00:01And right now, Slick Rick looking only as he can look.
00:05Got a couple of pieces of candy with him.
00:08Eye candy, that is.
00:12Safe to say, nobody makes an entrance like the Nature Boy.
00:17The one and only.
00:21I mean, Rick Flair's had a staggering story career.
00:25Now add TNA to the next chapter in Rick Flair's livelihood.
00:33Have you ever noticed that some things in life never change?
00:44Woo!
00:49I think I love TNA.
00:55But let's get down to business.
00:59There are three reasons why I came to TNA.
01:03And I'll explain all of them as briefly but as fast as I can.
01:09Number one, I hate Hulk Hogan.
01:16And the lifelong feud between Hogan and I will never be resolved until we finish it right here at TNA.
01:27And as God is my witness, I won't go to my grave before Hogan gets away from me.
01:36Number one.
01:38Number two.
01:42For the past 20 years, people have said,
01:46Nature Boy, who is going to be the next Nature Boy?
01:50Well, the answer was so simple.
01:56Nobody.
01:58Until six months ago, I started watching TNA.
02:04And I saw the great Kurt Angle, the greatest wrestling technician of all time.
02:15No.
02:17And then I saw Sting sing, wherever you are.
02:22You're great, but you're not Rick Flair.
02:27And then all of a sudden, about a month ago,
02:30I saw a young man in the ring who now I'll be working with until I'm out of this business.
02:41And I'm talking about the great AJ Stylin' and Profile Styles.
02:51He will be the next Ric Flair.
02:55Now, now, now I'm going to tell a story.
02:59Now, now I'm going to tell a story.
03:02Everybody wants to know how I got here.
03:04It's like this.
03:06I'm at the Hard Rock Hotel.
03:09Beautiful Orlando, right?
03:12It's a cool, cool spring night.
03:18And I made a phone call.
03:20And through that revolving door came this beautiful southern bell.
03:28Zingo!
03:30We made eye contact.
03:31And in record time, we're on the elevator going to the biggest suite on the biggest side of the hotel.
03:40A candlelight dinner, a candlelight dinner with red wine, a breeze blowing the curtains, separated all,
03:53all but me and this beautiful woman.
03:58And as the night quieted down, the hotel got quiet.
04:02Orlando shut down.
04:04All you could hear at midnight was this beautiful woman, Howard, woo, at the top of her voice.
04:16Slow down, Mitch.
04:19You're moving way too fast.
04:21I jumped back.
04:23Dixie Carter jumped up and said, you're my man.
04:29Gave me a contract.
04:31She said, sign it and put whatever number you want on it.
04:35I said, Dixie, woo.
04:40Woo.
04:41I'll be back.
04:42But now, without further ado, let's bring out the soon-to-be, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.
04:55AJ Styles and the profiling Styles.
04:59Woo.
05:07There's no question.
05:09Whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:09Look, a little bit of a different AJ, huh?
05:11Yeah, there's no question he's entertaining.
05:13But let's talk facts here, Kaz.
05:15Sunday at Genesis, Kurt Angle had AJ Styles beat.
05:19But Ric Flair pulled referee Earl Hefner out of the ring, and Hefner never saw AJ tapping out from Angle's
05:27ankle lock.
05:28Well, Mike, is AJ still world heavyweight champion?
05:31Enough said.
05:33Not for nothing.
05:34AJ looks pretty happy to me, buddy.
05:36You know, I know you always talk about being aligned with the dirtiest player in the game.
05:41But being under Flair's influence, does that mean that you just throw away the seven-plus years of blood, sweat,
05:49tears,
05:50but most importantly, the integrity that AJ built here in TNA?
05:55Like I said, is AJ still world heavyweight champion?
05:59He is.
06:00Enough said.
06:01That's it.
06:02There's no echo either.
06:13You got to love that, baby.
06:15That's the world champion.
06:20The world champion!
06:31Let me ask you people, do you have a problem with what you see in this ring right now?
06:45It doesn't matter if you have a problem, because what I see is three beautiful women.
07:07I've been here for almost eight long, long years.
07:15And no matter the level of greatness that I've achieved at this company, it's never been known as the house
07:24that AJ Styles built.
07:32I've done it all at this company.
07:34I've done it all at this company.
07:39Oh, I'm one of the TNA originals.
07:42I was one of the first to ever be signed with TNA.
07:53I'm the only Grand Slam champion ever.
07:59Ever.
08:04But do they give the credit to AJ Styles?
08:07Do they give the credit to AJ Styles for putting this company on the map?
08:11No.
08:13No.
08:13Just like you said, Flair, they give it to your Jeff Jarrett's.
08:19They give it to your Samoa Joe's, your Mick Foley's, your Kurt Angle's, your Sting's.
08:28I'm not taking a back seat to any of those guys, not anymore.
08:34In fact, in fact, I'm a jet flying, limousine riding, just stealing, wheeling and dealing, son of a gun.
08:56Woo!
09:12Well, here's the man who should be TNA World Heavyweight Champion, and I'm talking about Kurt Angle.
09:20Yeah, I think Kurt Angle wants some answers.
09:24Can't say I blame Kurt, and, you know, it's, uh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:28Looks like Angle's not alone.
09:31No, it's the man who calls the shots here in TNA.
09:35It's Kurt Angle, and it's Hulk Hogan.
09:53It looks like one big happy family out there, AJ and Flair.
10:02Well, guys, at Genesis, I said that this was Kurt Angle's last title shot for 2010.
10:13That's right.
10:14That's right.
10:15But, AJ, because of your alliance, and because of Ric Flair sticking his nose in world title
10:24business, I decided to change my mind because I can, brother.
10:32You can't do that.
10:37You can't do that.
10:38Let's know how it works.
10:40Let me tell you something, Ric Flair.
10:43You don't run this show around here, brother.
10:45I do.
10:49And because of your interference at Genesis, I'm going to give Kurt Angle another shot at
10:58the world heavyweight title.
11:00You've got to be kidding me.
11:01And if you stick your nose in that ring, if you come anywhere near ringside, brother,
11:09I'll gratefully grand slam AJ Styles, rip the title belt out of his hands, disqualify
11:17his butt, and give the belt to Kurt Angle, brother.
11:22That's crap.
11:23That's crap, and you know it.
11:25So tonight, AJ Styles, get your game face on, brother.
11:31Because tonight, brother, Kurt Angle has another title shot in your title.
11:37What?
11:38What?
11:39I beat you.
11:40I beat that guy.
11:42I beat you.
11:42And by the way, guys, this is real.
11:45This is damn real.
11:49Wow.
11:50That's blockbuster announcement by Hulk Hogan.
11:55You've got to be kidding me.
11:57AJ Styles, Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
12:03And it's tonight on Impact.
12:06Ric Flair, you interfere again.
12:09The title is going to Kurt Angle.
12:11And that's Hulk Hogan laying down the law.
12:13leads off.
12:13Jump in.
12:14haihi
