When TNA made the (in hindsight) crazy move to oppose RAW on Monday nights, AJ Styles was in the midst of a heel turn as World Champion. The man who pushed him over the edge to the dark side was none other than The Nature Boy himself, Ric Flair. Flair would manage Styles for a number of months. The two were never a natural fit however, and Styles as an arrogant high-life living heel never really made any sense. The two separated when Flair turned on Styles to join the Immortal stable, and their gripes were accentuated by the appearance of Matt Hardy. A handicap match came about, which ended with Flair pinning Styles after a low blow and a chair-assisted Twist of Hate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEbGJzc4d4
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
