| Date: | July 31 1985 |
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| Location: | Raleigh, NC |
| Arena: | Dorton Arena |
| Match: | vs. Buddy Landel |
| Comments: |
Bruce Mitchell remembers: “Of all the times I have seen Flair wrestle live, one moment stands out. The Champion, as a face, was defending against the imitator Buddy Landel at Raleigh's Dorton Arena in front of a sellout, turn-away crowd. Dorton is a small facility on the North Carolina Fairgrounds and was designed by Buckminister Fuller in a elliptical style with windows all around the top of the building. There was a tremendous thunderstorm that night and as Flair took Landel straight up for a suplex, lightning lit up the windows to provide a celestial backdrop to the struggle below. As Flair dropped Landel to the mat, thunder clapped in perfect sync with the action.” |
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| Source(s): | Mitchell, Bruce. "Undeserving Champion: To be the man, Flair must stand up to McMahon." Torch. 26 Dec 1991. |
