Last year, Ric Flair teamed with Andrade El Idolo to take on Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal in what was billed as Flair’s final match. The show was very successful and drew a huge gate. Flair got paid $300K for the match, which got a mixed reaction from fans.
Jarrett previously said he thought many fans’ expectations were unrealistic.
“The expectations going into that match were so wide and diverse,” Jarrett said on his podcast. “You have a 35-year-plus career of mine, and Ric is a 45, and then Jay and Andrade, no disrespect, but different ones, but the expectations going into that, some people maybe delusionally thought they were going to see Flair do the upside down flip or all of his trademark stuff.”
Recently Jarrett gave an interview to Web Is Jericho where he was asked about the match. Jarrett said it was an honor to be involved.
“That entire thing, with Conrad Thompson being my business partner and his father-in-law being Ric, it was really unique,” he said. “There’s a whole documentary that might be told on that one day just how it all fell together and how the pieces fell in and the success of it.”
“Folks at times have been very critical of it, but now that we’re nine months removed, I truly think there’s three buckets of people. You were either there live, watched it on Fite or you weren’t there. And there’s three drastically different opinions. But there was electricity in that arena that is almost such a rarity in this business. And I’m giving Ric the credit, because the legendary status of himself and everything that went into it, look the financials of it, and they’ve reported on it, it was astounding. It was an honor for me. When you look at the role I played in this industry, for me to get to do the honors from one of the greatest of all time in my hometown, it’s truly an honor and a memory I’ll take to my grave. A very, very special night in so many ways.”
Jarrett also commented on if he thinks the match will mark the last time Flair steps into the ring in a wrestling capacity.
“Now, do I think it’s his last one? We’re in the entertainment industry, so you never can say never. You can kind of have a wishlist and say this and say that. But I know one thing, the marketing that Conrad and team and all the partners that came together, it would certainly be hard to duplicate just the magic. The Crockett involvement in it, Ric’s mindset, the videos that were shot, the press conference that we had with the mayor and the government officials in town. There was a lot of time and energy and thought process that went into it. It really was a special weekend.”
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