During georgias world championship wrestling on wtbs on 6284, ric flair stood with gordon solie at the podium, holding his coveted nwa world championship belt, doing color commentary for an ongoing match. Championship wrestling from florida kayfabe memories. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading writings by gordon solie. Arn anderson speaker i miss gordon solie tremendously. Arn anderson speaker ric flair is wrestling in baltimore tonight for wcw, and is on all the. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to.
See more ideas about wrestling, professional wrestling and wrestling superstars. The best wrestling promos of all time 158,354 views. A sixteentime world champion, slick ric could convince television viewers that a momentous life experience would pass them by if they missed an. Very few people in professional wrestling had as long of a relationship with gene okerlund as ric flair. Both men spent time in verne gagnes awa in the early 1970s and maintained a friendship from. Scott bowden presents kentucky fried rasslingordon solie. New biography of gordon solie discusses his drunken. Former wrestling announcers life chronicled by family. Solie was also the regular announcer for georgia championship wrestling, championship wrestling from florida, and continental championship wrestling among others. The new book about gordon solie written by experienced wrestling biographer scott teal in addition to solies daughter and and her husband is now available, and the excerpt provided in the promotional flyer does little to quiet any stories of his alcoholfueled revelry throughout the years. Gordon solie, wrestlings lost voice, still lingers vice. What makes the book so powerful is flairs ability to step away from ric flair himself, and look at the complete picture that is his life and career.
The book, in which ric pens the first half before his daughter closes the second half, centres around the time in which rica legendary performer in the ringis making his exit just as his daughter is making her somewhat. Something left behind, with stories and poems by him, as well as pictures galore, commemorates solies life. Killer mike and ric flair, pop that outtakes from the september 2012 inbook story. Steve austin, the rock and mankind have their own action figures, tshirts and books. Solie was well known in the local stock car racing. I voraciously devoured all of the content inside reading it whenever i had free time. Gordon solie born francis jonard labiak, later jonard pierre sjoblom, january 26, 1929 july 27, 2000, was an american floridabased professional wrestling playbyplay announcer working for georgia championship wrestling, championship wrestling from florida, usa championship wrestling, continental championship wrestling, and world championship wrestling. A real pleasure to have with me right now the nwa world heavyweight wrestling champion, ric flair and as. Solie called the matches of wrestlers such as jack brisco, the great malenko, handsome harley race and nature boy ric flair. All sorts of personalities make their way into allyns book about solieeveryone from wrestlers like ric flair and dusty rhodes and hulk hogan to the voice of florida wrestling, shannon rose. Leave a comment while old school wrestling purists will peg gordon solie as the alltime greatest playbyplay commentator. A real pleasure to have with me right now the nwa world heavyweight wrestling champion, ric flair and as you can see he has some lovely company indeed. Solie wasnt free from scandal himself during his life.
This is one of my favorite ric flair interviews ever, mainly for the finish. All sorts of personalities make their way into allyns book about solie. He did remember that gordon solie was the commentator. One of the reason rics interviews always worked is because he believed every word that came out of his mouth. Gordon solie news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message. There were wrestlers like ric flair, john cena, steve austin, brian pillman.
Best promos ric flair let me explain something to you 3 cartoon characters. Hailed as the greatest commentator during the golden age of wrestling, and the best ever by many, solie wooed millions of television viewers with his unique vocabulary and. This website is dedicated to the memory of gordon solie. The first sign of national prominence for the georgia promotion was following an angle in which wrestling ii was cheated out of a golden opportunity to defeat nwa kingpin harley race for the 10 pounds of gold in 1980. So when i found out that gordon solies daughter, pamela allyn, had collaborated with her husband, robert, to assemble a collection of her fathers personal memoirs, short stories, poems, and photos, all laid out in scrap book form, i knew i had to add it. Gordon solie, the dean of wrestling announcers, passed away on july 27, 2000 after a battle with brain cancer, but thankfully his daughter, pam allyn, and soninlaw bob allyn have preserved solies memory with gordon soliesomething left behind, a wrestling. Gordon solie and mike graham welcome us to the eddie graham sports center in orlando. Gordon solie gordon solie interviews nature boy ric flair. Dedicated to gordon solie january 29, 1929 july 27, 2000 the cat regains the wcw commissionership stylin and profilin.
