To what extent does a guy need great matches to be considered an all-time great?

[KrisZ]

Alright I'm going at this by memory, the whole Ric/Arn angle started at Bash at the Beach when after Vader lost to Hogan, Flair got up in his grill then got whacked by Vader with Arn coming in for the save but gets scared by Vader with Flair scurrying out of the steel cage and they tuck tail to the back. Flair then goes on TV and rips Arn for not beating Vader's ass. Flair then goes on to face Alex Wright and wants Arn to help him win the match but Arn just stands there saying Flair needs to win on his own which he would do. Then comes the Clash two weeks later where Vader beats both Arn & Flair in a handicap match which Flair immediately blamed Arn for the loss as he was pinned by Vader but Arn at one point had Vader finished but Flair wanted the glory for himself and it backfired. Then that takes us to Fall Brawl and the videos will tell the story.

 

Flair promo starts at the 8:30 mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAG9G8Jf5zo

Arn promo and beginning of the match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFGMv2tGWy4

The rest of the match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyMwJY4gtf8

 

Now to the cage match

 

Arn promo for the Nitro cage match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvToT0yR48

The cage match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsvGApw4mHk

 

After that is when Sting got involved.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqWjtO19AIU

 

Then there was the Halloween Havoc match which ended the Flair/Arn feud.

[Dooley]

I really liked the first match. Heenan was fantastic on commentary underscoring the point that this isn't something that either one really wanted to do, but this is what it had come to. I like the "curtain sellout" they did as well. I loved the spot where Flair does the flip in the corner, suckers Arn in and ducks Arn flying at him. Plus we get to see Flair hit a move from the top rope! I also liked Flair going to the top again late in the match with the usual result, then Arn deciding to try and missing as well. Pillman's enzuigiri at the end didn't exactly land flush but I can forgive that.

 

The Arn promo (to me anyways) shows that the gears have shifted and the plan is to reform the Horsemen and Arn has to make Flair rediscover the nastiness that the Horsemen used to represent. The cage match, while lame, also serves this purpose. Then you have Flair and Arn doing what they do best, setting up Sting.

[ohtani's jacket]

Tried watching Flair/Arn but turned it off after five minutes. Regardless of whether they hated each other, it's Flair vs. Arn in 1995. I have my doubts about that match-up in their primes let alone in '95. If you want to watch some vintage Arn from that era look to his involvement in the Dustin vs. Studd Stable feud instead.