Wrestling: Ric Flair, Conrad Thompson talk history, Starrcast

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA

Society & Culture, Sports

4.6 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Brian Campbell sits down with the legendary "Nature Boy" Ric Flair to discuss some highlights of his career, watching his daughter at WrestleMania 35 and participating in the show, Cody Rhodes following in his father's footsteps and what "The Roast of Ric Flair" will be like at Starrcast 2. The impresario of that event, Conrad Thompson, then joins BC to discuss the formation of Starrcast, his exact relationship with AEW and its chances of success, becoming a wrestling historian, his wrestling podcast empire and and how he convinced Flair to get roasted in the first place.

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0:00.0	5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0,000, ignition, it's bonus time on the SOC.
0:29.2	It's the State of Combat podcast on CBS Sports with the Brian Campbell, and it's back with a bang.
0:36.2	It's back with a bonus.
0:38.2	Promise delivered in the world of pro wrestling.
0:42.0	A pair of interviews this week.
0:45.0	Dropping in like Christmas morning.
0:47.5	Unwrap the gifts.
0:49.0	Two chats you won't want to miss that, of course, are backed, jacked, underwritten,
0:54.0	and sponsored by that performance, enhancing audio, the Brian Campbell.
0:58.8	A question.
0:59.9	Still the voice that you hear.
1:01.8	Still whose name is on the marquee.
1:04.7	And still the guy delivering big time audio and a bit of breaking news today into the CBS sports pod when we chat with 16 time world's heavyweight champion nature boy Rick Flair himself stopping by limousine riding jet flying podcast delivering and one of the biggest names going in
1:32.4	podcast today a guy who's meteoric and iconic rise has been wild that's my buddy yours
1:38.7	conrad thompson he's already got three of the biggest podcasts going in pro wrestling today a fourth
1:43.6	one on the way with Jim Ross.
1:46.2	But the breaking news I mentioned surrounds what is coming up in late May in Las Vegas.
1:51.9	We already know that All Elite Wrestling AEW is going to launch with that pay-per-view.
1:58.3	We're talking about all-into double or nothing.
2:02.0	And I don't know, you don't want to say in support,
2:04.7	but along with that weekend in Las Vegas, of course,
2:07.8	is the big-time convention known as Starcast 2.
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