Gordon solies official wwe hall of fame profile, featuring bio, exclusive videos, photos. Arn anderson chat transcript solies vintage wrestling. Chris benoit cut a promo, solie agreed that she was an evil woman, but quipped, but she surrrrrrre is purrrty. He was always there with a good story to tell from days gone by and a friendship. Gordon solie, the dean of wrestling announcers, passed away on july 27, 2000 after a battle with brain cancer, but thankfully his daughter, pam allyn, and soninlaw bob allyn have preserved solies memory with gordon soliesomething left behind, a wrestling book like none other before it. Ric flair noticed this and stepped in between orlando jordan and cameron and asked them to tone it down. For the fatherdaughter duo of ric and charlotte flair, sports entertainment is second nature, but with success comes a price. Published by crowbar press, the solie chronicles takes fans on a wild ride behindthescenes in the world of professional wrestling.
Ironically flair may have been the last person to talk to solie before he died. Second nature, an offering from nature boy ric flair and his daughter charlotte is a fascinating study in contrast. He is noted for his tenures with jim crockett promotions jcp, world. With that triumphant cry, nature boy ric flair surpassed his predecessors and his peers to become one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history. He helped build the careers of dusty rhodes, ric flair, kevin sullivan and others, but had trouble doing the same for oz, shockmaster and p.
Writings by gordon solie kindle edition by solie, gordon. Ric flair to be the man is one of those biographies that ranks up there with the very best. Harley race interviewed by gordon solie tremendous sadness on learning of the passing of harley race. Gordon solie is frequently remembered as the best announcer in the history of professional wrestling. He helped build the careers of dusty rhodes, ric flair, kevin.
Gordon solie, hall of famer, remembered in new digital book. Gordon solie was an american floridabased professional wrestling playbyplay announcer. Well gordon i have always told you that is has always gone without saying that whatever ric flair has wanted in life, he has always had. But with his walter cronkitelike delivery, announcer gordon solie made it all seem logical. Gordon solie demonstrated his mastery of words as an award winning broadcaster in both radio and television in addition to stellar performances at live sporting events. And if flair was the consummate professional wrestler, it was gordon solie who was the consummate professional wrestling announcer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. We already know ric flair as one of the greatest workers in history. Standing in between world championship wrestling stars tony atlas and ric flair, wrestling announcer gordon solie listened. Another favorite solieism among my circle of friends was the legendary night ric flair battled terry funk in that i quit match from clash of the champions 9.
Brian blair and many other professional wrestlers were covered by solie. Flair said he told him he loved him at the end of their phone conversation wednesday night. When championship wrestling from florida folded in 1987, he went to work two years later for ted turnerowned world championship wrestling until 1993. Such was the case in early 1982 and dusty rhodes and ric flair revived the hat and robe angle that blackjack mulligan and flair made famous in the midatlantic area four years earlier in april of 1978. The man has since changed and become more accepting of some of the people in this book because as they say, time heals all wounds. Jonard frank labiak january 26, 1929 july 27, 2000, better known as gordon solie was a floridabased professional wrestling playbyplay announcer working for world championship wrestling. Gordon solie passed away march 28, 2008smackdown they announced that gordon solie will be inducted into the class of 2008 wwe hall. The solie chronicles send readers on a wild ride through. Before that he was one of the pioneers in stock car racing and an award winning radio broadcaster. Solie says so long to wrestling show orlando sentinel.
Why would you book two hardcore brawling matches back to back. For generations of wrestling fans, gordon solies voice was what. In his book, the squared circle, grantlands david shoemaker does a fine job. Solie began to work on the book but as health issues arose leading to his. Gordon solie interviews ric flair and woman about the upcoming steel cage match with lex luger at capital combat. Florida wrestling bloopers gordon solie interviews barry. Gordon solie was the regular announcer for georgia, florida, and continental championship wrestling amung others gordon solie is the most recognized voice of the days of classic wrestling july 27, 2000. Gordon solie was considered the voice of professional wrestling for his many years calling the action in several territories. Mike certainly doesnt oversell the event saying its the biggest night of wrestling in orlando. Second nature is the fatherdaughter autobiography from wwe legend nature boy ric flair himself and his talented daughter charlotte, a multitime wwe womens champion. The life and times of gordon solie is an in depth look at the life of professional wrestlings most acclaimed broadcaster. To wrestling fans, the nature boy is a platinumblond deity.
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