Ranking Who Was Really The Man In Wrestling Every Year 1990-2020

29. 1992 - Ric Flair

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The WWF was in turmoil by late 1992. The mainstream had removed the promotion from its embrace and guzzled its institutional awfulness into its maw. The fans were rapidly losing interest, too, beyond two very impressive stadium-sized aberrations.

Ric Flair was at the thrust, if not the heart, of both: though his incredible storyline with Randy Savage helped pack the Indianapolis Hoosier Dome to the sum of a (publicised) 62,167, SummerSlam's second-highest WWE attendance ever was a mass gathering of euphoric support for home country hero the British Bulldog. Flair's shenanigans in the Savage Vs. Ultimate Warrior WWF Title bout helped the pull and dynamic of that match enormously.

Back to his electrified self on promos, entering his last truly great in-ring phase, and a not inconsiderable draw on the house show loop, by the standards of the time, the blanket "It was the early-to-mid 1990s" caveat wasn't entirely fair to Flair.

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