Various: Ric Flair and NWA on Harley Race’s Passing, Hidden Gems, SummerSlam Kickoff Note

Ric Flair and The NWA Comment on the Passing of Harley Race

Ric Flair reflected on Twitter about yesterday’s passing of Harley Race and the importance Race had to his career.

Today We Lost Not Only A Great Personal Friend, But In My Estimation The One And Only REAL World Champion. Without Harley Race, There Was No Ric Flair. I Tried My Hardest Every Day To Live Up To His Standard In The Ring. pic.twitter.com/vUnQFuM0CT

— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) August 1, 2019

The National Wrestling Alliance also reflected on the recent passing of Harley Race with the release of a video paying tribute to his legacy in professional wrestling.

WWE Network Hidden Gems Addition

This week’s addition to WWE Network’s Hidden Gems series is SummerSlam themed, featuring one classic event.

This gem is the entire August 22, 1993 SummerSlam Spectacular 1993 event from WWF featuring a WWF World Tag Team Championship Steel Cage match of Money Inc vs. The Steiner Brothers (c) and a WWF Intercontinental Championship match of Bob Backlund vs. Shawn Michaels (c).

08/22/1993 – SummerSlam Spectacular 1993

Money Inc. face The Steiners inside a steel cage for the tag titles while Shawn Michaels defends his IC title against Bob Backlund.

WWE SummerSlam’s Kickoff Show Reportedly Only One Hour in Length

In promotional material, WWE says that this year’s SummerSlam on August 11th in Toronto, Canada will have the kickoff show start at 6:00PM ET instead of the usual 5:00PM start for a “Big Four” pay-per-view event.

It was also announced that the main card will start at 7:00PM ET meaning the kickoff show will only be one hour in length.