkampani ye-WWE, lapho esebenza khona njengomhlaziyi kanye nomeluleki.