Ric Flair’s Final Match PPV Does Impressive Numbers! Plus What’s Next For Jim Crockett Promotions?
Ric Flair and his son-in-law Andrade won their match with Flair bleeding in typical fashion.
411 reports.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Ric Flair’s Last Match was a huge success, business-wise, and was one of the most successful independent events in recent history. The show had an attendance of 6,800 fans with a gate of $448,502. That’s the second-largest independent gate in North America, just behind All In’s 10,541 paid and $458,525 gate.
It had between 20,000 and 25,000 streaming PPV buys and around 4,200 TV cable buys. Of those who bought WWE Summerslam, only 2.07% also bought this show.
Fightful further reports.
Conrad Thompson has no interest in being a wrestling promoter and says that as of August 1, the Jim Crockett Promotions trademark will once again belong to the Crockett family.
Ric Flair’s Last Match will take place on July 31 under the banner of Jim Crockett Promotions. Of course, the majority of Ric Flair’s prime was also wrestled under the Jim Crockett Promotions banner.
Speaking on a media call prior to Ric Flair’s Last Match, Conrad Thompson revealed they are no plans to continue hosting events under the Jim Crockett Promotions banner and he says, the trademark will soon belong to the family.
“Through the series of podcasts that we did last year on What Happened When with Tony Schiavone, I got to become very good friends with David Crockett. I could just tell when I spent time with David, he misses wrestling oh, he loves wrestling and I can tell that he had the bug. We would just hypothesize “what if…” and when I saw this opportunity the Sunday after SummerSlam, I just thought, ‘Well, this can be it,’ and he jumped at the chance.
“Once we landed on the idea of Ric Flair’s Last Match,” well, for what promotion? Because we’re not really a wrestling promotion. I’m talking to you now from my mortgage office,” Conrad continued. “This is my real life. I don’t have any aspirations to be a wrestling promoter origin start a promotion. But I thought if Rick is going to have his last match, what better Banner have it under than Jim Crockett Promotions. Thanks to the help of our gimmick attorney, Mr. Mike Dockins, he helped us secure the trademark but I have already told David Crockett that come August 1, I no longer have any interest in the Jim Crockett Promotions trademark. That’s his family’s legacy. His family should own that trademark and although technically, on paper, he and I might be 50/50 on that, he will be 100% owner of Jim Crockett Promotions come August 1.”
Wishing Ric Flair a peaceful and healthy retirement.
