# CWA Championship Wrestling: Ric Flair's unexpected NWA World Title defense against Jerry Lawler

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwa-championship-wrestling-ric-flairs-unexpected-nwa-world-title-defense-against-jerry-lawler/976240
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma
**Created:** [December 9, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwa-championship-wrestling-ric-flairs-unexpected-nwa-world-title-defense-against-jerry-lawler/976240 "2022-12-09T05:08:31Z")
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### Author: ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwa-championship-wrestling-ric-flairs-unexpected-nwa-world-title-defense-against-jerry-lawler/976240/1 "2022-12-09T05:08:31Z")

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From the Wayback File, I wanted to show you wrestling fans one of the greatest segments I’ve ever seen, so we can talk about it. I discovered it about 2 years ago, and didn’t want it to get lost in the shuffle of the main WWE/AEW thread.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LOMEjaqS04Q/hqdefault.jpg "1982.08.14 - CWA Championship Wrestling - Memphis - Jerry Lawler vs. Ric Flair (August 14, 1982)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOMEjaqS04Q)

Ric Flair comes to Memphis wrestling in 1982 for a non-title match against rookie Rick McCord, and ends up putting his NWA World Heavyweight Championship up against Jerry Lawler and almost losing it. And he gets PISSED. And you won’t believe what happens next.