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(PPV) event and supershow. It took place on July 31, 2022, at the
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in
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and aired on
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. The event was produced and promoted by
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and
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under the banner of
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(JCP) as part of the
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V convention, and was the first card promoted under the JCP banner since 1988.
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headlined the event in the advertised final match of his 50-year career, teaming with his then
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to defeat
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and
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. Wrestlers from
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(WWE) performed during the event. It was the first event to feature cooperation from all major American professional wrestling promotions since the 3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show in 2000. The show drew 6,800 fans for a
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of $448,502, making it the second highest-grossing North American
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professional wrestling event in modern history behind All In.


Production


Background

Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Flair's career spanned 50 years. He is ...
debuted as a professional wrestler on December 10, 1972. Flair lost his first retirement match against
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at
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's
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in March 2008. He later wrestled on the Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin tour in 2009 and for
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(TNA) from 2010–2011. Flair has said he only came back to wrestle after the match with Michaels because he was significantly in debt, and regrets having done so. Footage surfaced of Flair training with former TNA rival
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in April 2022. It was then announced in May 2022 that Flair would wrestle one final match at
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on July 31, 2022, as part of his son-in-law
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's
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convention. The convention was held the same weekend as WWE's
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, which took place at nearby
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on July 30. The wrestling card, titled Ric Flair's Final Match, was later moved to the larger
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due to high demand. Flair previously headlined events at Nashville Municipal Auditorium including WrestleWar '89: Music City Showdown against
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, and Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling against
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. Nashville mayor John Cooper declared July 31 "Ric Flair Day" in honor of the occasion.


Storylines

The event included eleven matches that resulted from scripted storylines, in which wrestlers portrayed
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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match. Storylines were produced in a three-part weekly
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titled ''Ric Flair: The Last Match'' that aired between July 11, 2022 and July 25, 2022 on the show's official website. Narrated by
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, the first episode detailed Flair's battle with
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and subsequent health problems following the death of his son
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in 2013. The second episode saw Flair get attacked by training partner
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and
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executive
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outside of
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following the event's
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on June 23, 2022. Lethal was insulted that Flair could not get him booked on the card, and Jarrett was insulted that Flair disrespected his father,
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. Flair was left bloodied in a
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following the attack. It was then announced that Flair would team with son-in-law
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to face Jarrett and Lethal in the main event. The third and final episode featured a contract signing between the main event teams, brokered by promoter
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. An
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was filmed during
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's The People vs. GCW event at
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on July 29, 2022.
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told
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that since he did not book any GCW wrestlers for Ric Flair's Final Match, they would have to invade the show.


Cancelled matches

The originally planned main event was reported to have been
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teaming with FTR (
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and
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) to take on
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and the
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(
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and Robert Gibson) in a
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. Steamboat confirmed that he was offered the match, but turned it down.
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proposed defending the
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against Flair, but he was injured soon after and forced to forfeit his title. Ren Narita was scheduled to face Clark Connors on the undercard, but Connors was injured and replaced by Yuya Uemura.


Event


Pre-show

The event's pre-show was broadcast free on YouTube at 6:05pm Eastern Daylight Time, EDT, a nod to the traditional timeslot JCP's ''WCW Saturday Night, World Championship Wrestling'' program aired on TBS (American TV channel), TBS throughout the 1980s. In the opening contest of the pre-show, New Japan Pro Wrestling star Yuya Uemura faced Ren Narita, a Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Y, young lion in New Japan's Dojo. Narita took the victory by pinning Uemura with a bridging belly to belly suplex. Tony Schiavone introduced
Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Flair's career spanned 50 years. He is ...
for an interview segment, but instead
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came out with Karen Jarrett to do a Flair impersonation and antagonize the crowd. Jarrett was interrupted by loud "Who are you?" chants from the audience. Frank the Clown then entered the ring to insult Ric Flair, at which point Jacob Fatu came out. Frank the Clown attempted to escape up the entranceway, but Mick Foley prevented him from leaving and threw him back in the ring to get beatdown by Fatu. The second contest of the show and final contest of the pre-show saw
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(GCW) star Mance Warner win the Battle royal (professional wrestling)#Bunkhouse Stampede, Bunkhouse Battle Royale by last eliminating Bubba Ray Dudley, Bully Ray. Prior to the match, the announced participants were already in the ring when
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came out and declared that he had brought a contingent of GCW stars as surprise entrants.


