oh man i remember as kid going to the greenville mem. aud. in greenville s.c. a many of monday nights, also as a teenager and later in life...one night after the bell rang in the main event to end the match i jumped from my seat and we started running trying to beat the crowd out to our car,well i got turned around in the auditorium  somehow  i just kept running down stairs from the balcony, next thing i know i looked up and there was flair with a towel around his neck walking down the stairs...i froze,i wanted so bad to follow him but knew i'd be in deep trouble, so against my better judgement i turned and walked the other way and finally found my car,for so many years i always wanted to go "behind the curtain", and when i got my chance i backed out, but again it was probably for the best,again just another great memory for me, flair still rules!!!, and he never knew i was even around him!         martin lee

Not to hijack the thread, but that was one of the neat things about when Crockett brought wrestling to Culpeper, Va., my hometown. It was just a small town back then, maybe 25,000-30,000 people in the entire county. The junior high school gym, where the matches were held, seats about 3,000-3,500 tops.  
 
The wrestlers would come in the backdoor of the building, near the boys' locker room. Most of the time, the heels dressed in the boys' locker room and the faces in the girls'. Between the two locker rooms there is a hallway where the concession stands are. A lot of people would stand out in the hallway and chat with the boys, get their autograph and take pictures. It was such a neat experience.
 
And it wasn't like we didn't get to see just anybody. I mean, they brought in Flair, Greg Valentine, Roddy Piper, Jake Roberts, Johnny Weaver, Paul Jones, Jack Brisco, Ricky Steamboat, Jay Youngblood, Ole Anderson, Blackjack Mulligan, Tully Blanchard, Manny Fernandez, Ron Bass, Babydoll, Jimmy Valiant, Dick Slater, Bob Orton, Kabuki, One Man Gang and on and on. So we saw our fair share in the early 80s.
 

Ric Flair,what a guy!!!Ric is the one who brought the world championship belt to the status it deserved.He was professional and all business when it came to holding the belt and making it mean something.He looked like a champion,wearing the high dollar suits and fancy shoes.The promoters liked the way he portrayed himself,so they started wanting all the guys who held belts to wear suits. When Bobby and I won the Tagteam belts,they wanted us to start wearing suits and the nice shoes.Bobby and I are country boys from Alabama,we do not wear suits.We had to go buy us some suits so we would look more professional.We did it for a year,and then all the guys went to Crockett and complained it was too hot in the summer to wear suits.He listened to the guys and we did not have to wear them any longer.Ric continued to wear his,because that was his image and it worked for him.

well that reminds me of two other stories...
once while traveling down i-85 i got behind a car, not really paying attention until i noticed the tag number...it said rbear...i thought huh? root beer, nah bear what? then it hit me could that be ivan koloff the russian bear, and so i sped up and sure enough i got beside him blew my horn and waived and he waived back,  this was late in his career but i think he was still a heel.
 
also i was working at a burger king in lavonia ga. as asst. mngr. and who walks in with his kids...tully blanchard! one of his kids was really fussing wanting a kids meal toy but tully wouldn't give in he just bought them a sandwich instead of the meal, well i felt sorry for the kids ,why i don't know but i shook tullys hand and told him i had seen him many a times in greenville,he smiled and didn't really want to make conversation so i gave the kids just a toy from the kids meals,imagine that?

After a JCP show in Greensboro, I stopped at a convenience store to get gas, and when I went in to pay, BRUTE BERNARD was buying a six-pack of "beverage".  
 
He had worked the show that night.  
 
I watched him get into his car (his then tag partner BRONCO LUBICH was driving.)
 

Hey, you're from Greenville me too. Blue ridge area. ......I agree i miss the old auditorium.Saw FLAIR, TULLY, AND THE ANDERSONS in a CAGE  match against BIG DUSTY, ROAD WARRIORS, AND MAGNUM TA.  AWESOME... Flair put on a show..  WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!                                                                                                BOB CAUDLE,, YOU GOT TO ASK YOURSELF 1 QUESTION..... whats the cause of all of this??   WWOOOOO, ITS RIC  FLAIR,,,YOUR WORLD  CHAMPION...