Jeff Jarrett Thought Ric Flair’s AEW Debut Was Cool For Sting But Special For Tony Schiavone As Well

Jeff Jarrett comments on Ric Flair’s AEW debut. 

Ric Flair made his All Elite Wrestling debut on October 25, 2023 as the “surprise gift” Tony Khan was giving to Sting. Not only did Ric Flair get to share a ring with Sting again, but Tony Schiavone was the man who introduced Flair to the AEW audience. 

Speaking on his My World podcast, Jeff Jarett, after joking about the build-up to Ric Flair’s Last Match in the summer of 2022, discussed how special it is for Sting, Flair, and Schiavone to be sharing a ring together again and how unexpected it is for 2023. 

“A lot of things we talk about on this podcast would not have been on the bingo card, or my bucket list, or however you want to say it, but those three in the ring in 2023, the history of them, and you know Tony Schiavone celebrating his 40th year [in wrestling]. When you trying to wrap your head around that, that is very impressive,” Double J said. “Sting, his longevity, what he’s done in the last two years, man, just had to off to him. It’s amazing. It really is. To me, his career is like no other. 

“In TNA, [Sting] kind of flirted with being a heel and we’ve covered that in the Main Event Mafia pods,” Jeff continued. “He was never a heel heel. I call it a historic babyface run. I think from a wrestling historian [perspective] I can’t think of somebody who’s really stayed — yes, his characters evolved from ‘Surfer’ to ‘Crow’ to ‘Joker’ to ‘The Icon.’ Then, the guy who was very instrumental in taking his career to another level and the legendary battles, the Nature Boy. It’s well-documented, Ric’s ups and downs, RicFlairLastMatch.com, and all the success you put together that we all had a hell of a time [with] last summer, but to see all of that come full circle, it was a pretty cool moment. For Ric and Sting, it was cool, but I thought it was a special moment for Schiavone as well.” 

Fans can read Tony Schiavone’s comments, which echoed the same sentiment, at this link.

Ric Flair had stated during his first promo that he plans on being with Sting all the way through the end of his career at AEW Revolution 2024. Fans can read Sting’s reaction to this here. 

Fans can read Ric Flair’s thoughts on having another match at this link. 

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