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| Ric Flair and Gordon Solie in 1982 |
In the early 1980s, long before star ratings became part of everyday wrestling discourse, two rising stars met in South Florida for a match that would quietly make history. On April 7, 1982, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair stepped into the ring with the powerful and fast-rising “Hacksaw” Butch Reed at a Championship Wrestling from Florida event in Miami Beach. What unfolded that night was more than just a title defense—it was the beginning of a benchmark.
Years later, wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer would look back on this bout and award it the first five-star rating of his now-famous match evaluation system, a scale that would go on to shape how generations of fans discuss and analyze professional wrestling.
It’s the fact that I live a lifestyle, never ever equaled by any other man.
My man, Sam, right here, and check out this limousine, my own Learjet.
And look what I travel with, the most beautiful women on the face of this earth.
This is why the World’s Heavyweight Champion, not Joe Montana, not Burt Reynolds, not turkeys like that, but a real man, the World’s Heavyweight Champion, that’s what makes me a little different.
- Ric Flair
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