I luv ric n think he's one of the greatest overall
but his in ring work is overrated and more formulaic than Brets ever was
sorry but bret was not on ric's level.
we can raise bret's hand in victory over hbk and his era.
to usher in scsa, as a character..but real talk!
bret was not in scsa, the protege of flair.
nor was he on flair's level, either.
plus real talk scsa had a resume to compare to bret before wwf as well.
as he always had top five to four star matches in tag and singles.
with varying degrees of guys from all over and up and down the card.
as flair's protege, in nwa. who used this braintrust way before hall and the clique got to use it as well.
as scsa even changed up taping schedules in tags as a blonde.
so scsa using flair's braintrust,....had already equaled what bret did in the eighties quality wise as well.
flsir had a legacy bret could never touch, period.
i like bret. bret was a dope badguy, in tags.
yet, he paled in stark sheer compariaon to ric.
bret got all his cred as a me guy in saskatchewen,..
plus wwe got its mainstream workrate cred on the me level match wise from flair as well.
so let's not get to ahead of ourselves.
bret was a third level top heel badguy, in tags.
ric flair was the greatest villian in all of tv's history.
there is a huge stsrk difference between the two.
flair did this after surviving a plane crash and numeorus near death car crashes.
bret's criticism is cool to hear.
yet and still brr would not exist as credible with a me strap without flair period.
wwf workrate would not be viewed as credible without flair, either.
art barr
)...Unforgiven...No Mercy....Austin getting revenge was the deal at Survivor Series...the crowd DEFINITELY was more into the Rock at Armageeddon than Austin/Cripple H/Taker/Angle/Rikishi during the 6 man. The Rock got the highest ratings of the year, just like year before. 
