I hadn't heard that term before. "What do you mean, 'go through'?"

"Nobody wins. It's going to be a draw. Simple as that."

...

He and I had no conversation beforehand. We just got in the ring and he said, "Give me a tackle." So I did.

"Slam me," he said. I gave him a body slam.

"Take a backdrop."

I bounced off the ropes, and when Gadaski bent down, I did a flip over his shoulders and onto the canvas.

The bell rang when the ten-minute limit expired. I'd exhausted myself during the match and needed a place to rest, but everything had gone fine. I definitely passed my first test." (22)

Earlier, Flair had told this to Steve Helwagen:
"The first match was phenomenal. I was really confident in what I had learned, it was just the insecurity of being in front of people. And back then, you really had to prove yourself. It was different than it is now. Back then, the older guys were really hard on the younger guys." (118)