Preliminary matches

In the opening contest of the pay-per-view broadcast, The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) took on The American Wolves, The Wolves in a tag team match. The Motor City Machine Guns picked up the victory after performing Skull and Bones on Edwards, who was pinned. The second contest of the pay-per-view saw Davey Boy Smith Jr. take on Killer Kross (with Scarlett Bordeaux) in singles competition, with both men representing
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. Kross hit Smith Jr. with The Quickening and won by pinfall. The pay-per-view's third contest was a Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches, Four Corners Match to determine the #1 contender to the Progress World Championship. The participants were Alan Angels, Jonathan Gresham, Konosuke Takeshita and Nick Wayne. Gresham won by pinfall after performing a bridging O'Connor Roll on Angels. In the fourth contest of the pay-per-view,
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(
Ricky Morton Richard Wendell Morton (born September 21, 1956) is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson (wrestler), Robert Gibson as the Rock 'n' Roll ...
and Kerry Morton) (with Robert Gibson) took on The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling), The Four Horsemen (Brian Pillman Jr. and Brock Anderson) (with Arn Anderson) in a tag team match. The Four Horsemen picked up the victory after Anderson hit Ricky Morton with a Gourdbuster and pinned him. The fifth contest of the pay-per-view was a Four-way match between Bandido (wrestler), Bandido, Black Taurus, Laredo Kid and Rey Fénix. This showcase of stars from
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was won by Fénix after he caught Black Taurus with the Fire Thunder Driver and pinned him. The pay-per-view's sixth contest saw Impact World Championship, Impact World Champion Josh Alexander (wrestler), Josh Alexander defend his title against Major League Wrestling star Jacob Fatu. The match ended in a no contest after interference by Brian Myers,
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and Mark Sterling. Diamond Dallas Page ran in from the crowd to save Alexander from a beatdown, hitting Cardona with a Diamond Cutter. A backstage segment saw
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and Jerry Lawler consulting
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in his locker room regarding the main event, with the group consensus being that Ric Flair stole his strut from Jackie Fargo and that Jeff needed to reclaim it. In the seventh contest of the pay-per-view, Marshall and Ross Von Erich, The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich) took on The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in a tag team match. The Briscoes picked up the victory after Mark hit Ross with a Froggy Bow and pinned him. The penultimate match of the pay-per-view saw Impact Knockouts World Championship, Impact Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defend her title against Deonna Purrazzo and Rachael Ellering in a three-way match. Grace retained her title after tapping out Ellering with a rear naked choke.


Main event

In the main event,
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and
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took on
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and
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(with Karen Jarrett) in a tag team match. The finish came after
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threw brass knuckles to El Idolo. El Idolo then gave the brass knuckles to Flair, who used them to knock out Jarrett. Referee Mike Chioda was knocked out, causing El Idolo to call for another referee from the back. Flair put Jarrett in the figure-four leglock, and with Jarrett's shoulders pinned to the mat, referee Dave Miller counted the pinfall. After the match, Flair greeted his family at ringside along with colleagues in attendance such as Bret Hart, Mick Foley and The Undertaker. Tony Schiavone then interviewed Flair ringside before he made his way up the entrance ramp, stopping to embrace singer Kid Rock and hoist the Big Gold Belt as the broadcast went off the air.


Reception

The production quality and overall presentation of the show was praised. Road Dogg, Brian James and Scott D'Amore produced and timed the matches. Matches were agented by Bubba Ray Dudley, Bully Ray, Corporal Punishment (wrestler), Daniel McDevitt, Scott Armstrong (wrestler), Scott Armstrong, Sinn Bodhi, Tom Prichard and Wolfie D. The broadcast was produced by David Sahadi, Josh Mathews and Keith Mitchell. Reviews of the show consistently pointed to the Four-way match, four-way between Bandido (wrestler), Bandido, Black Taurus, Laredo Kid and Rey Fénix as the best match of the night. Dave Meltzer of ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' gave that match a 4½-star rating. Multiple reviewers described watching Flair's performance in the main event as "uncomfortable" due to his poor physical condition. In the leadup to the match, Flair revealed that he had been suffering from plantar fasciitis and planned on drinking prior to the bout. Flair claimed that he passed out twice during the match due to dehydration. His doctor later determined that Flair had in fact passed out after suffering a myocardial infarction, heart attack. The show drew 6,800 fans for a
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of $448,502, with an estimated 20,000–25,000 viewers on
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and 4,200 viewers on
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. It was the second highest-grossing North American
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professional wrestling event in modern history behind All In.


Aftermath

Possible follow-up events have been rumored. During the Foley Is Pod panel at
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,
Conrad Thompson Conrad Channing Thompson (born June 27, 1981) is an American mortgage broker, professional wrestling promoter, and podcast host who presents and co-hosts numerous wrestling oriented podcasts, and promotes the Starrcast wrestling convention. Podc ...
and Mick Foley discussed the idea of Mick Foley's Last Match. Booker T (wrestler), Booker T confirmed that he was approached by Thompson to take part in Harlem Heat's Last Match, but turned it down. Diamond Dallas Page also confirmed that he turned down an offer from Thompson. Starrcast filed to trademark Southwest Championship Wrestling on August 5, 2022, and SuperClash on September 7, 2022. Mance Warner was awarded a non-title match against Interim championship, interim AEW World Championship, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley after his Battle royal (professional wrestling)#Bunkhouse Stampede, Bunkhouse Battle Royale win, with the stipulation that Warner would earn a future title shot if victorious. Moxley defeated Warner on the August 5, 2022 episode of ''AEW Rampage''. Before the match in July 2022, Flair had vowed to honor his word and never wrestle again, but said he would continue in the business as a manager. A few days after the bout however, he regretted announcing that it would be his final match. During a September 2022 celebration for the 50th anniversary of his debut in professional wrestling, Flair announced that he would never retire. In January 2023 however he stated that he did not want to wrestle again aside from wanting to redo the Last Match. In January 2024, Flair stated "no return to the ring ever".


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* {{Jim Crockett Promotions 2022 in professional wrestling 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee Professional wrestling shows in Nashville, Tennessee Jim Crockett Promotions shows July 2022 sports events in the United States