10 Biggest Wrestling Promo Botches

2. Road Warrior Hawk On Ric Flair

Road Warrior Hawk was known for his 'demons', which is industry talk for a raging drug habit and accompanying waywardness. This may go some way towards explaining the bizarre and rather sinister promo made after the Road Warriors completed their customary attempted murder of a jobber tag team in January 1988.

The Road Warriors' usual top-volume insanity took a sexually aggressive turn when Hawk railed against sports writers calling the Road Warriors 'soft'.

"There's one part of our bodies that's soft, and it ain't soft all the time if ya catch my meaning. Ric Flair, New York City, Ric Flair, you're gonna find out what 'hard' is all about. 'Cause by the time I get in the ring with you it's gonna be a hard night all night long."

Quite what Hawk was thinking when he threaten to perpetrate some heinous outrage against Ric Flair was a secret Hawk took with him to his grave. He ended by promising that "when I get done with ya, Space Mountain will be closed for repairs," which sounds like a grotesque euphemism the meaning of which is thankfully obscure.

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